- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 10th, 2006
![Evolution Can Occur Quickly, Change Population Interaction Evolution Can Occur Quickly, Change Population Interaction](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Evolution-Can-Occur-Quickly-Change-Population-Interaction-1.jpg)
Evolution Can Occur Quickly, Change Population Interaction
A new Cornell study shows that evolution and ecology can operate on the same time scale
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 7th, 2006
![Warming Climate Fuels the Wildfires Warming Climate Fuels the Wildfires](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Warming-Climate-Fuels-the-Wildfires-1.jpg)
Warming Climate Fuels the Wildfires
Rising seasonal temperatures and the earlier spring conditions lead to a dramatic increase of large wildfires in the western United States
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 7th, 2006
![Corals Switch Skeleton Material as Seawater Changes Corals Switch Skeleton Material as Seawater Changes](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Corals-Switch-Skeleton-Material-as-Seawater-Changes-1.jpg)
Corals Switch Skeleton Material as Seawater Changes
Johns Hopkins scientists have demonstrated that corals can build their skeletons out of different minerals depending on the chemical composition of the seawater around them
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 7th, 2006
![Tigers Get a Business Plan Tigers Get a Business Plan](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Tigers-Get-a-Business-Plan-1.jpg)
Tigers Get a Business Plan
The Wildlife Conservation Society has launched an ambitious new program that calls for a 50 percent increase in tiger numbers in key areas over the next decade
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 6th, 2006
![Oceanic Invasions Across Darwin's Impassable Barrier Oceanic Invasions Across Darwin's Impassable Barrier](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Oceanic-Invasions-Across-Darwin-039-s-Impassable-Barrier-1.jpg)
Oceanic Invasions Across Darwin's Impassable Barrier
Study confirms close relationships between populations of the same fish species across the barrier and indicates that genes move in both directions
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 6th, 2006
![Scientist Finds "Genetically Distinct" Shark Scientist Finds "Genetically Distinct" Shark](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Scientist-Finds-Genetically-Distinct-Shark-1.jpg)
Scientist Finds "Genetically Distinct" Shark
And it is threatened by extinction
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 6th, 2006
![Carbon Dioxide Makes the Oceans More Acidic and Threatens Marine Life Carbon Dioxide Makes the Oceans More Acidic and Threatens Marine Life](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Carbon-Dioxide-Makes-the-Oceans-More-Acidic-and-Threatens-Marine-Life-1.jpg)
Carbon Dioxide Makes the Oceans More Acidic and Threatens Marine Life
Worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide are dramatically altering ocean chemistry and threatening marine organisms, including corals.
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
![How Stem Cells Stay Childlike How Stem Cells Stay Childlike](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/How-Stem-Cells-Stay-Childlike-1.jpg)
How Stem Cells Stay Childlike
Scientists find a feed-back mechanism that allows differentiated cells to produce stem cells as descendants
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
![Planning for Stewardship Important Part of Ecological Restoration Planning for Stewardship Important Part of Ecological Restoration](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Planning-for-Stewardship-Important-Part-of-Ecological-Restoration-1.jpg)
Planning for Stewardship Important Part of Ecological Restoration
Restoring degraded ecosystems around Seattle - and giving them a fighting chance to stay healthy - can be as much about PR as the right plants
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
![How Does a Batch of Immature Cells Give Rise to an Organ as Extraordinarily Complex as the Human Brain? How Does a Batch of Immature Cells Give Rise to an Organ as Extraordinarily Complex as the Human Brain?](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/How-Does-a-Batch-of-Immature-Cells-Give-Rise-to-an-Organ-as-Extraordinarily-Complex-as-the-Human-Brain-1.jpg)
How Does a Batch of Immature Cells Give Rise to an Organ as Extraordinarily Complex as the Human Brain?
Medium is the message for stem cells in search of identities
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 4th, 2006
![Earth Observation Satellites Contribute to International Polar Year Earth Observation Satellites Contribute to International Polar Year](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Earth-Observation-Satellites-Contribute-to-International-Polar-Year-1.jpg)
Earth Observation Satellites Contribute to International Polar Year
2007-2008
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 4th, 2006
![Underwater Microscope Finds Biological Treasures in the Subtropical Ocean Underwater Microscope Finds Biological Treasures in the Subtropical Ocean](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Underwater-Microscope-Finds-Biological-Treasures-in-the-Subtropical-Ocean-1.jpg)
Underwater Microscope Finds Biological Treasures in the Subtropical Ocean
Scientists towing an underwater digital microscope across the Atlantic have found possible missing links to the global nitrogen cycle, which in turn is linked to ocean productivity
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 4th, 2006
![New Fruit Fly Protein Illuminates Circadian Response to Light New Fruit Fly Protein Illuminates Circadian Response to Light](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/New-Fruit-Fly-Protein-Illuminates-Circadian-Response-to-Light-1.jpg)
New Fruit Fly Protein Illuminates Circadian Response to Light
Understanding how light affects 24-hour rhythms will likely open doors to future treatments of jetlag
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 3rd, 2006
![Pest Control Without the Use of Toxic Agents Pest Control Without the Use of Toxic Agents](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Pest-Control-Without-the-Use-of-Toxic-Agents-1.jpg)
Pest Control Without the Use of Toxic Agents
Eco-friendly bug sucker
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 3rd, 2006
![Survey of Animal Shelters Says Dogs Fare Better than Cats Survey of Animal Shelters Says Dogs Fare Better than Cats](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Survey-of-Animal-Shelters-Says-Dogs-Fare-Better-than-Cats-1.jpg)
Survey of Animal Shelters Says Dogs Fare Better than Cats
"There are so many cats that it's very difficult to manage the quantity"
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 3rd, 2006
![Biologists Solve Plant Growth Hormone Enigma Biologists Solve Plant Growth Hormone Enigma](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Biologists-Solve-Plant-Growth-Hormone-Enigma-1.jpg)
Biologists Solve Plant Growth Hormone Enigma
How auxin controls the "architecture" of the plant
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 3rd, 2006
!["Emotional Contagion" Among Mice "Emotional Contagion" Among Mice](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Emotional-Contagion-Among-Mice-1.jpg)
"Emotional Contagion" Among Mice
New Pain Research Shows Mice Capable Of Empathy