Computer scientists and hobbyists have spent years writing software that can hold rudimentary converstations with people. At last, a use for it is emerging : a
About 70% of South East Asia's people live in the countryside and farming remains a vital part of the economy. Last year, nature's biggest victims were Indonesia and Philippines, which in 1997 and
General Chea Tara is on a mission to save Cambodia's trees. As 30 of his commandos parachute out of helicopters over an illegal logging site in Stung Treng province, he declares his goal is close.
The fifth time was lucky for the Michigan prosecutors. On March 26th a jury found Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Thomas Youk, a Michigan man suffering from the advanced
A new challenge for Chirstianity : greenery. Ecologists say Colombian Lent and Easter traditions are damaging the country's biodiversity. While reptile meat and eggs are a traditional spring delicacy
At the end of February, a group of Canadian heemophiliacs infected with HIV and hepatitis C descended on Washington. They want an inquiry into why the United States, particularly the federal Food and
Videogames are coming ever closer to simulating the real world-or at least Hollywood's version of it. The day they succeed is now less than a decade away : a
Some of the trees that will be saved in the agreement made by the federal government, the state of California and Pacific Lumber Company to protect the Headwaters Forest, the world's last groves of
