24/02/2008

British boy spots dinosaur tracks

An 8-year-old boy found a pair of 160-million-year-old dinosaur tracks on the beach near his home in England, it was reported.

Dust in West up 500 percent in past two centuries

The West has become 500 percent dustier in the past two centuries due to westward U.S. expansion and accompanying human activity beginning in the 1800s, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.

What farmers think about GM crops

Farmers are upbeat about genetically modified crops, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).