Child Abuse and Foster Care Admissions Increase When Parents Use Methamphetamines
WACO, Texas (July 2, 2012) – Methamphetamine abuse leads to an increase in child abuse and neglect, which causes an…
War-related Climate Change Would Substantially Reduce Crop Yields
MADISON –- Though worries about "nuclear winter" have faded since the end of the Cold War, existing stockpiles of nuclear…
Routine Traffic Stop Nets Troopers Habitual Drunk Driver Who had License Revoked Until 2090
In the early morning hours on Saturday, at 1:48 am, Alaska State Troopers with the South Central Bureau of Highway…
Fleeing DUI Driver Rolls, Vehicle Bursts into Flames
At 10:28 pm Saturday, Alaska State Troopers began receiving several REDDI reports of a vehicle driving recklessly going southbound on…
NASA Explains Why Clocks Will Get an Extra Second on June 30
If the day seems a little longer than usual on Saturday, June 30, 2012, that's because it will be. An…
Shrews in the News — Rapid Evolution of Shrews in Response to Climate Change
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Shrews are among a diverse group of small mammals that have rapidly evolved in response to climate…
Maya Archaeologists Unearth New 2012 Monument
Archaeologists working at the site of La Corona in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300-year-old-year Maya text that provides only the…
New Book Looks at Hotspots Around the World for Mega-Quakes
CORVALLIS, Ore. – At the beginning of 2010, Oregon State University geologist Robert Yeats told a national reporter that Port…
Unemployed Americans Face Greater Risk of Mortality: UBC Study
Employment policy is also health policy according to a University of British Columbia study that found that workers experienced higher…
After Child Dies, Mom's Risk of Early Death Skyrockets: Study
In the first two years following the death of a child, there is a 133% increase in the risk of…