An untroubled rush toward bioengineering
Almost all cotton seeds sold at Baoding Seed Market in Hebei Province are genetically engineered to resist bollworms. China has embraced the new crops faster than any other Asian nation. China's rush
Almost all cotton seeds sold at Baoding Seed Market in Hebei Province are genetically engineered to resist bollworms. China has embraced the new crops faster than any other Asian nation. China's rush
David Buzan, a spokeman for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, said nearly 300 miles of coast from Smith Point south to Corpus Christi were suffering from red tide, which is caused here by a
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has at long last approved domestic use of the abortion drug mifepristone-better known as RU-486. The approval was 12 years in coming.
International health experts surveyed border areas in Saudi Arabia and Yemen in an effort to contain a deadly outbreak of Rift Valley Fever. Officials in both countries said that by Monday night the
In just the past four years, there have been dramatic declines in the populations of many species, particularly primates and reptiles, according to a global study released. The "Red List" of
A commencement address in 1997, President Bill Clinton set a target of creating an AIDS vaccine within the space of a decade. Three years later, there is encouraging progress toward that objective.
The discovery of an unapproved variety of genetically engineered corn in an American brand of store-bought taco shells is prompting new calls for the labeling of bioengineered foods. But the case,
A long-term approach : It is nearly two decades since AIDS started sweeping across Africa like a biblical plague, destroying whole families, communities and increasingly, economies. Now we have to
The worst drought in a half-century, stretching from Syria to Mongolia, is threatening half of Tajikistan's population of 6 million with famine this fall. Well have gone dry, have rivers have ceased
After two decades of rapid economic development and the pollution and the ecological shifts that go with it, severe red tides have begun to plague China's vast coastline, surfacing unexpectedly like