Sensible research rules
The Clinton administration has issued guidelines that would at long last allow federal funding of research on stem cells derived from human embryos. This avenue of inquiry offers the potential for
The Clinton administration has issued guidelines that would at long last allow federal funding of research on stem cells derived from human embryos. This avenue of inquiry offers the potential for
The McDonald's restaurant chain is mounting a campaign to improve the way American egg farmers care for their hens - a move that reflects scientific and public concern over how farm animals are
In the battle to save Cambodia's tropical hardwood forests from destruction, it seemed like a case the conservationists could not lose. The government had what looked like ironclad evidence, gathered
In a tight contest, Los Angeles has, for the moment, overtaken Houston for the dubious distinction of Smog Capital of U.S.A. Summer still has plenty of dirty days ahead to decide the issue but so far
The incidence of diabetes increased rapidly in the United States from 1990 to 1998, including a 76 percent rise in cases among people in their 30s, researchers reported, and they warned that the
In a major new foray into wildfire prevention, President Bill Clinton's administration will try to put into broad effect an experimental effort under way in Arizona that is intended to reduce fire
A second study has found that pollen from genetically engineered corn plants can harm monarch butterflies. About 20 percent of the monarchs' larvae died after exposure to pollen from corn genetically
The United States offer of $1 billion in annual loans to finance the purchase of anti-AIDS drugs in sub-Saharan Africa has been rejected by South Africa, one of the countries most devastated by the
Wildfires in the United States are throwing off political heat as well, with some Westerners blaming the mammoth blazes on reductions in timber harvesting under the Clinton Administration. The
In what the National Weather Service has called "a drought of historic proportions" in the Southeast of US, farmers in Florida, Louisiana and elsewhere have seen their crops ravaged, while Alabama