Campaign Contributions Influence Public Policy
Although campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence, for decades political scientists have failed to establish a direct connection between money and legislative outcomes.
Texas Tech Researchers Discover Antibiotic Residues, Some More than FDA Limits, in Samples from ‘World News with Diane Sawyer’
When concluded, they found that about 10 percent of the 30 samples tested contained evidence of three antibiotics.
Mercury in Dolphins: Study Compares Toxin Levels in Captive and Wild Sea Mammals
Amid growing concerns about the spread of harmful mercury in plants and animals, a new study by researchers from The Johns Hopkins University and The National Aquarium has compared levels of the chemical in captive dolphins with dolphins found in the wild. The captive animals were fed a controlled diet, while the wild mammals dined […]
Cephalopod Ink from Jurassic Period Identical to Modern Cuttlefish Ink, U.Va. Study Shows
An international team of researchers, including a University of Virginia professor, has found that two ink sacs from 160-million-year-old giant cephalopod fossils discovered two years ago in England contain the pigment melanin, and that it is essentially identical to the melanin found in the ink sac of a modern-day cuttlefish.