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By Melinda Smith Washington 30 March 2007 Since the mid-20th century the World Health Organization reports there has been an increase in the rate of breast cancer among women in developed countries. For decades, doctors have urged their patients to d
A new report finds a combination of poverty and social injustice is killing people on a grand scale. It urges governments to fund universal health care to end these inequities. The report, which was commissioned by the World Health Organization, is
Scientists are putting a modern spin on a cancer treatment that goes back to antiquity. It's heat therapy, which is getting a new look with the help of microscopic particles of gold. Cancer treatments usually involve powerful drugs or radiation. But
IFAD Head Calls for People Investment 国际农发基金呼吁更多投资 The head of the International Fund for Agricultural Development says Africas greatest resource is its people. He calls on leaders to heavily invest in their workforce or risk
Moving Away from Cash: Is the World Emulating Sweden? 实现无现金社会 全球在效仿瑞典? Cash has not disappeared from everyday life, but the worlds largest information and financial companies are working on ways to replace it with wireless
Scientists are putting a modern spin on a cancer treatment that goes back to antiquity. It's heat therapy, which is getting a new look with the help of microscopic particles of gold. 科学家们正在利用一种古代技术来治疗癌症。在纳米
Lesson 21 Science Makes Sense 知识源于科学 In the early days of the settlement of Australia, enterprising settlers unwisely introduced the European rabbit. This rabbit had no natural enemies in the Antipodes, so that it multiplied with that pro
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The ozone layer is thinner than it used to be. This fact has motivated humans to keep themselves protected from the suns ultraviolet, or UV, rays. But just because we can protect ourselves from these rays doesnt mean that they dont still existthey ex
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 09 August 2006 watch Beach Pollution report Birds are believed to contribute to the pollution at the beach A prominent environmental organization has called for better monitoring of the water quality along many of Ame
By Victoria Cavaliere Washington 13 June 2007 A deadly, fast-spreading virus is affecting freshwater fish in several lakes in New York state. In the past, the fish virus had a catastrophic impact on fish populations in Europe, Japan, and the U.S. Pac
By Bill Rodgers Washington 24 July 2006 watch Corruption report Bribery, nepotism, and other forms of corruption exist to a greater or lesser extent in all countries, but its corrosive effects hurt poor nations the most. The World Bank considers cor
By Al Pessin Washington 28 September 2006 US Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton The head of the U.S. Air Force Space Command says he is working to improve the military's sensor system to ensure that no one can threaten crucial space-based assets. The comm
Texas Health Officials Study West Nile Outbreak Technicians in the state's mosquito laboratory are examining mosquito corpses sent from all over Texas, at the Texas Department of Health Services Laboratories in the capital of Austin. State Laboratori
Scientists Unravel Potato's Genetic Blueprint Scientists have decoded the genetic blueprint of the world's third most important food crop: the potato. Researchers from 26 institutions around the world worked on the project to sequence, or map, the po
Activist Group Calls on S. Africa to Declare TB a Public Health Emergency A leading activist group is calling on the South African government to declare the countrys tuberculosis epidemic a public health emergency. The Treatment Action Campaign made
Wilder protected areas get eight billion visitors a year, and that's just on land. Underwater reserves? add a million to the tally, which, considering these are protected areas, seems like an insane number of people. It isn't insane. Dane Blumstaine,
--The irony for many predators is they are very concerned about injuring themselves. Even the toughest most well-armed man-eaters regularly come face to face with prey that can kill them. Whether you had the jaws of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, or are armed
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 May 2006 Two unidentified farm worker walk towards birds suspected of having bird flu virus Officials in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are investigating reports of a