the North Island brown Kiwi may soon become a bird of the past. A field study conducted by John Mclennan, a scientist of Landcare research, Auckland, suggests that merely five per cent of the
researchers in France have found a secondary genetic mutation that could help provide resistance to the aids virus. Alberto Beratto of St Joseph's hospital, Paris, and Luc Montagnier of the
The world's biggest exporter of rice now faces a serious threat: rodents. Peasants, struggling with the country's hard hit economy, are breeding Nutria coypu , or beaver rats, in a bid to make
Many people can either ignore pain or may not notice at all. But men and women use different mechanisms for this purpose. Researchers have detected a gene for female-only system that helps reduce
People working in air-conditioned offices are likely to suffer twice as many respiratory problems as those who work in naturally ventilated buildings. Dan Teu
Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif said the new motorway connecting Islamabad to Lahore would bring about revolutionary socio-economic changes. His comment came at a time when most road and
