http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/88-science.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/88-science.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2162148-wooden-beam-detached-shipwreck.html FAIRPORT, Michigan (AP) — A wooden beam that has long been the focus of the search for a 17th century shipwreck in northern Lake Michigan was not attached to a buried vessel as searchers had suspected, but still may have come from the elusive Griffin or some other ship, archaeologists said Wednesday. Shipwreck hunter Steve Libert discovered a 10.5-foot (3... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:15:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2162148-wooden-beam-detached-shipwreck.html 2013-06-19T20:15:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2162506-world-food-prize-to-3-biotech-scientists.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — This year's World Food Prize is going to a Belgian scientist and two researchers in the United States for their innovations that brought the world genetically modified crops. The prize organizers say the technology that allows for the stable transfer of genes into plant cells has improved yields, resistance to insects and disease, ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:14:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2162506-world-food-prize-to-3-biotech-scientists.html 2013-06-19T17:14:06Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2159458-scientists-timber-lake-michigan-centuries.html FAIRPORT, Michigan (AP) — A wooden beam embedded at the bottom of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, underwater archaeologists announced Tuesday, a crucial finding as crews dig toward what they hope is the carcass of a French ship that disappeared in the 17th Century. Expedition leaders still weren't ready to declare they had... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:02:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2159458-scientists-timber-lake-michigan-centuries.html 2013-06-18T20:02:52Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2158966-scientists-soggy-british-weather-to-stay.html LONDON (AP) — The best advice for visitors to Britain — pack an umbrella — is more vital than ever. Weather scientists said Tuesday that a country that has been unusually soggy in recent years is not likely to dry out soon, and a warm Atlantic Ocean may be to blame. Meteorologists and climate scientists from around Britain met to discuss why this traditio... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2158966-scientists-soggy-british-weather-to-stay.html 2013-06-18T17:22:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2158100-us-official-solar-plane-to-help-ground-energy-use.html CHANTILLY, Virginia (AP) — The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized toy. When it's in flight, there's no roar of engines. It's strangely quiet. And as it crisscrosses the U.S., the spindly plane doesn't use a drop of fuel. Day, and even night, it flies on the power of the sun. It's... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:38:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2158100-us-official-solar-plane-to-help-ground-energy-use.html 2013-06-17T22:38:05Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2155092-nyc-places-adapting-to-climate-too.html BONN, Germany (AP) — From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people and key infrastructure from more powerful storm surges and other effects of global warming. Some are planning cities that will simply adapt to more water. But climate-proofing a city or coastline is expensive, as shown by New York Mayor Mi... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:27:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2155092-nyc-places-adapting-to-climate-too.html 2013-06-16T19:27:51Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2154672-divers-lake-michigan-search-griffin-ship.html ON LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR POVERTY ISLAND, Michigan (AP) — Divers began opening an underwater pit Saturday at a remote site in northern Lake Michigan that they say could be the resting place of the Griffin, a ship commanded by the 17th century French explorer La Salle. U.S. and French archaeologists examined sediment removed from a hole dug near a timber slab ... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:44:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2154672-divers-lake-michigan-search-griffin-ship.html 2013-06-16T03:44:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2152344-un-climate-talks-marred-decision-making-spat.html BONN, Germany (AP) — U.N. climate talks have hit a stumbling block that some delegates say poses a serious challenge to their already slow-moving attempt to craft a global response to climate change. As the latest negotiation session ended Friday in the German city of Bonn, one track of the talks was paralyzed by a request by Russia, Ukraine and Belarus t... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:07:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2152344-un-climate-talks-marred-decision-making-spat.html 2013-06-14T18:07:08Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2147228-cheetahs-acceleration-power-key-to-their-success.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Everyone knows cheetahs are blazingly fast. Now new research illustrates how their acceleration and nimble zigzagging leave other animals in the dust and scientists in awe. Researchers first determined that cheetahs can run twice as fast as Olympian Usain Bolt on a straightaway. Then they measured the energy a cheetah muscle produces com... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:50:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2147228-cheetahs-acceleration-power-key-to-their-success.html 2013-06-13T00:50:12Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2143322-search-1st-web-takes-detour-us.html For the European physicists who created the World Wide Web, preserving its history is as elusive as unlocking the mysteries of how the universe began. The scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known by its French acronym CERN, are searching for the first Web page. It was at CERN that Tim Berners-Lee invented the Web in 1990 as an u... