For most kids, you can’t beat a trip to the zoo. And for those unfortunate kids whose immune systems are too weak to endure such an excursion, they now have the chance to experience it from their hospital beds. That’s thanks to a clever par…
“The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness.” – Lao Tzu I think after two weeks it is time to post a note saying that we have been working hard to repair the Quote of the Day feature on our website. I have been posting a new quote every day since Marc…
Things are looking up in DR Congo’s Virunga Mountains, where recently scores of elephants have been returning across the border following a reduction in militia violence. Also this spring, there have been 9 healthy births recorded among the mount…
A recent international survey of a deep sea zone near Mexico turned up 24 species of shrimp-like animals called amphipods, including a whole new taxonomic family, called Mirabestiidae. The survey took place in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) between …
Divers stumble upon pod of sleeping giants in Caribbean Sea
A phase 2 clinical trial in England has demonstrated smashing success in improving the conditions of children with a rare form of treatment-resistant epilepsy called Dravet syndrome. Believed to affect 3,000 children in England, it’s just one out…
