Universe(al) black out?
Computer models mapping the future course of the universe predict its demise; later than sooner!
Happy threesome?
Three human species which scientists earlier believed came one after the other, may have actually coexisted in Java
The fires still burn
As efforts to control the fires that have ravaged jungles and grasslands in Central America fail miserably, the misery mounts
Damming a river
Despite vehement domestic and international opposition, China has decided to go ahead with the massive new dam project on the Yangtze
People trying to curb people
With the Vatican already on the offensive and various unresolved rifts, fireworks are definitely on the agenda of the upcoming population …
When the Chinese go marching on
China's stupendous financial growth rate has exacted a stiff toll of its environment and other nations are worried that the disaster may spill over
Cadavers in the water
The thousands of corpses of the brutal gun-and machete civil war in Rwanda have been dumped into the second-largest fresh water lake in the world.
Ambitious plans override safety concerns
Despite strong opposition, the Indonesia is going ahead with its plan to build 12 nuclear power plants
The biotech brigands
Developed nations are interpreting key clauses of the biodiversity treaty with the aim of protecting their own biotechnology industries from …
Bridge over troubled waters
Sweden's environment minister resigns over the government's plan to build a bridge-and-tunnel link with Denmark
A peep at planetary births
The Gemini twin-telescope project, being spearheaded by Britain, will help astronomers watch a planet being born
Only one condition
Ukraine wants special status if it is to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty -- and this may be a solution to the problem of who owns the …
The economics of teenage pregnancies
A study finds teenage pregnancies occur more frequently in socially backward areas than affluent areas, but the opposite holds true for abortions
Economic goals set for scientists
Scientists in the West who have been flush with funds over the years are being shaken out of their smugness as taxpayers demand more tangible …
Hunger in a bitter battle of bullets and bullies
Bickering aid agencies and rival rebel militia are all to be blamed for blocking the delivery of emergency food supplies to starving millions
Countdown to safety
In the face of mounting criticism at home and abroad, Japan's fast-breeder reactor programme is on the mat
Swiss plea tests US policy
Switzerland's request to transfer radioactive fuel for reprocessing has prompted protests and tries US policy on nuclear proliferation.
Bouquets and brickbats for Thorp
Japan and Germany have welcomed the go-ahead for Britain's Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant, but opponents feel it will lead to nuclear proliferation.
Completing the great gene jigsaw
An epiphanic understanding of gene sequencing at last seems to reveal the tale of life and death
Human problems
Internal wrangling in the WWFI has conservationists wondering about the future of nurturing nature
Rocky rendezvous
The enigma behind the world. of asteroids could be unravelled once and for all with NASAs recent launch of a search probe
Anybody home?
The discovery of two planets orbiting stars similar to the sun has thrown up intriguing possibilities of life existing in the outer space
Spatial success
With the latest launch of another remote sensing satellite, Indian space scientists aim to carve out a niche in the world market for satellite …
Cars that care
The car industry seems to be finally realising the importance of manufacturing "environmentally-friendly" vehicles
Confused roots
Asian or African, the origin is the same, say researchers who trace the first Chinese to the dark continent