A 9.81 acre public park along the Wangchu river (Bhutan), was inaugurated on August 22.The park will also function as an arboretum (a botanical garden devoted to trees) and has about 3000 seedlings

further regulated : The export of semi-finished wood products will be banned, the number of forest management units increased, and three sawmills established and operated by the Forestry Development

A remarkable operation in which a severely epileptic child had half his brain removed is chronicled in a BBC documentary. The radical surgery not only improved Harrison Ward-Mullis' epilepsy, but did

Diabetes experts have warned that the costs of looking after sufferers could soar unless more is done to spot and treat the disease. The first study looking at the financial impact of type-2 diabetes

For the first time, scientists have established a direct link between the outbreak of "mad cow" disease among cattle and cases of a new variation of a similar disease in people. Dr. Stephen J.

Researchers at UCLA's Jonson Cancer Centre are reporting, for the first time, that smoking marijuana may increase the risk of head and neck cancers. Results of an epidemiological study of more than

the answer to cheaper water heaters? : A back-yard project in Taba (Bhutan) producing solar water heaters could one day mean a cheaper and more economical alternative to electric water heaters.The

Population 2000 Report : "The price of inequality is too high to pay" was the message of the UNFPA's State of World Population 2000 report, released on September 20.According to the report, titled

Using blood components from a patient's brother or sister, medical researchers have causesd tumors to shrink or disapper in patients suffering from metasized and usually fatal kidney cancer. As

Day care centres incubate and spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria which cause infections of the respiratory system, say researchers. Israeli researchers tested toddlers attending day centres to see