About a fifth of the Gulf Coast’s oil output remains shut down following Hurricane Harvey (AFP Photo/MARK RALSTON) More Singapore (AFP) – Crude prices recovered slightly in in Asian trade Tuesday a day after heavy falls caused by the impact of monster storm Harvey on a key US oil-producing region. […]
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View photos Sea Shepherd has waged an often violent 12-year high-seas battle against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean, but says it is calling a halt to its campaign (AFP Photo/Institute of Cetacean Research) More Sydney (AFP) – Activist group Sea Shepherd on Tuesday pulled the plug on its annual […]
Ants didn’t take over the world by being stupid and cowardly. Case in point: Rafts of fire ants have been spotted floating around floodwaters in Houston, Texas, colonies banding together to weather super-storm Harvey. If your first thought was Please, no, you’re human, and that’s fine. Fire ants are an […]
Uber’s presumptive new CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, has an impressive résumé, including stints as an investment banker, chief financial officer, and CEO. He’ll need all of those skills and more to help the ride-hailing company overcome scandals, internal dissension, and depleted executive ranks. Uber upended the decades-old taxi industry and grew […]
A new study has identified an important regulator of hematopoeisis, the process of making new blood cells. Targeting it, the researchers noted, could be an effective way to improve stem cell transplants for both donors and recipients.
WASHINGTON — NASA is studying a “lean” architecture for Mars sample return that could allow the agency to bring back Martian rocks as soon as the end of the 2020s. The concept, discussed at an Aug. 28 meeting of a National Academies committee performing a midterm review of the 2011 […]
A recent study adds a new dimension to the controversial decision to inject large amounts of chemical dispersants immediately above the crippled oil well at the seafloor during the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.
Coral skeletons are the building blocks of diverse coral reef ecosystems, which has led to increasing concern over how these key species will cope with warming and acidifying oceans that threaten their stability. New research provides evidence that at least one species of coral build their hard, calcium carbonate skeletons […]