And they are exacerbated by bad management, says Simon Long AS IT SCOURS the universe for signs of extraterrestrial life, NASA has a motto-cum-mission-statement: “Follow the water”. About 70% of the human
Everyspring migrating salmon return to British Columbia's rivers to spawn. And every spring new reports detail fresh disasters that befall them. This year is no different. The fisheries committee of
Trying to get Americans to eat a healthy diet is a frustrating business. Even the best-designed public-health campaigns cannot seem to compete with the tempting flavours of the snack-food and
Five years ago, 44 African heads of state pledged to halve the number of deaths caused by malaria on their continent within a decade. Halfway through that decade, it looks, on the face of things, as
While rich countries squirm, poor ones are acting. The fastidiousness with which people in many wealthy nations (though not, as yet, America) have reacted to genetically modified (GM) crops is in
In almost every poll in the past five years, Britons have rated the health service as the single most important issue facing the country. They are sure to think so still when they cast their votes on
Vlamimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov, joint bosses of Russia's Norilsk Nickel, want to be global gold tycoons as well. In 2002 Norilsk bought Polyus, Russia's largest gold producer; in 2003 two
At the Miraflores lock on the Panama Canal it is possible to watch the heartbeat of international trade in action. One by one, giant ships piled high with multi-coloured containers creep through the
"The environmental movement's foundational concepts, its method for framing legislative proposals, and its very institutions are outmoded. Today environmentalism is just another special interest.'
In almost every poll in the past five years, Britons have rated the health service as the single most important issue facing the country. They are sure to think so still when they cast their votes on
If awards were given for thinking up new ways to frighten people, Britain's animal-rights extremists would win lots of them. Their inventiveness and determination has frightened the government too.
