Green Tea May Delay Type-1 Diabetes...

The Times of India Oct 24 2008 Researchers were testing EGCG, green tea's predominant anti-oxidant, on a lab mouse with type-1 diabetes and primary Sjogren's syndrome, which damages moisture-producing...

Closure Call For Tuna 'Disgrace'

BBC News Oct 24 2008The World Conservation Congress passed a motion calling for closure of the bluefin fishery until scientifically sound recovery plans are in place....

Israeli Group To Drill For Gas In Mediterranean

Oil & Gas Journal LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 -- A consortium of Israeli companies, along with US-based Noble Energy Inc., will soon begin drilling for natural gas on the Tamar-1...

Playwright Donates His Lifes Work To Oxfords.. Bodleian

London Evening Standard www.thisislondon.co.uk/Oct 24 2008THE author and playwright Alan Bennett has donated his life's work to one of Britain's leading libraries.Staff at the Bodleian are celebrating...

IBM Earnings Strength Calms Tech Jitters..

Yahoo Daily News Oct 24 2008NEW YORK (Reuters) – IBM (IBM.N) posted a higher-than-expected preliminary quarterly profit and affirmed its full-year outlook, calming some fears...

Biofuels Or Food? Can Crops Feed Our Cars ..And The Hungry?

Scientific American Oct 2008Humanity has enjoyed an unusual streak of food surplus since the green revolution began in the mid-1960s. These trends sustained economic development...

It's Not Too Late To Save Planet.. Says UN Climate Chief

Canberra Times 24/10/2008 1:00:01 AMTHE head of the UN's peak scientific body on climate change believes it is still possible for the world to reach an agreement that will avoid the risk of...

Navy Takes Steps To Make Sure Sailors Can Vote..

The News Tribune Updated: October 23rd, 2008 02:25 PMABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON -- Issues like the failing U.S. economy, overhauling health care and getting troops out of Iraq can...

Explorers To Measure Arctics Vanishing Summer Ice..

American Oct 23 2008LONDON (Reuters) - British explorer Pen Hadow is to return to the North Pole five years after his record solo trek, in an attempt to establish when Arctic summer sea ice will...

Don't kill the planet in the name of saving the economy...

Post-Intelligence Oct 23 2008We are living through two great meltdowns -- the credit crunch, and the climate crunch. The heating of the planet is now happening so fast it's hard to pluck a single event...

France Leads EU Council's KYOTO Extension Push To 2020..

Oil & Gas Journal PARIS, Oct. 22 -- France's National Assembly voted almost unanimously Oct. 21 on the draft law implementing the country's environment package, concluding a widespread debate with...

Britain To Allow Animal-Human Hybrid Embryos For Stem-Cell Research..

Seattle Times Oct 23 2008LONDON — British plans to allow scientists to use hybrid animal-human embryos for stem-cell research won final approval from lawmakers Wednesday in a sweeping overhaul of sensitive...

Leukemia Drug Eases MS Effects..

London Evening Standard Oct 23 2008A drug used to treat leukemia can also combat the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis, new research has found.The findings published in the New...