Archives for the ‘Science & the Environment’ Category

Scientists Discover Humans Have Kept Cats for Longer than Thought

Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: Animals, Science & the Environment

How long have people kept cats? Or, should the question be, how long have cats kept people?



No Clear Solution Reached at Climate Summit

Jan 10th, 2010 • Category: Science & the Environment

The United Nations Copenhagen (Denmark) Climate Conference ended in December without final agreements to lower emissions of greenhouse gases.



New Dinosaur

Jan 10th, 2010 • Category: Animals, Science & the Environment

Fossils support the theory that dinosaurs come from South America.



The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth

Jan 10th, 2010 • Category: Books, Reviews, Science & the Environment

This book shows you 50 simple things you can do to protect the earth through recycling, using less energy, and protecting animals and insects.



Make a Classroom Green Team

Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: Science & the Environment

Check out some ideas for how your classroom and school can run while doing little damage to the environment.



Heavy Storms Flood India and the Philippines

Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: Nation & World, Science & the Environment

Unusually severe storms in southern India and the Philippines, in September and October caused massive flooding that killed more than 1,200 people.



Fifth Graders Send Message on Natural Gas Drilling

Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: Culture & Activism, Science & the Environment

How a fifth grade class from Queens, NY, made a film to educate people about the damage to the environment caused by drilling for natural gas.



World Looks to Climate Meeting to Slow Global Warming

Nov 16th, 2009 • Category: Featured, Science & the Environment

“We are going to have more hurricanes, more forest fires, and if we don’t do anything, the sea levels will actually rise….We have to act now, and we have to act fast.”
– Lauren Thorpe, Greenpeace field organizer



Super Spider Glue

Nov 15th, 2009 • Category: Animals, Science & the Environment

Scientists studying golden orb weaver spider webs have noted that the web glue that coats the spiders’ silk strands is among the world’s strongest glues.



AIDS Vaccine

Nov 15th, 2009 • Category: Science & the Environment

Reports released in September about a medical study in Thailand for an HIV vaccine were encouraging at first.