Freeping from both sides overwhelmed the server. Over the past two weeks, the results of the poll see-sawed back and forth from a majority saying "No" to a majority saying, "Yes". At the moment the single-voter system was implemented, it was 50/50...

Levels of noise in the world's oceans are causing serious problems for whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, a report warns.

A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous.

Evolution is the linchpin of modern biology. Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin wants creationism to be taught in public schools. This would violate the Constitution, so creationists are using buzzwords like "academic freedom" to attack evolution.

Despite iron-clad evidence of wrongdoing and a bipartisan majority vote at the Federal Communications Commission, Comcast is appealing the FCC's landmark order to stop the company from blocking Internet content.

As well as being unethical, animal models of pain are simplistic and fail to replicate the multi-dimensional experience of human pain with its complex genetic, biological and psychological aspects.

ALASKA - A hungry polar bear stuck on land forced five scientists studying the effects of global warming to be airlifted away from their camp. Polar bears are becoming increasingly trapped on land well away from their usual seal prey, say biologists.

Melting alpine glaciers are revealing fascinating clues to Neolithic life in the high mountains.

We were cheered to learn that the Navy and conservation groups have reached a court-approved settlement that allows the service ample opportunity to test its low-frequency sonar systems while protecting the habitats of marine life that can't...

A recent study suggests that old female elephants--and perhaps their memories of distant, life-sustaining sources of food and water--may be the key to survival during the worst of times.