IN AUGUST environmentalists in the Philippines vandalised a field of Golden Rice, an experimental grain whose genes had been modified to carry beta-carotene, a chemical precursor of vitamin A.

NAVIGATING Colombia’s mountainous countryside was even harder than usual for three weeks in the summer, when thousands of farmers blocked roads to protest about poor conditions in rural areas.

A new vaccine will help, but will not defeat malaria. On October 8th researchers announced progress in developing a vaccine against malaria.

China endures choking smog, mass destruction of habitats and food poisoned with heavy metals. But ask an environmentalist what is the country’s biggest problem, and the answer is always the same.

By building dams in the Himalayas, Chinese engineers are tinkering with one of the world’s great sets of watersheds.

IN 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of scientists, said the glaciers of the Himalayas could melt by 2035. This was complete fiction.

IN 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of scientists, said the glaciers of the Himalayas could melt by 2035. This was complete fiction.

Travel within any Indian city is usually crowded and slow. But Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), capital of West Bengal, has certain advantages.

THE McCoy Elkhorn mining complex straddles the border of Pike and Floyd counties in eastern Kentucky.

China has many good reasons not to build the $5.2 billion Xiaonanhai dam on the Yangzi river in Chongqing.