http://www.newstin.com/us/natural-science Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66496922 There can be few events more devastating for a parent than cot death - the sudden and unexpected death of a baby. Cot death is more formally known as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and it is an apt title, for affected... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:18:17 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66496922 2008-07-04T13:18:17Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66429777 Spacecraft detects molecules Instruments aboard a Maryland-built spacecraft that soared past the planet Mercury in January have provided a real surprise: traces of water molecules in the hot little world's extremely thin... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66429777 2008-07-04T04:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66426233 The world of geology changes rapidly - sometimes the Grand Canyon is one age and then it is found to be much older. But even in geology it's not often a date gets revised by 500 million years. University of Florida geologists... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:56:58 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66426233 2008-07-04T06:56:58Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66420279 Human emissions of carbon dioxide are loading the atmosphere with heat-trapping greenhouse gases and have also begun to alter the chemistry of the ocean, according to a team of chemical researchers. The ecological and economic... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:42:15 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66420279 2008-07-04T06:42:15Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66495731 NASA's sun-focused STEREO spacecraft unexpectedly detected particles from the edge of the solar system last year, allowing University of California, Berkeley, scientists to map for the first time the energized particles in the... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66495731 2008-07-04T09:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66474877 Posted 3 min ago by Bob Ewing in Environment In a study over whether agricultural chemicals pose a threat to amphibians, UF zoologists have found that toads in suburban areas are less likely to suffer from reproductive system... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:45:43 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66474877 2008-07-04T11:45:43Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66450577 A group of scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said in a report that the magnitude-8.0 earthquake that plagued China's Southwest Sichuan province was rare in its nature and hard to predict. "The... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:02:34 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66450577 2008-07-04T08:02:34Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66504861 Janine Benyus is a pioneer and champion of the Biomimicry movement and author of the influential 1997 book "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature". Benyus draws her design inspiration from nature's wisdom and believes that... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:34:47 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66504861 2008-07-04T14:34:47Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66449427 Bacteria that cause pneumonic plague can evade our first-line defences, making it difficult for the body to fight infection. In fact, a signature of the plague is the lack of an inflammatory response. Now, scientists have... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:36:04 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66449427 2008-07-04T09:36:04Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66484928 Yesterday, Wacker Chemie AG honored Dr. Volker Stanjek, Dr. Wolfram Schindler and Dr. Thomas Kammel with this year's 'Alexander Wacker Innovation Award' for their pioneering work in organofunctional s... [WebWire - Friday, July... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:48:55 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66484928 2008-07-04T12:48:55Z