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
The February 28th earthquake in Seattle was a "deep earth" quake, occuring well beneath the earth's surface about 30 miles south west of the city. Shallow rocks are more dangerous. And the real risk
In the face of foot-and-mouth disease and BSE, Europeans cannot simply reject modern intensive agriculture and turn organic : a
For over a decade, South Africa has been a country in denial. The result is that it now has more HIV-positive people than any other in the world. It is at last coming to terms with the appalling
This week's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) left UK feeling like a plague island. Although FMD inevitably brings bovine spongiform encephalopathy to mind, it is a different order of problem.
In the early 1990s, Canada's Atlantic cod fishery collapsed. Around the world, many other fisheries are dangerously close to following the Atlantic cod's example. To counter this risk, complex rules
Alan Colman and his colleagues at PPL Therapeutics, a Scottish biotechnology firm have claimed to have found a way to coax adult skin cells from a cow into becoming heart-muscle cells in the
It is possible that traffic congestion will keep on getting worse so that road rage, missed appointments and late deliveries become the norm. But there is an equally plausible alternative scenario.
The crisis in European agriculture could force fundamental changes in the European Union's common agricultural policy. At last : a
The rocket Ariane 5 should have given its makers the lead in the satellite launch industry. Instead it looks like dragging them back : a
The US government is regularly accused of encroaching on states rights and fingering their assets. In recent weeks, South Carolina and Oklahoma have joined Louisina in defying federal proposals to
