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05/16/2008 01:07 AM
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Walking as easy as climbing, for some
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Small primates do not expend more energy climbing vertically than they do walking, according to surprise findings from US researchers.
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05/16/2008 01:04 AM
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Obesity contributes to global warming, too
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Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and a literally swelling global population will make this source of greenhouse emissions worse, say UK researchers.
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05/15/2008 09:57 PM
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Pulsar puzzle stumps astronomers
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An odd fast-spinning pulsar, which is locked in an elongated orbit around another star much like our Sun has left astronomers puzzled how such a system could have formed.
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05/15/2008 02:45 AM
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Herbicide review 'fails' the environment
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A review of the widely-used herbicide atrazine fails to recommend studies on its effects on the Australian environment, says one expert.
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05/14/2008 10:31 PM
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Birds and bees act up with climate change
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Human-generated climate change made flowers bloom sooner and autumn leaves fall later, turned some polar bears into cannibals and some birds into early breeders, a vast global study reports.
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05/14/2008 10:50 PM
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Dogs just want to have fun
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Pampered pooches are so driven to play and please that these urges can overtake other instincts, such as being wary of strangers, a new study shows.
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05/14/2008 03:15 AM
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Researchers pin hopes on 2009 budget
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NEWS ANALYSIS: This year's Australian federal budget was predictably light on support for science research and development, according to commentators who are pinning their hopes on next year's budget.
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05/13/2008 10:32 PM
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Low tech best in China, Burma disasters
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NEWS ANALYSIS: We can send probes to the fringes of the solar system. Swap instant messages with friends on the other side of the world. So surely we have some hi-tech help for the hundreds of thousands of people in Burma and China. Right?
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05/13/2008 09:37 PM
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Top telescopes share images online
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Amateur astronomers now have internet access to imagery from the best telescopes on earth and in space with a new online service.
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05/13/2008 12:42 AM
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Olympian effort to track Games rain
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The Beijing Olympics will not just be a showcase of the world's best athletes. Weather forecasting technology will also compete to provide the Games with the most up-to-date weather forecasts possible.
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05/12/2008 10:35 PM
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Tibetan tectonics triggered China quake
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The violent quake that shook China's Sichuan province this week is linked to a shift of the Tibetan plateau to the north and east, researchers say.
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05/12/2008 11:13 PM
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It might take just two to fool a crowd
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Statistics might explain why people sometimes blindly cross the road as soon as they see others doing so, without first checking it's safe, researchers say.
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05/12/2008 01:49 AM
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Tiny tubes, rocket fuel soup up motors
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US scientists have customised nanoengines by spiking the gas with rocket fuel and adding carbon nanotubes to strengthen the motor's microsized frame.
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05/11/2008 10:42 PM
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Mercury's core may have iron showers
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Scientists have long wondered about how a planet as small as Mercury could have kept its iron core fluid enough to account for the planet's magnetic field.
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05/11/2008 09:20 PM
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Chile fears effects of volcanic ash
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Volcanic ash raining down from the Chilean volcano Chaiten may cause long-term environmental damage and harm the health of people and animals in picturesque Patagonia, scientists say.
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05/08/2008 10:53 PM
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Lush Sahara took years to dry
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The once-green Sahara turned to desert over thousands of years rather than in an abrupt shift as once thought, according to a study that may help understanding of future climate changes.
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05/09/2008 12:44 AM
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Why honey sticks to the spoon
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The argument over why honey is so sticky has been settled, and it seems both sides were right all along.
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05/08/2008 09:04 PM
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Early Americans chomped on seaweed
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Chewed-up or burned seaweed discarded more than 14,000 years ago confirm that people were in Chile at least that long ago and sheds light on what their culture was like, researchers report.
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