Tuberculosis screening program continues in Yukon-Kuskokwim region
Recent cases are no cause for alarm
Syria Urged to Immediately End Violations against Children
9 February 2012 – After another day of deadly violence in Syria, a senior United Nations official today added her voice to calls on the country’s Government to stop the killing and maiming of children. “Over the past months, the number of child victims in Syria has climbed into the hundreds and the rate is […]
First plants caused ice ages
New research reveals how the arrival of the first plants 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages. Led by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford, the study is published this month in Nature Geoscience.
Neanderthal demise due to many influences, including cultural changes
As an ice age crept upon them thousands of years ago, Neanderthals and modern human ancestors expanded their territory ranges across Asia and Europe to adapt to the changing environment.