Tag: research

NEW YORK (AP) — What’s behind those hard-to-resist puppy dog eyes? New research suggests that over thousands of years of dog domestication, people preferred pups that could pull off that appealing, sad look. And that…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it will relocate two research agencies’ headquarters to the Kansas City area, delighting Kansas and Missouri officials but intensifying critics’ fears that research…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A research ship that located the black box of a crashed Air France jet has embarked on a scientific expedition to the Florida Keys, where a mysterious disease is burning through…

WELDA — To a worm, the soil is a world teeming with activity. Intricate root systems deliver oxygen to help the soil breathe. Water flows over the thirsty roots. Tiny organisms create paths through the…

In the wake of Sept. 11, federal officials said the United States needed a new, state-of-the-art facility to defend against bioterrorism and stop diseases that could devastate the country’s farm economy and threaten human lives.…

A college degree is still your best bet for earning top dollar. Yet with more Americans graduating from college, having a degree is no longer enough to stand out. To make the most of that…

The beginning was the worst. It frustrated Janet Parkerson when her father started to forget what he had done that day or the day before. But soon names slipped his mind, too, and then he…