http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news on scientific topics and technology en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205111,un-biosafety-conference-urged-to-reach-deal-on-liability.html Bonn - A UN conference on risks relating to genetic engineering in agriculture was urged Tuesday to work out international rules for liability. It is a matter of credibility for the international community, to ensure such a deal is reached, said Ah... Science,Technology Tue, 13 May 2008 13:14:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205111,un-biosafety-conference-urged-to-reach-deal-on-liability.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204839,dispute-marks-start-of-un-biosafety-conference.html Bonn - A UN conference on risks relating to genetic engineering in the agricultural sector opened in the former West German capital of Bonn on Monday amid differences among the delegates. The world's leading gene technology companies want a voluntary... Science,Technology Mon, 12 May 2008 14:06:30 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204839,dispute-marks-start-of-un-biosafety-conference.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204387,missing-link-found-in-german-rock--fossil-record-fixed.html Wuppertal, Germany - A fossil which was hailed Friday as the missing link in a worldwide evolutionary mystery has been discovered by a rock hunter poking around after a building demolition in Germany. The carpoid, which lived 360 million years ago, i... Science,Technology Fri, 09 May 2008 12:26:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204387,missing-link-found-in-german-rock--fossil-record-fixed.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202742,spiders-found-to-court-females-with-ultraviolet-rays.html Singapore - Ultraviolet rays have been found to be essential for a spider courting females, a published report said Friday. National University of Singapore (NUS) Associate Professor Li Daiqin said that the rays, invisible to the human eye, are very ... Science,Technology Fri, 02 May 2008 02:18:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202742,spiders-found-to-court-females-with-ultraviolet-rays.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202339,albert-hofmann-discoverer-of-the-psychedelic-drug-lsd-dies-at-102.html Basel, Switzerland - Swiss scientist, Albert Hofmann, who discovered the mind-bending drug LSD that paved the way for the 1960s acid culture, has died, it was announced Wednesday. He was 102. The Albert Hofmann Foundation said he passed away Tuesday ... Science,Technology Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:31:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202339,albert-hofmann-discoverer-of-the-psychedelic-drug-lsd-dies-at-102.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202329,german-scientists-discover-secret-of-saline-tolerant-wheat.html Munich - German scientists said Wednesday they had discovered the secrets of saline tolerance in wheat, holding out the promise that new varieties can be bred to grow under irrigation in salty desert soils. The Technical University of Munich said the... Science,Technology Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:03:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202329,german-scientists-discover-secret-of-saline-tolerant-wheat.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202322,extra-its-a-girl-for-scientists-examining-colossal-squid.html Wellington - Scientists examining the most perfect example of the largest squid ever caught make a disappointing discovery Wednesday: Their specimen is female. They had hoped that they were examining the first male colossal squid ever captured so the... Science,Technology Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:51:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/202322,extra-its-a-girl-for-scientists-examining-colossal-squid.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201962,worlds-biggest-dinosaur-lives-in-worlds-trendiest-town.html Berlin - Where else would the world's biggest dinosaur live, but in the world's trendiest town? Live may be stretching it a bit. Brachiosaurus brancai has been dead for 150 million years, but he remains impressive, towering more than 13 metres over ... Science,Technology Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:13:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201962,worlds-biggest-dinosaur-lives-in-worlds-trendiest-town.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201702,robots-teaching-girls-to-like-science-and-technology.html Hamburg, Germany - A new generation of robots is teaching schoolgirls to enjoy learning science and technology the way boys do, according to a team of German researchers. Girls are turned off by the transformer style warrior robots which encourage ... Science,Technology Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:09:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201702,robots-teaching-girls-to-like-science-and-technology.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201177,emperor-neros-gate-discovered-in-cologne.html Cologne, Germany - A town gate that was probably built with a grant from Roman Emperor Nero has been discovered in Cologne, Germany during work on a new underground train line, archaeologists said Thursday. This is finest Roman handiwork, said Hans... Science,Technology Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:56:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201177,emperor-neros-gate-discovered-in-cologne.