Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Over-harvesting is changing the very essence of prey species THE average horn length and body mass of the bighorn sheep population in Alberta, Canada, saw almost one fourth reduction in the last 30 years. This damaged the health and viability of these animals, leaving them vulnerable to predators. A review …
Many critics have passed their verdict on newspapers. The Internet will surpass them, they hold. An American start-up wants to start dozens of new ones
View image Global warming! Definitely not the priority this year Americans considered global warming the least important in a list of 20 priorities for 2009, a nation-wide telephone survey revealed Only 30 per cent thought it should be the first priority Economy and improving job situation topped the list with …
New Delhi: Reliance Industries will soon acquire clean storages in the US East Coast and Gulf Coast to sell huge volumes of fuel, a senior official said, putting in place its global infrastructure that will cement its swing-supplier role. "We are looking for storages in the East Coast, the Gulf …
Elisabeth Rosenthal As he has done frequently over the last 18 months, Andy Roost drove his blue diesel Peugeot 205 onto a farm, where signs pointed one way for
WASHINGTON: The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to act for the first time to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that scientists blame for the warming of the planet, according to top Obama administration officials. The decision, which most likely would play out in stages over a period of …
As bottled water use continues to expand around the world, there is growing interest in the environmental, economical, and social implications of that use, including concerns about waste generation, proper use of groundwater, hydrologic effects on local surface and groundwater, economic costs, and more. A key concern is how much …
BY LALIT K. JHA WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama has sought the help of major countries of the world including China and India in addressing the urgent issue of climate change and clean energy. In an interview to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on Tuesday, Mr Obama said the …
Date: 18-Feb-09 Country: JAPAN Author: Arshad Mohammed TOKYO - The United States and Japan should work with China on clean energy as it faces the heavy energy use that usually comes with industrialization, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday. Making her first trip abroad as the top U.S. …
Date: 18-Feb-09 Country: ISRAEL Author: Ari Rabinovitch KIBBUTZ SAMAR - Israeli energy company AORA wants to prove it doesn't have to be sunny for a solar power plant to make electricity. Like weaning a car from total dependence on fuel, the answer, it says, is to go hybrid. Their idea …
Traffic Pollution Causes Genetic Changes In Fetus, Predisposing Kids To Disease Washington: Children born in heavy traffic areas could be at greater risk of developing asthma due to genetic changes brought on by pollution and acquired in the womb, researchers said. The new study conducted by researchers from the University …
Blood test made easy with paper and adhesive tapes TESTING of blood for iron, glucose and protein levels is a time-consuming and costly affair requiring a series of chemical tests in a laboratory. Researchers from the Harvard University in US invented a device called the 3D
>> The US state of Hawai has introduced a web service that puts patients face-to-face with doctors. Doctors hold 10-minute appointments, which can be extended for a fee. They can also file prescriptions and view patients
technology Mediaeval books dated by DNA testing Timothy Stinson from the North Carolina State University is using modern dna testing to trace the evolution of the book industry during the Middle Ages. Thousands of volumes, handwritten during the mediaeval period on parchments made of animal skin, still exist today. Scholars …
For the ancient Egyptians, the sacred scarab symbolized resurrection and self-invention, the power to tunnel out from the tar-pit grip of the earth and back into the agile light of morning. Who better to counsel rebirth in the wake of inundation and obliteration than a civilization built on the flood …