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:33:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2143322-search-1st-web-takes-detour-us.html 2013-06-11T08:33:53Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2141214-iea-energy-emissions-rose-to-record-high-2012.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — The world's energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose 1.4 percent in 2012 to a record high of 31.6 billion tons, even though the U.S. posted its lowest emissions since the mid-1990s, the International Energy Agency said Monday. In its annual World Energy Outlook report, the Paris-based IEA said top carbon polluter China had the largest... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:47:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2141214-iea-energy-emissions-rose-to-record-high-2012.html 2013-06-10T12:47:56Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2136198-er-boston-hospital-cleaning-mummy.html BOSTON (AP) — A 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy named Padihershef came out of his coffin Friday to go to the hospital. Well, actually, he had already been there for a while. The mummy has been on display at Massachusetts General Hospital, one of the nation's oldest, since it received him as a gift from the city of Boston in 1823 as a medical oddity. He is o... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:28:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2136198-er-boston-hospital-cleaning-mummy.html 2013-06-08T00:28:25Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2133728-study-sheds-light-origins-french-winemaking.html PARIS (AP) — Scrapings from the bottoms of 2,500-year-old pottery containers have shed new light on the origins of French winemaking. A team of archaeologists led by the University of Pennsylvania's Patrick McGovern used biomolecular analysis to confirm that fifth-century B.C. Etruscan amphorae found near Montpellier in southern France once contained a ty... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:01:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2133728-study-sheds-light-origins-french-winemaking.html 2013-06-06T18:01:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2131578-meet-your-distant-cousin-tiny-hyperactive-primate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New fossil evidence of the earliest complete skeleton of an ancient primate suggests it was a hyperactive, wide-eyed creature so small you could hold a couple of them in your hand — if only they would stay still long enough. The 55-million-year-old fossil dug up in central China is one of our first primate relatives and it gives scientis... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:01:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2131578-meet-your-distant-cousin-tiny-hyperactive-primate.html 2013-06-06T02:01:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2130406-fertility-drugs-nature-better-than-horse-roundups.html RENO, Nev. (AP) — A scathing independent scientific review of wild horse roundups in the West concludes the U.S. government would be better off investing in widespread fertility control of the mustangs and let nature cull any excess herds instead of spending millions to house them in overflowing holding pens. A 14-member panel assembled by the National Sc... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:46:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2130406-fertility-drugs-nature-better-than-horse-roundups.html 2013-06-05T23:46:05Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2130052-endangered-elephant-killings-rising-indonesia.html JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Poisoning or shooting killed many of the 129 critically endangered elephants that have died on Indonesia's Sumatra island in less than a decade, highlighting weak enforcement of laws against poaching, an environmental group says. WWF Indonesia said killings of Sumatran elephants are on the rise, with 29 either shot or poisoned la... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:35:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2130052-endangered-elephant-killings-rising-indonesia.html 2013-06-05T02:35:51Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2127944-stinky-feet-lead-to-better-malaria-traps.html LONDON (AP) — For decades, health officials have battled malaria with insecticides, bed nets and drugs. Now, scientists say there might be a potent new tool to fight the deadly mosquito-borne disease: the stench of human feet. In a laboratory study, researchers found that mosquitoes infected with the tropical disease were more attracted to human odors fro... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:31:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2127944-stinky-feet-lead-to-better-malaria-traps.html 2013-06-04T09:31:35Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2125428-trade-winds-drop-hawaii-muggy.html HONOLULU (AP) — Part of what makes living in Hawaii so pleasant is the gentle breeze. Arriving from the northeast, it's light enough that it is barely noticeable but strong enough to chase away the humidity. It's a natural draw to the outdoors. It is not uncommon to show up at a house to find its residents relaxing out in the covered porch or in the car p... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:27:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2125428-trade-winds-drop-hawaii-muggy.html 2013-06-04T02:27:08Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2126964-storm-chasing-critical-profitable-dangerous.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — While most people take shelter when a tornado approaches, a growing throng heads for the prairies, be they scientists hoping to protect the public from a twister's fury or amateurs armed with little more than a smartphone, a digital camera and a desire to sell 15 seconds of video to the nightly news. But the deaths of three respected ... