Political and religious leaders condemned the latest advance in cloning research as scientists and ordinary people grappled with the profound ethical implications.

The international space station, centerpiece of the U.S. manned space program, has encountered severe cost and management difficulties that could damage its value as a platform for conducting "world

Thousands of tons of toxic waste have been found dumped in Malaysia's southern state of Johor, sparking environmental and health fears, news reports

Construction should begin soon on a gigantic project to divert river waters from southern China to the north, where a growing scarcity of water is limiting development around major cities such as

The global warming treaty conducted this weekend in Morocco by 160 countries was an important victory for European and environmental leaders in rallying the international community behind a document

Officials from more than 160 countries haggled over the fine print of the Kyoto pact on global warming the last day of the United Nations climate conference seeking a deal to bring the landmark

In Marrakech, representatives of more than 160 nations are meeting to push the Kyoto Protocol on global warming a step closer to ratification. As delegated hammer out the mechanics for implementing

Under heavy security, thousands of delegates from 163 countries opened a two week conference finish the exhaustive effort of writing the rule book limiting the human contribution to the gradual

The crocodile was a silent stalker, as long as a school bus and weighting almost 18000 pounds. It is cruised the primeval rivers of what is now Saharan Africa, looking for unwary dinosaurs to snatch

Black holes are windowless cosmic dungeons, ultra compressed objects with gravity so powerful that anything that plummets through their trapdoors-surfaces called event horizons enshrouding each one