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New hope of medicine for Alzheimer’s

Scientists have made a breakthrough in their search for a drug for neurodegenerative diseases.

Landmark roadmap sets climate change course for 2015

Landmark roadmap sets climate change course for 2015

After two and a half days of round-the-clock discussions at the end of COP17, global leaders have finally agreed on a course to fight climate change.

Aids: A tale of tragedy and hope

On June 5 1981 epidemiologists reported a baffling event: five young gay men in Los Angeles, all previously healthy, had fallen ill with pneumonia.

‘The world is free of rinderpest’

World farm monitors on Wednesday declared that a cattle-killing virus that has been a curse through the ages has been wiped out.

Lattice to replace chips in computers to come

For more than half a century, computers have been obeying "Moore’s Law," a principle named after Gordon Moore, the co-founder of chip maker Intel.

Call for ICC to probe ‘Zanu-PF rape campaign’

Call for ICC to probe ‘Zanu-PF rape campaign’

The ICC must probe allegations that Robert Mugabe’s youth militia launched a campaign of rape during 2008 elections, a campaign group has said.

Gel breakthrough lifts mood at Aids conference

Gel breakthrough lifts mood at Aids conference

A breakthrough test of a vaginal gel to protect women against HIV unleashed a wave of optimism at the world Aids conference on Tuesday.

Football’s just a game … isn’t it?

Football’s just a game … isn’t it?

The World Cup’s message is this: football is a vehicle of harmony, uniting nations under the banner of sport. What if the truth were not so pretty?.

Will our grandchildren revile the ‘lost decade’?

The first decade of the 21st century dawned with a global strategy to fight climate change but ended in chaos with the UN system in tatters.

Obama climate plan ‘rammed’ through

A UN conference has rammed through a battle plan against climate change by US President Barack Obama and other top leaders, sidelining smaller states.

Walkout heightens failure fears over climate summit

The UN climate summit hit major turbulence on Monday when developing nations walked out of key negotiations and China accused the West of trickery.

Crunch climate talks enter second week

The marathon United Nations climate summit entered its second week on Monday as environment ministers readied closed-door meetings.

Climate talks: First blows struck over deal

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.

Haggling begins at UN climate talks

Negotiators at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen got down to the nitty-gritty on Tuesday.

After lull, war on climate change faces crunch year

After a year in which it nearly lost its compass, the campaign against climate change heads into 2009 needing top-level political commitment.

World Aids conference gets under way

Former United States president Bill Clinton was to take centre stage at the International Aids Conference in Mexico on Monday.

Mussel power: How seafood encouraged migration

Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known remains of human habitation at the coast, a finding that may explain how humans ventured beyond Africa at the start of their…

‘Global extinction crisis’ as species join Red List

Gorillas, China’s baiji dolphin, Asian vultures and Pacific corals on Wednesday joined the list of species hurtling to oblivion as the World Conservation Union (IUCN) warned of a…

UN climate talks down to the wire

Environment ministers ground their way towards the end of a 12-day climate summit on Friday, squabbling over a blueprint for negotiating the next round of carbon pollution curbs…

Saving Pluto: The fightback begins

Only a week after Pluto was stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet of the solar system, rebel astronomers have launched a campaign to have it restored in pomp and glory.…