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
Where is the great African AIDS novel, film or painting? Of the 40m infected worldwide by the disease, most are in Africa, where it is the cause of deep social change. In South Africa alone, over 5m
A recent survey by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed that Pennsylvania lost 2000 farms between 1997 and 2002 but the number managed by women rose by 1000. Vermont and Maine are also leading
Could Angola become the second African state to roll back AIDS?If you imagine perfect conditions for spread of AIDS, you might imagine somewhere like Angola. A long war split families, forced many
Most people are not used to thinking of large buildings as vast, energy-guzzling machines. But that is what they are. In America, buildings account for 65% of electricity consumption, 36% of total
Why has the Toyota Prius become the car industry's most talked about product? Since 1997, only about 250,000 have been sold, a paltry number by the industry's standards. The Prius is hardly big, fast
This is particularly busy time for Brian Brink,
It's hospitals gleam. Waiting lists are non-existent. Doctors still make home visits. Life expectancy is two years longer than average for the western world. With such a shining bill of health, the
The European Union tries to revive the Doha round of trade talks. The round seemed to have collapsed in Cancun last September, when a deep division emerged between poor and rich countries about both
"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.'
India's HIV epidemic is at a critical stage. If it is not brought under control soon, it may grow to African proportions. India's first case of HIV infection occurred among prostitutes in Chennai
