Scientists are catching up with the biological clock in plants

A recent encyclical from the Pope bolsters resurgent anti abortionist "pro life" groups in the US

DESPITE widespread apprehensions about its potential health hazards, super-unleaded petrol is set to stay in the UK. In late March, the British govemment rejected the calls bya group of mps

Effluents leaked from a brewery in Madhya Pradesh wrecks health havoc

Feminists may not like it, but women are softer, gentler... uh, feminine, says science

THE verdant Nordic forests are proving a big moneyspinner for the region's large pulp and paper conglomerates, Almost all the Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian producers, together accounting for

Traditional models of architecture, especially for mass housing purposes, may yet be resurrected

An enzyme displays belligerence towards cholesterol

THE European Community's (EC) recent attempts to harmonise legislation on chocolates have kicked up a major controversy. The proposed EC directive would allow the incorporation of 5 per cent

An ambitious UN project to achieve a zero emissions industrial utopia takes off