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Geotimes May 2007 Megan Sever |
The Plague: Could It Happen Again? Centuries ago, plague was brought about by the expansion of global travel at the same time climate changed. Given the extent of globalization today, and the fact that the climate is changing, health officials and the public wonder if there is a risk of history repeating itself. |
Scientific American February 2009 Paul Voosen |
Fighting the Plague in the Great Plains with Gerbils To contain U.S. disease outbreaks spread by prairie dogs to ferrets, it's Kazakhstan's giant gerbils to the rescue. |
National Gardening Suzanne DeJohn |
Protect Yourself from Summer's Insect Pests Sure, the list of illnesses carried by summer's insect pests is daunting. But the nuisance factor alone of ticks, mosquitoes, and fleas warrants finding ways to repel them. Here are a few helpful suggestions. |
Geotimes July 2007 Josh Chamot |
Largest Fossilized Forest Found in Mine Deep within a maze of coal mines nestled along the eastern edge of Illinois, an ancient swamp forest is preserved at its time of death by a catastrophic flood 307 million years ago. |
InternetNews January 31, 2008 |
Outage Cripples Internet Connection to North Africa, Asia Egypt had only about 40 percent of its Internet capacity on Thursday because of a disruption to an undersea cable that has also affected the Persian Gulf region and south Asia. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
4 Future Plagues What future plagues await us? Let's have a look. |
Science News August 25, 2001 |
TimeLine: August 22, 1931 First female gorilla to survive in New York Zoo... Fleas are convicted of carrying typhus germs... Tertiary age sugars prove fresh enough to support life... |