The U.S. and North Korea met at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing today for the first talks between the two countries since the passing of former North Korean Leader, Kim Jong Il in December.
A new study reports that the disintegration of the Maya Civilization may have been related to relatively modest reductions in rainfall.
International research, involving the participation of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), provides a new perspective on the jellyfish proliferation in world's oceans.
A mysterious cycle of booms and busts in marine biodiversity over the past 500 million years could be tied to a periodic uplifting of the world's continents, scientists report in the March issue of The Journal of Geology.