Old man's fault

Children born to older fathers are more likely to succumb to Alzheimer's disease

Smart plants know

...how to make the enemy's enemy their friends

EU rebuffed

Headbangers' ball

Say NO to survivin'

‘Europe will witness more extreme megadroughts in the years ahead’

Down To Earth speaks to climate historian Christian Pfister from the University of Berne about Europe’s tryst with drought this year, in …

Greening German politics

The Green party, until recently the dark horse of German politics, is finally sitting pretty in the Bundestag, after years in the radical fringe

Putting the brakes on emissions

To reduce emissions of ozone-depleting substances, a state government in Germany has hauled the reins on motorists rocketing down highways

Fresh light illumines search for dark matter

New evidence has emerged for the existence of dark matter -- an invisible constituent of the universe that is believed to play a key role in the …

Hydrogen hopes

German engineers are transporting shiploads of hydrogen from Canada to Europe, where it will be harnessed as an alternate source of fuel and energy

Turning on the heat

The Green Party in France threatens to pull out of the government over the nuclear energy issue

Berlin reconciles to its history

Film>> Culture • Germany/US

... and ghosts come to life

History>> Phonograph • The US/Germany

Bananas over bananas

Shady windows

Power of wood

Support withdrawn

Nuclear row

France and Britain criticise Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power

Carry on golfing

Diamond clear

Lightly reactive

Materials that can be modified by changing light conditions

Air attack

Kala azar drug to be released

Germans up in arms

Gender parity

How it works in chromosomes