Invading zebra mussels have colonised at least 2,000 sq km of soft sediment on the beds of the Great Lakes in the US, says a recent report. Till now, it was thought that these mussels could grow only

several toxic chemicals in British rivers are going undetected as pollution inspectors are using ineffective monitoring techniques. A study initiated

Medical science may soon declare cancer, a disease that has eluded it for years, dead

managing waste: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Pune, plans to set up a

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President Fidel Ramos has promised support to farmers during a severe drought in Philip-pines due to the El Ni

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A Han dynasty work of art that was sold recently in New York for us $2.5 million may have been stolen from the area to be flooded by the Three Gorges Dam. Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, an archaeologist

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Fiji has enforced nationwide restrictions on the use of water as the country is fighting with the worst drought in recorded history. Those people who are caught washing vehicles, buildings,