Lily Cole to recieve honorary doctorate

Model-turned actress Lily Cole will be honoured with a doctorate by a Scottish University for outstanding contribution to humanitarian and environmental causes. The 25-year-old will be presented the Doctor of Letters degree from Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) July 3. She had worked with professor Muhammad Yunus of Cambridge University on her new social networking site Impossible.com, ...

All the Buzz About the 2013 Geographic Bee

After many grueling rounds that tested geographic knowledge of lions in Botswana, mountain ranges in Asia, and port cities in England, 12-year-old Sathwik Karnik from Norfolk, Massachusetts, was named the winner of the 25th ...

Tornadoes and Global Warming Is There a Connection

Linking any particular weather event to climate change is always tricky, because weather is inherently random. But weather patterns can speak to a warming planet. Scientists can detect that extreme rain events, for instance, are already happening more often than they used to, and that a warmer atmosphere with more water vapor in it is making such events more ...

Biden Oil threatens environment

The nation’s need for oil and the changing environment are enduring dangers, Vice President Joe Biden told graduates of the United States Coast Guard Academy Wednesday. Speaking at the New London, Conn., commencement, Biden said offshore drilling and the need to protect high-seas oil tankers threaten both the nation’s shorelines and environmental security. "You graduated in a ...

Lessons From Joplin’s Tornado Recovery Effort

The Monday tornado that leveled a 20-mile stretch south of Oklahoma City, with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour, brings back harrowing memories of the deadly tornado that ripped apart Joplin, Missouri, exactly two years ago ...