Nuclear security seminar opens in Dominican Republic

People's Daily Online: "The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Dominican authorities Monday launched a regional seminar on nuclear security featuring discussions on the nuclear threat and risk management of radioactive sources.

The seminar, which is due to end Thursday, drew representatives from 14 countries of the Caribbean region."

Undersea volcanoes trigger mass extinction

COSMOS magazine: "PARIS: Ninety-three million years ago, Earth was a reshuffled jigsaw of continents, a hothouse where the average temperature was nearly twice that of today."

Grunting fish reveal the origins of human speech

Researchers have found that fish produce grunts in the same way that humans and other animals make sounds.

Barbados Eye Study

EyeWorld Magazine:: "African patients with open-angle glaucoma and posterior subcapsular cataracts as well as those who remain aphakic after cataract surgery report a lower visual quality of life than those without these conditions, according to Suh-Yuh Wu, research assistant professor of preventative ophthalmology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y. These were among some of the key findings brought to light in a study published in the April 2008 issue of Investigational Ophthalmology and Visual Science."

Quick-thinking ants trim foliage to fit

Watch how ants switch their leaf-carrying tactics when an obstacle is placed in their path.

Heart Medicine Gene

Genetics researchers have debunked a racial myth about who might benefit from a widely used heart failure medication. As this Sciencentral video reports, the finding will eventually allow personalized treatments for this devastating disease.

Metal-eating "pest" caught on film

Researchers in the UK have captured the first video footage of the tin pest reaction.