Elevated Carbon Dioxide Boosts Invasive Nutsedge Plants

Surprise Drop In Carbon Dioxide Absorbed By...
The East/Japan Sea in the western North Pacific is ventilated from the surface to the bottom of the ocean over decades. Authors conclude that overturning circulation is weakening, slowing...

Science in the News - Tuesday 23 December 2008
The buzzing of bees is good for plants and flowers because it protects them from being eaten by other insects, scientists claim.

Rooted Plants Move Mysteriously Down Greenways
The wild pea pod is big and heavy, with seemingly little prayer of escaping the shade of its parent plant.

Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
"If you want flashes and particular experiences of romantic love, read novels. If you want to understand this central quality of human nature to its roots, read Why We Love." —Edward O....

The Perfect Machine: Building the Palomar Telescope
Almost a half-century after is completion, the 200-inch Palomar telescope remains an unparalleled combination of vast scale and microscope detail. As huge as the Pantheon of Rome and as heavy...