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198842,obituary-wheeler-who-gave-black-holes-their-name-dead-at.html Washington - John Archibald Wheeler, the theoretical physicist who gave black holes in space their name and worked on the Manhattan Project to build the atom bomb, has died at age 96, media reports said Monday. Wheeler, a young contemporary of Albert... Science,Technology Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:23:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198842,obituary-wheeler-who-gave-black-holes-their-name-dead-at.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198801,germany-and-china-to-expand-cooperation-in-research.html Beijing- German Minister of Education and Research Annette Schavan met Monday with her Chinese counterpart Wan Gang in Beijing at the start of a five-day visit. She was due to hold talks later with Education Minister Zhou Ji. ... Science,Technology Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:25:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198801,germany-and-china-to-expand-cooperation-in-research.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197916,scientists-discover-lungless-frog-that-breathes-through-skin.html Singapore - Scientists have discovered a frog without lungs that breathes through its skin in a find making evolutionary history, a published report said Thursday. The aquatic frog was found in August in two mountain rivers in Indonesia's Kalimantan,... Science,Technology Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:01:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/197916,scientists-discover-lungless-frog-that-breathes-through-skin.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196134,human-animal-hybrid-embryo-breakthrough-in-britain-stirs-debate.html London - Debate on the controversial issue of embryo research was reignited Wednesday following the announcement by scientists in Britain that they had made a breakthrough in creating human-animal hybrid embryos. A team of researchers at the Universi... Science,Technology Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:27:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/196134,human-animal-hybrid-embryo-breakthrough-in-britain-stirs-debate.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195915,british-archeologists-in-new-attempt-to-unravel-stonehenge-secret.html London - British archeologists are making new efforts to uncover the secrets of the prehistoric stone circle at Stonehenge in southwestern England. In the first archeological dig in 44 years, the archeologists want to solve the eternal question of ... Science,Technology Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:14:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195915,british-archeologists-in-new-attempt-to-unravel-stonehenge-secret.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195570,children-must-be-taught-how-to-behave-around-pets.html Bremen - Children must learn special rules in the presence of house pets, according to a German doctor specializing in microbiology and infectious epidemiology. The rules include remembering to wash their hands before eating, and they must never kiss... Science,Technology Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:16:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195570,children-must-be-taught-how-to-behave-around-pets.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195081,spanish-discovery-sheds-light-on-early-humans-in-europe--feature.html Madrid - More than a million years ago, a group of early humans lived in a cave in a lush green area in northern Spain, making stone tools and eating small herbivores and other animals. Their presence in what is now the fossil site of Atapuerca near ... Science,Technology Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:10:08 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195081,spanish-discovery-sheds-light-on-early-humans-in-europe--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195007,spanish-scientists-claim-to-discover-ancestor-of-modern-man.html Burgos, Spain - Spanish scientists said Thursday that a hominin species discovered in northern Spain was likely to be the direct ancestor of modern man. The scientists gave a press conference following the publication of the discovery of the oldest h... Science,Technology Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:19:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/195007,spanish-scientists-claim-to-discover-ancestor-of-modern-man.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/194764,spaniards-discover-remains-of-oldest-western-european-hominid.html Madrid - Spanish scientists said Wednesday they have discovered remains of the oldest hominid known in Western Europe so far. The teeth and lower jaw bone are estimated to be up to 1.2 million years old. ... Science,Technology Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:11:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/194764,spaniards-discover-remains-of-oldest-western-european-hominid.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/194444,un-urges-more-investment-in-weather-data.html Geneva - More investment is needed in gathering weather data to better offset the growing risks from extreme weather and climate change, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Tuesday. WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud said: We know ... Science,Technology Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:15:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/194444,un-urges-more-investment-in-weather-data.html