Whoever said biological research is cut and dry has not set up pitfall traps to catch lizards in Cameroon or tagged them using tattoos in the Bahamas. Read more...

The mudslides caused by recent torrential rains in Southern California can be attributed in part to historic errors made back when cattle outnumbered unstable hillsides. “Los Angeles developed as a small cow town in the lowlands, and Sunset Boulevard was nothing more than cow trails to the coast,” said Antony Orme, a professor of geography at UCLA. Read more...

A UCLA study has further confirmed the potential and potency of an anti-cancer agent brewed in a pot. Green tea extract has been shown to selectively inhibit the growth and spread of cancer cells, leaving normal cells untouched. Read more...

“¢bull; Hours after the Dec. 26 tsunami struck the eastern Sri Lanka village, an infant was found by a neighbor on a beach among bodies and debris and taken to a hospital. Read more...

Greenhouse gases, on the rise since industrialization first began, have impacted the earth’s climate to the point of increasing the atmospheric temperature by one degree. It appears that the temperature increase is only one in a plethora of environmental damages caused by greenhouses gasses. Read more...

If Oprah jumped off a bridge, would you do it too? The proverbial bridge in question is Airborne, the Alka-Seltzer-like herbal concoction that was developed by a second-grade school teacher who just couldn�t shake the sniffles. Read more...

Somewhere in Cameroon and 25 to 30 kilometers in from the nearest dirt road is a spot once inhabited by the lone tent of Tom Smith, director of the UCLA Center for Tropical Research. Read more...