with environmental cognisance echoing across the world, the United Nations Environment Programme (unep) has come under fire for not delivering its desired objectives. Founded 25 years ago to act as
A sample of fluid taken from the womb can reveal a lot about the health of the unborn baby. This test called amniocentesis is ordinarily given between the 15th and 18th weeks of pregnancy and is used
what has been a traditional practice of farming could actually be detrimental to the world's tropical forests, according to a report prepared by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural
There is reason for hope for fair skin individuals worrying about UV radiations triggering sporadic basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer. Researchers at the Stanford University,
We can live healthy lives well into our hundreds, science claims, but is ageing really a disease that can be cured? Scientist are now looking at the mechanism of the gene that causes the rapid acceleration of ageing
the much abused Huai river in China seems to have won a reprieve after a small but increasing number of environmentalists fought against it being used as an outlet to discharge industrial sludge.
the Reds seem to be going green as environmental consciousness descends upon them in a big way. Prime Minister Li Peng, at an environmental protection conference held in mid-July in Beijing, said
Geological studies conducted in northern Chile reveal that the enrichment of metal ores through the weathering of rocks, is a process mediated by bacteria
