Fears are rising that the usefulness of Wikipedia could be undermined as thousands of volunteer researchers abandon the site.

Nominated Islam Siddiqui Chief Agricultural Negotiator in Office of US Trade Representative Currently VP at CropLife America, a corporate trade group that represents Monsanto, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Syngenta : less truth-in-labeling + hormone treated meat

The ability of dogs to tune in to needs of psychiatric patients, turn on lights for trauma victims afraid of the dark, remind owners to take medication and interrupt suicide attempts and self-mutilation, has lately attracted the attention of researchers.

The pace of human evolution has been increasing at a stunning rate since our ancestors began spreading through Europe, Asia and Africa 40,000 years ago, quickening to 100 times historical levels after agriculture became widespread, according to a study.

A Jordanian site yields food-storage facilities from more than 11,000 years ago, indicating that a major social shift led to the rise of domesticated crops

Organic seed producer Frank Morton has been warning people for years that genetically modified organisms pose a serious threat to the Willamette Valley's vegetable seed industry. Now he thinks his worst GMO nightmare may be coming true.

"They're not making decisions about whether the pesticide can be put on the market based on impacts to bees, no matter how much evidence of harm there is," Colangelo says. "The EPA will just approve it anyway and put a warning label on the product."

A new study suggests that our feelings in our lifetime can affect our children.

Our children will inherit a world profoundly changed by the combination of technology and humanity that is social media. They'll take for granted that their voices can be heard and that a social movement can be launched from their laptop.

Rita Levi Montalcini, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, said Saturday that even though she is about to turn 100, her mind is sharper than it was she when she was 20.