On a dangerous diet?
Mothers in Japan have been warned to cut down on breast-feeding their babies as breast milk has suddenly become harmful for infants
Cool Mr Moon
There is a lot of hydrogen on the moon, possibly in the form of water-ice, which could fuel rockets -- and is fuelling fantasies about colonisation
Search for the beginning
With the launch of fuse, scientists hope to understand the processes that led to the formation and evolution of stars, including our …
The missing link
Why do humans have such large brains? Switching over to eating meat may have been responsible
The feather link
A recently found dinosaur fossil reinforces the theory that birds are the descendants of dinosaurs
Doubts cloud desertification convention
Developing nations fear that the lack of a proper financial mechanism may hinder the world in its battle against desertiflcation
Robots in the playground
A group of robots have taken to the football field in Japan for the second year in succession
Gasbagging the North
The South has opposed the North's proposal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in yet another stalemate
Too high a price
Unwitting subjects to a 1954 nuclear experiment, the former inhabitants of a Pacific atoll continue to suffer
How a government dams its people
Reacting to a perennial water crisis with a series of dams that will ravage the rainforests, the Thai government bashes on regardless and …
Will the black government go green?
There is some apprehension about the new South African government's stand on environment and science and technology, but emerging trends bring …
Bribery in high places
Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad strikes back with tough trade sanctions against Britain for allegations of accepting bribes
The vanilla's meeting
High prices and illegal shipments of inferior quality have badly affected Madagascar's status as premier vanilla producer.
North American free-trade pact delayed
A US federal judge has ruled against a free trade accord with Mexico on the ground that it will harm the environment
UN urged to ensure protection of tribal rights
At the Human Rights convention in Vienna, quick UN approval was sought for the Universal Declaration of Indigenous People
Irate doctors complain US reforms illegal
The American Medical Association contends that limiting prices or overall spending on health care is unconstitutional
WHO seeks increase in AIDS funds
The World Health Organisation has called for enhanced spending and a joint UN initiative to combat the threat of AIDS.
Tokyo changes prescription to cut drug bill
The Japanese government is trying to keep the people from consuming too many medicines, in order to cut down its expenditure on health care.
Presidential criticism stings biotech firms
The days ahead are gloomy for the biotechnology industry in the United States, if the present downturn in the market persists.
Post-election squabbles widen rift at WHO
Hiroshi Nakajima's re-election as WHO's director general is being challenged on grounds of high-handedness.
Thais go on logging, despite ban
A UN ban on export of hardwood from Cambodia notwithstanding, Thai loggers continue to exploit loopholes and carry wood across the border.
ADB woos critical NGOs
Despite the Asian Development Bank setting up a social dimensions unit to liaise with NGOs and involve them in projects the bank funds, Asian …
Loggers, environmentalists at loggerheads
By lifting a ban raw wood export and levying a huge tax on it instead, officials in Jakarta have come under fire from both loggers and …
Pact of devastation
France has agreed to cancel part of the debt it is owed by Cameroon in return for the right to destroy the country's rainforests
Developed nations refuse to reform
Industrialised nations continue to be the major contnlxftrs of greenhouse gases and their emissions are increasing