Study on U.S. Glacial Aquifer and 3 Asian countries suggests officials should monitor manganese as a possible public health threat.
Manganese in Underground Drinking Water is Cause for Concern
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Potential Impacts of Planned Andean Dams Outweigh Benefits, Scientists Say
Scientists used historical data and models to predict the impacts of six planned or potential Andean dams on the Amazon river system.
This is how belly fat could increase your cancer risk
It’s been well established that obesity is a contributor to cancer risk, but how it actually causes cancer is still a question that hasn’t been fully explained.
For the love of ice: Journeys to the remote and inhospitable
Ice has always been fascinating to Alison Criscitiello.
“I had a science teacher who did a short unit on glaciers … I couldn’t believe they were real,” she says. That classroom encounter when she was in eight grade in Winchester, Massachusetts, had a lasting impact.
Illegal dumping during road construction in Ethiopia affects child mortality
The research shows that an additional road built within five kilometres increases the probability that a mother experiences an infant death by three percentage points from 8.5 per cent to 11.5 per cent The research team also found that children under the age of five living near a recently built road have a lower level of haemoglobin in the blood and are more likely to suffer from severe anaemia.
Caffeine tempers taste, triggering temptation for sweets
Caffeine, the widely consumed stimulant and igniter of sluggish mornings, has been found to temper taste buds temporarily, making food and drink seem less sweet, according to new Cornell University research.
