Sanctions are killing kids in Iraq, according to a report published in a British medical journal, Lancet, early this month. More than half a million Iraqi children have died as a consequence of
Australian researchers have devised a novel method to deal with caterpillars that create havoc in their cotton fields. They have developed a variety of cotton that kills the caterpillars (New
Japan's nuclear dreams nearly went up in smoke when an accident occured at the prototype fast-breeder reactor, Monju, in the second week of December. About three tons of sodium leaked from a
The scientists at the Nicherei and Tokita Shubyo corporations, Japan, have crossed tomatoes of two colours and have jointly developed a mini-tomato variety of yellow colour (Vatis update, Food
Around 2,000 doctors from all over the world assembled for the ninth international conference on AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, which opened on December 10 at Kampala, the capital of
Viruses pose a great threat to agriculture. An effective method for controlling the menace is raising plantlets by in vitro propagation in expensive greenhouses which require artificial lighting.
Animal rights activists recently came to blows with the members of Akef Egyptian Circus while campaigning to drive them out of Zimbabwe. They alleged that the circus was just a camouflage for
Lions of Tanzania are facing a serious threat from an unlikely quarter - domestic dogs. Canine distemper spread by these dogs have already killed 100 lions in the Serengeti region of Tanzania
Allegations of corruption and influencepeddling dog the ambitious us $1.4 billion surveillance project aimed to protect the Brazilian rain forest. The Integrated Amazon Vigilance System or Sivam,
