Year: 2016

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Roaring Rivers, Thirsty People: Koshi Basin Part II

Ramesh Bhushal 03/07/2016

Villagers trapped between snow covered peaks and roaring rivers...

The tones of plain rice (left) and Golden Rice. Credit: Golden Rice Humanitarian Board. www.goldenrice.org

Nobel Laureates Slam Greenpeace’s Opposition to GMOs, Golden Rice

K.S. Parthasarathy 03/07/2016

'Greenpeace sees Golden Rice as a poster child, but...

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Hazards in the High Mountains: Koshi Basin Part I

Ramesh Bhushal 02/07/2016

Landslides, earthquakes, melting glaciers and deadly floods make life...

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Thirty Killed in Cloudburst in Uttarakhand

According to disaster management office sources, the cloudburst occurred...

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How the Mafia is Causing Cancer

Ian Birrell 30/06/2016

When doctors in rural Italy began to see a...

Two tiny fossil wings preserved complete with feathers in the amber deposits of northeast Myanmar. Credit: Royal Saskatchewan Museum/RC McKellar, Author provided

Tiny Wings Trapped in Amber 99 Million Years Ago Reveal New Secrets of Earliest Birds

Michael Benton 29/06/2016

Birds today are one of the most successful groups...

A policeman, wearing a mask to protect from severe pollution, secures the area near the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing

G20 Economies Under Pressure to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Barbara Lewis 29/06/2016

Officials from the UN and the EU, plus 200...