A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) classifies cell phones as a possible carcinogen in the same category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.
A team of 31 scientists … [Keep reading >>]
The average price of staple foods will more than double in the next 20 years, leading to an unprecedented reversal in human development, Oxfam has warned.
The world’s poorest people, who … [Keep reading >>]
– Carbon-dioxide emissions hit a record high last year, the International Energy Agency said on Monday, dimming the prospects of limiting the global temperature increase to two degrees Celsius.
“Energy-related carbon-dioxide … [Keep reading >>]
Spain has added its share of criminal activity in countries all around the world, from the time its sailors learned to sail the ocean blue. Closer to our time the … [Keep reading >>]
- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s ruling coalition has suffered a major defeat in local elections in Milan and Naples, with voters backing left-wing candidates in both cities.
Milan’s turn to … [Keep reading >>]
“Wind is the only thing that is going to save rural Oregon,” said Judge Gary Thompson of Sherman County Court, “especially since all the timber is gone and the sawmills … [Keep reading >>]
“Germany on Monday became the first major industrialised power to agree an end to nuclear power in the wake of the disaster in Japan, with a phase-out to be completed … [Keep reading >>]
From the NY Times series on Doctors: As Physicians’ Jobs Change, So Do their Politics — Gardiner Harris.
With Republicans in complete control of Maine’s state government for the first time … [Keep reading >>]
Krugman:
Unemployment is a terrible scourge across much of the Western world. Almost 14 million Americans are jobless, and millions more are stuck with part-time work or jobs that fail to … [Keep reading >>]
Roughly $5 billion in farm conservation programs that help landowners preserve wildlife could be cut by nearly $1 billion this year under a farm spending bill approved last week by … [Keep reading >>]
I’ve come across a very lively publisher of Arabic, Farsi and Turkish translations to English, histories of the region, biographies, cookbooks [The Axis of Evil Cookbook!], with a strong emphasis … [Keep reading >>]
I doubt Ms. Palin will be the nominee of the Republican Party to go up against President Obama. And, though I have been mightily disappointed by the polling booth decisions made by … [Keep reading >>]
