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Fishing body agrees to cut in Atlantic tuna quota
Published on Monday, 16 November 2009 00:41 from Reuters
RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - Fishing nations agreed on Sunday to cut by about a third the quota for Atlantic bluefin tuna, a giant fish prized by sushi lovers, numbers of which have been decimated by commercial catches.
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Man-made ponds linked to arsenic in Bangladesh water
Published on Sunday, 15 November 2009 19:22 from Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Man-made ponds and rice fields irrigated using groundwater may be responsible for arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh, a study has found.
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Mutant genes linked to Parkinson's in some: study
Published on Sunday, 15 November 2009 19:20 from Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters) - People of Japanese and European descent who have mutant versions of five genes may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, two large teams of researchers have found.
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Chavez asking Cubans to 'bomb clouds' amid drought
Published on Sunday, 15 November 2009 17:28 from Reuters
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create rain amid a severe drought that has aroused public anger due to water and electricity rationing.
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Moon crash works - there is water there
Published on Friday, 13 November 2009 19:32 from Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists who crashed two spacecraft into a crater on the moon said on Friday they found water in the dust they kicked up, just as they had hoped.
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Welcome to the Clone Farm
Published on Friday, 13 November 2009 02:24 from Reuters
ENID, Oklahoma (Reuters) - To the untrained eye, Pollard Farms looks much like any other cattle ranch. Similar looking cows are huddled in similar looking pens. But some of the cattle here don't just resemble each other. They are literally identical -- clear down to their genes.
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