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:30:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2126964-storm-chasing-critical-profitable-dangerous.html 2013-06-04T01:30:31Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2126858-advice-black-women-breast-cancer-gene-risk.html CHICAGO (AP) — New research suggests that bad genes may be responsible for more breast cancer cases in black women than has been previously known. About 1 in 5 African-American women with the disease have an inherited mutation that drastically raises their risk for breast and ovarian cancer, according to a study released Monday. It may help explain why bl... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:00:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2126858-advice-black-women-breast-cancer-gene-risk.html 2013-06-03T20:00:10Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2125718-gene-flaws-common-blacks-with-breast-cancer.html CHICAGO (AP) — Gene flaws that raise the risk of breast cancer are surprisingly common in black women with the disease, according to the first comprehensive testing in this racial group. The study found that one-fifth of these women have BRCA mutations, a problem usually associated with women of Eastern European Jewish descent but recently highlighted by the plight of Angeli... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:47:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2125718-gene-flaws-common-blacks-with-breast-cancer.html 2013-06-03T12:47:09Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2125292-scientists-warn-atlantic-puffins-peril-us.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world. In the Gulf of Maine, the comical-looking seabirds have been dying of starvation and losing body weight, possibly because of shifting fish populations as ocean temperatures rise, according to ... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 06:44:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2125292-scientists-warn-atlantic-puffins-peril-us.html 2013-06-03T06:44:09Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2124762-holy-land-archaeological-treasure-hurt-politics.html SEBASTIA, West Bank (AP) — The ancient town of Sebastia is one of the major archaeological sites of the Holy Land, with its overlapping layers of history dating back nearly 3,000 years. But today the hilltop capital of biblical kings, later ruled by Roman conquerors, Crusaders and Ottomans, is marred with weeds, graffiti and garbage. Caught between confli... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:07:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2124762-holy-land-archaeological-treasure-hurt-politics.html 2013-06-02T18:07:05Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2120802-eu-recommends-testing-us-wheat-gm-find.html BERLIN (AP) — The European Union is urging its 27 member states to test certain wheat shipments from the United States after unauthorized genetically modified grains were found on a U.S. farm, officials said Friday. The move came after Japan halted imports Thursday of some types of wheat from the U.S. following the discovery of an experimental strain that... Fri, 31 May 2013 13:39:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2120802-eu-recommends-testing-us-wheat-gm-find.html 2013-05-31T13:39:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2118010-vietnam-cuban-rat-poison-finds-market.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — His wares banned in much of the world, the Vietnamese salesman hawking a rat poison laced with salmonella sought to prove the bait was as safe as claimed. He sliced open a packet with a pair of rusty scissors, dipped his finger into the sticky, bad-smelling rice, brought out a few grains and then chewed them gingerly. "It tastes a li... Fri, 31 May 2013 04:05:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2118010-vietnam-cuban-rat-poison-finds-market.html 2013-05-31T04:05:35Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2119204-astronauts-face-radiation-threat-long-mars-trip.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Astronauts traveling to and from Mars would be bombarded with as much radiation as they'd get from a full-body CT scan about once a week for a year, researchers reported Thursday. That dose would, in some cases, exceed NASA's standards and is enough to raise an astronaut's cancer risk by 3 percent. As plans for deep space exploration ra... Thu, 30 May 2013 20:47:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2119204-astronauts-face-radiation-threat-long-mars-trip.html 2013-05-30T20:47:49Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2119306-russians-find-mammoth-carcass-with-liquid-blood.html MOSCOW (AP) — A perfectly preserved woolly mammoth carcass with liquid blood has been found on a remote Arctic island, fueling hopes of cloning the Ice Age animal, Russian scientists said Thursday. The carcass was in such good shape because its lower part was stuck in pure ice, said Semyon Grigoryev, the head of the Mammoth Museum, who led the expedition ... Thu, 30 May 2013 20:06:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2119306-russians-find-mammoth-carcass-with-liquid-blood.html 2013-05-30T20:06:09Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2119550-rounded-pebbles-mars-reveal-flowing-water.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fresh analysis by NASA's Curiosity rover confirms a stream once ran through Gale Crater on Mars. During a pit stop last year, Curiosity came upon hundreds of smooth, round pebbles that look strikingly similar to deposits in river banks on Earth. Scientists believe the rover rolled onto an ancient streambed, but needed to study the sto... Thu, 30 May 2013 19:58:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2119550-rounded-pebbles-mars-reveal-flowing-water.html 2013-05-30T19:58:08Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2118876-nestle-to-boost-study-harmful-food-infections.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, is boosting research to tackle the threat of ever-stronger strains of bacteria and germs in food manufacturing. The Vevey, Switzerland-based company said Thursday it will initially focus on several types of food-borne bacteria — particularly a dangerous strain of bacterium... Thu, 30 May 2013 17:31:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2118876-nestle-to-boost-study-harmful-food-infections.html 2013-05-30T17:31:11Z