By MATTHEW BARAKAT.Fish pedicures are creating something of a splash in the D.C. area, where a northern Virginia spa has been offering them for the past four months. John Ho, who runs the Yvonne Hair and Nails salon with his wife, Yvonne Le, said 5,000 pe
The white horse is an icon for dignity which has had a huge impact on human culture across the world. An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University has now identified the mutation causing this spectacular trait and show that white horses
Threatened by climate change, development and dehydration, wetlands throughout the world could release a "carbon bomb" if they are destroyed, scientists reported Sunday.
These wetlands contain 771 billion tons of greenhouse gases
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID. It's not exactly Tony serenading Maria in "West Side Story," but for all their homeliness toadfish also sing to attract mates. OK, singing may be a stretch; it's more of a hum.
A part-albino Golden Eagle has been found in Southern Colorado and 850KOA has obtained exclusive, copyright photos of the bird just before he was transferred to the Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo.
Someone floated the idea and they all went with it.
But once in the water, trying to swim a few lengths was suddenly out of the question.
In fact, there was treading room only when thousands of swimmers crowded into a pool in Penglai in Sichuan,
"The machine is different from all the other projects that aim to derive energy out of waves. It can be used in a calm sea as the Mediterranean, even if its efficiency in the ocean could be five times bigger" Grassi said.
In the world of natural health, "medicinal" mushrooms are known as some of the most potent immune boosters and disease fighters. Perhaps the most potent of all is the Agaricus Blazei Murrill mushroom, known in its native Brazil as "The Mushroom of God"
by: Heidi Ledford. A genetic mutation that allows African people to resist a form of malaria may also leave them more prone to HIV infection, according to a genetic survey of 3,400 people. But paradoxically, once infected with HIV
by: Geoff Brumfiel . A massive volcanic eruption under the present-day Caribbean was responsible for a mass extinction that occurred 93 million years ago, say geologists.
