Enter the age of bionics

With just the right battery, hearts will never skip a beat  

COP21

Leaving their mark

Tainted meat

News Snippets

Flowering plant undoes 100 million years of evolution, shows signs of self-pollination

Parisian pansies are smaller, produce less nectar than 20-30 years ago; environmental changes can to further decline in pollinators, warn scientists

Heart-friendly

Naturally occurring trans fats not harmful

Under sea threat

Carbon on sale

US organisations begin trade in carbon dioxide emissions

Oxygen bars may cause health risks

A concrete facelift

Business can no longer ignore extreme heat events — it’s becoming a danger to the bottom line

Heat intensity of these events is also increasing with the frequency 

Activists object to having carbon-emitting sponsors for COP 21

Say sponsorship of UN climate conference by big carbon emitters is hypocritical

INDONESIA

White ruling

France wins a landmark ruling on asbestos against Canada

Ecotax policy rejected

Poplar winner

Are GM trees ready to turn the paper and pulp industry green?

Fusion power

France to host global thermonuclear project to generate electricity

News snippets

Laxity to be probed

In court

The demoralizing esculent

When it was introduced in Europe, people associated the potato with disease

The world the slaves built

After the recent earthquake, Haiti is depicted as a basket case. It was not always so

The earliest modern humans in Europe mastered bow-and-arrow technology 54,000 years ago

Neanderthals did not develop mechanically propelled weapons, used traditional weapons

MONEYMAKERS