Texas (US), Dec.15 (ANI): Former US President George W. (Dubya) Bush is clearly enjoying himself after leaving the White House.
He has been spending time saying hello to his neighbours, walking his dog Barney and shopping for inane things like a battery from the local hardware store.
In between, he regales his audience with many of [...]
Washington, November 11 (ANI): A new geochemical analysis of rare ancient soils has led scientists to suggest that about different 150 million to 200 million years ago, the Congo Basin was arid, with a small amount of seasonal rainfall, and few bushes or trees populated the landscape.
The geochemical analysis provides new data for the Jurassic [...]
Washington, October 28 (ANI): In a new research, fossil land snail shells found in ancient soils on the subtropical eastern Canary Islands have shown that the Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa were wetter 50,000 years ago, and since then, have become progressively drier.
The research was done by Yurena Yanes, a post-doctoral researcher, [...]
Washington, October 26 (ANI): A new research has suggested that the African nation of Ethiopia had warmer soil temperatures, higher rainfall and different atmospheric circulation patterns 27 million years than it does today.
The research was done by Neil J. Tabor, associate professor of Earth Sciences at SMU (Southern Methodist University).
He calculated past climate using oxygen [...]
Washington, October 2 (ANI): Scientists have found that seismic forces have twisted an Italian supervolcano’s interiors, giving scientists an unprecedented glimpse deep into the feature’s explosive plumbing-and a better shot at deciphering when the next one might blow.
The now fossilized supervolcano last erupted about [...]
Washington, September 22 (ANI): A team of scientists has found the “Rosetta Stone” of supervolcanoes, in the form of a fossil supervolcano in the Italian Alps’ Sesia Valley.
A team led by James E. Quick, a geology professor at Southern Methodist University, US, found the fossil.
The discovery will advance scientific understanding of active supervolcanoes, like Yellowstone, [...]
Washington, Sept 21 (ANI): Asthmatics can improve their conditions by changing the way they breathe, say experts.
Thomas Ritz and Alicia Meuret, from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, have developed a four-week program to teach asthmatics how to better control their condition with the help of new breathing techniques.
During an attack, sufferers tend to hyperventilate, breathing [...]
