Battle over Bears' bile in China
For years, the woman heard the moaning of animals. Finally, last month she could not stand it any more. She called a newspaper to report that a nearby restaurant was keeping three black bears in tiny
For years, the woman heard the moaning of animals. Finally, last month she could not stand it any more. She called a newspaper to report that a nearby restaurant was keeping three black bears in tiny
The right bug and an unlucky series of coincidences : If the indestructible cockroach is the Sherman tank of the insect kingdom, the fragile mosquito is its DC-7, a pioneer in linking the world by
Mainstream environmentalists are putting aside earlier concerns and lining up strongly behind Vice president Al Gore's presidential candidacy, turning away from the Green Party candidate, Ralph
A typhoon has killed 47 people and caused at least $175 million in damage in two southern Chinese provinces, state media
The stormy battle over globalization that brought protests to the streets of Seattle and Washington moves to heart of the world's only truly global organization : the United Nations. An
At the start of Bombay's annual Ganesh Festival tens of thousands of brightly painted statues of the deity were carried through the streets. But environmentalists do not like the way the event
Scientists in the burgeoning field of artifical lief have reached a major milestone, creating a computerized system that automatically creates,evolves,improves and finally builds a variety of simple
A US judge has ruled that Texas's system for administering preventive medicine and certain other health care for children in Medicaid programs is badly flawed, and he has ordered the state to make
The growing problem of dirty air over national parks is diappointing tourists and keeping some away, costing nearby businesses millions of dollars in lost revenue, a study commissioned by several
Starting next week some surgery patients at the Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center in Boston will be asked to allow leftover tissue from their operations to be sent to a Massachusetts biotech