In Everglades, tracking pythons may provide clues to vanishing wildlife EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. — Kristen Hart’s search for a cold-blooded killer came to an end at a perfect hideout — thick scrub brush, dense trees and shade. She crouched with three scouts and whispered. Read full article >> Digest powered by RSS Digest
Social Security’s financial forecast gets darker; Medicare’s outlook unchanged Surging energy prices and a slower-than-expected economic recovery have worsened the financial outlook for Social Security compared with last year, while the picture for Medicare remains grim but essentially unchanged, according to annual forecasts released by the government Monday. Read full article >> Digest powered by [...]
If the food’s in plastic, what’s in the food? In a study published last year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers put five San Francisco families on a three-day diet of food that hadn’t been in contact with plastic. When they compared urine samples before and after the diet, the scientists were stunned to [...]
Maryland set to become first state to ban arsenic in chicken feed Maryland is about to become the first state to ban the use of additives containing arsenic in chicken feed, a practice already prohibited by Canada and the European Union. The state’s House of Delegates and Senate approved the legislation last week and placed [...]
Controversial bird flu experiments produced no killer virus, scientists say LONDON — Two controversial research projects with the H5N1 bird flu virus haven’t produced a killer bug but have generated useful information, two researchers told scientists and bioethicists gathered here to talk about the benefits and pitfalls of manipulating deadly pathogens. Read full article >> [...]