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Dutch study unlocks key to firm tomatoes 8 May 08, 19:14 ET Reuters - Dutch scientists said on Friday they have identified a key gene that protects tomatoes against a common fungus that causes the plants to wilt. more Study confirms ancient Chile settlement is 14,000 years old 8 May 08, 16:53 ET AFP - Scientists have confirmed that the famed Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile is about 14,000 years old, making it the earliest known human settlement in the Americas, the journal Science reported Thursday. more Sugarcane biofuel becomes Brazil's second energy source 8 May 08, 16:51 ET AFP - Biofuel and other derivatives from sugarcane have for the first time overtaken hydroelectric power as an energy source in Brazil, according to an annual official study released Thursday. more Seaweed provides clues to earliest inhabitants of Americas 8 May 08, 16:11 ET AP - Remains of meals that included seaweed are helping confirm the date of a settlement in southern Chile that may offer the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas. more Mother Nature Still in Charge 8 May 08, 15:25 ET LiveScience.com - The Myanmar cyclone. The earthquake off the coast of Japan. The Chilean volcano. Has Earth gone bonkers? more Ancient seaweed chews confirm age of Chilean site 8 May 08, 14:34 ET Reuters - Bits of chewed-up or burned seaweed discarded more than 14,000 years ago confirm that people were in Chile at least that long ago and shed light on what their culture was like, researchers reported on Thursday. more Overlooked in the global food crisis: A problem with dirt 8 May 08, 13:09 ET AP - Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding. Now the problem is the dirt they're planted in. more Nigerian body backs jatropha as biofuels source 8 May 08, 11:51 ET AFP - A short and hardy tree that Nigerians have used for centuries to demarcate farmland could be the way forward for biofuels, the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) said Wednesday. more 114-Year-Old Man Takes Longevity Keys to the Grave 8 May 08, 09:10 ET LiveScience.com - A man who lived to age 114 died recently on a small Mediterranean island. Until age 102 he rode a bicycle every day to tend to his family's orchards. His 101-year-old brother, his two daughters aged 81 and 77, and a nephew aged 85 all still live in a small town on the Spanish island of Minorca. more Scientists map the genetic makeup of the platypus 8 May 08, 07:39 ET AP - Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus - one of nature's strangest animals with a bill like a duck's, a mammal's fur and snake-like venom. more Alien Life-Searching Techniques Tested 8 May 08, 00:45 ET SPACE.com - Many space missions use robots to explore. The rovers Spirit and Opportunity are still travelling around Mars, taking pictures and digging in the dirt. But could a robot identify alien life? How would a machine know the difference, for instance, between a rock and bacteria? more Why Don't They Do SETI? 8 May 08, 00:45 ET SPACE.com - A widespread and popular impression of SETI is that it's a worldwide enterprise. Well, it's not, and there's something modestly puzzling in that. more Australian platypus genome a link to evolution 8 May 08, 00:42 ET Reuters - Australia's unique duck-billed platypus -- an egg-laying, furry animal with web feet that spends most of its time underwater -- is in fact part bird, part reptile and part mammal according to its gene map. more

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