Year: 2016

Cars made by South Korea's automakers Hyundai Motor and affiliate Kia Motors are parked at the companies' shipping yard at a port in Pyeongtaek, about 70 km (43 miles) south of Seoul January 20, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji/Files

South Korea Unveils Ambitious Emission Reduction Plans to Tackle Smog

Hyunjoo Jin 04/06/2016

It dramatically raised its target for eco-friendly vehicles to...

Arthur Ward stands with his Pyrenean Mountain Dog Cody during the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, central England, March 5, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Darren Staples/File Photo

Domesticated Twice Over: How Dogs Became Man’s Best Friend

Ben Hirschler 03/06/2016

Ancient humans domesticated two separate populations of wolves on...

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New Assam Government Vows to Oppose Big Dams

Amarjyoti Borah 03/06/2016

The state’s water resources minister says big dams ruin...

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Major Study Sees Cellphone Radiation-Cancer Link But Remains Inconclusive

K.S. Parthasarathy 02/06/2016

The cancer risk, if any, from cellphone-use continues to...

Myra Hindley, one of the two perpetrators of the infamous Moors Murders, along with Ian Brady, in 1963-1965. Credit: artmakesmesmile/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Women That Kill, Abuse and Torture

Katharine Quarmby 02/06/2016

Marian Partington is working to forgive Rosemary West –...

Madagascar's President Hery Rajaonarimampianina delivers a speech for the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Stephane Mahe

Limited Access to Water Curtails Madagascar’s Climate-Smart Agriculture

Katie Nguyen 02/06/2016

The worst El Nino weather pattern in years has...

A Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management official checks ivory inside a storeroom in Harare August 22, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Zimbabwe Refuses to Destroy Ivory Stocks, Lobbies Neighbours on Trade

MacDonald Dzirutwe 02/06/2016

Cash-strapped Zimbabwe says trade is the only way to...