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When the Ebola virus broke on April 10 this year, the scientific world went into a tizzy? It's uncontrollable, it's the big daddy of horror movies, and it's incurable. Authors look at the little killer from a safe distance

A storm is brewing again in the international waters off Canada. Just 2 weeks after burying the hatchet with Canada (Down To Earth, Vol 4, No 1), Spanish authorities have ordered one of their vessels

Will a recent conference help to compensate the victims of jackboot and power blinded national afforestation policies?

Scientists claim to have identified the constituent of human blood that destroys a parasite which plays havoc with livestock

The emergence of AIDS, Ebola, and any number of other rainforest agents appears to be a natural consequence of the ruin of the tropical biosphere. The emerging viruses are surfacing from ecologically

A $91 million electricity generation plant, jointly financed by a French construction firm and the Ivorian government, promises to metamorphose the west African nation of Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

For the Dutch, one more runway at Schiphol may mean more business and jobs, but pollution could go over the top

Human pressures are taking a toll of amphibians

Is there a worldwide trend of sustained growth towards sustainable development?

Paluther, an anti-malarial drug developed by Chinese scientists in 1973, promises new hope to the millions suffering from the killer disease. On trial for the past 3 years in Tanzania and Kenya, the