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Describes the current state of college science graduation versus enrollment and the priority of gaining new science majors.

Brain gene activity changes through life Studies track biochemical patterns from just after conception to old age Web edition : Friday, October 28th, 2011 Human brains all work pretty much the same and use roughly the same genes in the same way to build and maintain the infrastructure that makes people who they are, two new studies show.

Killings sometimes occur in communities across Africa PORTLAND, Ore. - In a cooperative venture aimed at understanding the most uncooperative of acts, researchers studying different African communities of wild chimpanzees have pooled their data and found that the apes sometimes kill each other nearly everywhere they've been studied.

Size doesn't matter for crayfish's one-two crunch Biological deception may give crustaceans an advantage during a fight Web edition : Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 When it comes to male crayfish, not all claws are created equal.

Size doesn't matter for crayfish's one-two crunch Biological deception may give crustaceans an advantage during a fight Web edition : Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 When it comes to male crayfish, not all claws are created equal.

When volcanoes erupt, they can release ash, chunks of rock and torrents of lava. Now scientists have found that eruptions also can spew massive amounts of a chemical called bromine. This gas helps destroy the ozone layer, a segment of the upper atmosphere that protects life on Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.

Flying predators probably gobbled up the biggest of the large flying insects 150 million years ago About 300 million years ago, long before the first dinosaurs appeared, a different type of oversized critter inhabited Earth: giant insects. Scientists suspect bugs grew bigger then because the atmosphere contained more oxygen than it does now.

Lead poisoning stymies condor recovery Iconic species may not stand on its own without complete shift to nontoxic ammunition Web edition : Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 The California condor's return to flying free in the wild after a close brush with extinction may be an illusory recovery.