The formation process involved two stages, said Mitchell Begelman, a professor and the chair of CU-Boulder's astrophysical and planetary sciences department.

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The U.S. Geological Survey's research marks its most comprehensive examination of mercury contamination in stream fish. The study found that 27% of the fish had mercury levels high enough to exceed what the Environmental Protection Agency considers safe.

Scientists say they have evidence that the powerful greenhouse gas methane is escaping from the Arctic sea bed. As temperatures rise the sea bed grows warmer & frozen water crystals in the sediment break down allowing methane trapped inside them to escape

Scientists have identified one of the fundamental chemical buildings blocks of life in a comet for the first time, (Nasa) reports.Glycine is an amino acid found in proteins,the sophisticated molecules that organisms use to build & maintain their systems.

In Aesop's fable about the crow and the pitcher, a thirsty bird adds stones to raise the water level in a pitcher in order to drink from it. Rooks, a relative of the crow, use stones to raise the level of water in a container to reach a floating worm.

Photos, addresses, family ties, court documents, details from MySpace profiles -- the moment information is published online, it can be copied and re-posted, and often is. "Snooper" sites make it easy to assemble the information into a digital portrait.

ScienceDaily (July 19, 2009)-Researchers from the University of Southampton have drawn together 200 years' worth of oceanographic knowledge to investigate the distribution of a notorious deep-sea giant - the king crab.

Two men have been jailed after becoming the first in the UK to be convicted of inciting racial hatred via a foreign website. The men's bid for asylum was thrown out by a judge.

Any wannabe gardener would appreciate a plant that waters itself. Now research shows how one plant does this: The desert rhubarb plant captures 16 times more liquid from its bone-dry surroundings than neighboring plants.