Climate talks in Durban are on track to help poor and vulnerable nations deal with increasingly fierce heatwaves, storms and drought.
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/ 1 November 2011
Scientists have entered a new path for regenerative medicine by altering age-worn cells in people over 90 into rejuvenated stem cells.
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/ 16 October 2011
A study shows that climate change is reducing the size of many animals and plants, including some which supply nutrition for over a billion people.
A cheap, highly portable blood test has proven to be as accurate as expensive hospital-based analyses in detecting infectious diseases.
New talks on global warming have ended with the UN climate boss calling on leaders to resolve the fate of the Kyoto Protocol before the Durban summit.
Cellphone users may be at increased risk from brain cancer and should use SMSing and hands-free devices to reduce exposure.
The UN wildlife trade body slapped down a trio of proposals on Tuesday to oversee cross-border commerce for sharks threatened with extinction.
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/ 13 December 2009
Tens of thousands of activists demanding a planet-saving climate deal blazed a path to the door of the UN talks on Saturday.
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/ 12 December 2009
Major players fired the first shots in a three-way battle on climate change on Friday, wrangling over a document proposed as the blueprint of a pact.
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/ 7 December 2009
Negotiators and top scientists at UN climate talks on Monday slammed the theft of emails from experts at a British university.