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"A new genetic biomarker that indicates an increased risk for developing breast cancer can be found in an individual's "junk" (non-coding) DNA, according to a new study featuring work from researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and their colleagues."

Peak Oil is the point at which petroleum production reaches its greatest rate just before going into perpetual decline. In "Peak Oil and a Changing Climate," a new video series from The Nation and On The Earth productions, radio host Thom Hartmann explains that the world will reach peak oil within the next year if it hasn't already. As a nation, the United States reached peak oil in 1974, after which it became a net oil importer. Bill McKibben, Noam Chomsky, Nicole Foss, Richard Heinberg and the other scientists, researchers and writers interviewed throughout "Peak Oil and a Changing Climate" describe the diminishing returns our world can expect as it deals with the consequences of peak oil even as it continues to pretend it doesn't exist. These experts predict substantially increased transportation costs, decreased industrial production, unemployment, hunger and social chaos as the supplies of the  fuels on which we rely dwindle and eventually disappear. Chomsky urges us to anticipate the official response to peak oil based on how corporations, news organizations and other institutions have responded to global warming: obfuscation, spin and denial. James Howard Kunstler says that we cannot survive peak oil unless we "come up with a consensus about reality that is consistent with the way things really are." This documentary series hopes to help build that consensus. Click here to watch the introductory video, and check back here for new videos each Wednesday.

Paleontological evidence of colder temperatures in the past. Not a huge increase but significant.

Quantum dots are man-made atoms that confine electrons to a small space. They have atomic-like behavior that results in unusual electronic properties on a nanoscale. These unique properties may be particularly valuable in tailoring the way light interacts with matter.

ScienceDaily (May 27, 2011) - Ionizing radiation is not without danger to human populations. Indeed, exposure to nuclear radiation leads to an increase in male births relative to female births, according to a new study by Hagen Scherb and Kristina Voigt from the Helmholtz Zentrum München.

"Child abuse has had a known association with increased risk for virtually all types of psychological and psychiatric problems - but a new evidence review suggests that it raises the risk of physical illness just as much."

GENES that increase the risk of Alzheimer's and a blood protein that speeds up cognitive decline are radically changing our view of the devastating illness. Reported this week, both findings suggest new causes for Alzheimer's, boosting prospects for its treatment and prevention.

ScienceDaily (Apr. 26, 2011) - In a paper published in the April 25 early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco and colleagues report a game-changing advance in stem cell science: the creation of long-term, self-renewing, primitive neural precursor cells from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) that can be directed to become many types of neuron without increased risk of tumor formation.

Internet marketing has created a buzzword around the world. Interests among the businessmen are increasing rapidly about internet marketing. Therefore, the number of people wanting to optimize their websites through SEO service has also increased. If you intend to do online business you will definitely want your website to be in the first page of a search.

ScienceDaily (Oct. 20, 2011) - IQ, the standard measure of intelligence, can increase or fall significantly during our teenage years, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust, and these changes are associated with changes to the structure of our brains. The findings may have implications for testing and streaming of children during their school years.

Seed science is one of the most researched domains in science. Scarcity of food around the world especially, in the underdeveloped nations, has triggered the need for increased production of food crops.

Increase mango production with plant genetic modification research by Mahendra Trivedi. Know more here.

Learn all about growing eggplant, including the best eggplant varieties and ways to increase eggplant production etc. by Mr. Mahendra Kumar Trivedi.

The major question of how to increase crop yield dramatically, has been solved by the new upcoming biotechnological methods, there are various threats posed by these methods when it comes to genetically modified plants.

Organic agriculture has been very beneficial to increase crop production and help to keep environment healthy.

Ways to increase crop production includes enhanced utilization and administration of agricultural biodiversity assets, (for example, seeds, fertilization, gainful fauna, and so forth), to attain higher yields while advancing the practicality of the cultivating frameworks.

Increase poultry production through the Trivedi Effect, a well known natural phenomenon of Mahendra Trivedi.

Various techniques used in organic farming are crop rotation, biological pest control, green manure, composting, management of soil and weed, genetic modification etc. Organic agriculture or farming can hence be used as a protective measure for the environment indeed.