Heavy rains that began on December 20, 2016, caused severe flooding in the province of Mersin, southern Turkey, on December 29, 2016. Two people died…
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As the costs of wind and solar technologies plummet and global climate change consensus grows, wind and solar development pipelines have ballooned. Analyses of future…
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From the Old World to the New, mythologies of origins typically portray the emergence of agriculture as a gift or blessing from benevolent gods, seemingly…
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Pollution is one of the main problems the environment faces. Natural levels of heavy metals (HM) have increased during the industrial era to the point…
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Nature plays an important role in human activities. It is considered an important capital and is crucial for the development of the economy and social…
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Children with low social status or behavioral problems often do worse at school. British researchers have now shown in two studies that the genes are…
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Vehicular pollution is considered to be a major source of ambient air pollution in mega-cities of the world like Delhi. Exhaust from vehicles is a…
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Arthropods have spatially repetitive units, called segments, along their body axis, which is a tightly-conserved feature in arthropod evolution. The signs of this spatial repetition…
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The extraction and refining of natural resources from the subsoil through mining and metallurgical activities has produced much of the wealth of today’s society. However,…
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The vast majority of fuels and chemicals used by humans are made from fossil carbon. Bioproduction from microorganisms, such as bacteria or yeast, might provide…
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Imagine the following: Your doctor prescribes you a medicine and tells you frankly: it does not contain any active ingredients, it is a placebo, but…
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