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The mcr-1 plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene has been found primarily in Escherichia coli, pictured. Credit: Reuters/Courtesy CDC

First Case of Bacteria Resistant to All Antibiotics Detected in US

Ransdell Pierson and Bill Berkrot 27/05/2016

The study said continued surveillance to determine the true...

A man sits next to a window of a restaurant on the 70th floor of a skyscraper as the Guangzhou TV Tower is seen through thick hazy at the central business district in Guangzhou, Guangdong province February 17, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Alex Lee/Files

Euphoria Over Paris Climate Deal Ends, Talks on Rules May Go on Until 2018

Alister Doyle 27/05/2016

Details left vague by the 31-page Paris Agreement include...

Stocks of smuggled timber and the Gambian trucks that transported them are confiscated at a forestry depot in Digante, Senegal, November 18, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Jean-Francois Huertas

Senegal’s Last Forests Further Endangered by Timber Smugglers

Diadie Ba 27/05/2016

Much of northern Senegal bordering the Sahara Desert has...

Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), attends a news conference during the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, in this December 7, 2015 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Jacky Naegelen/Files

Trump “Highly Unlikely” to Be Able to Renegotiate Climate Deal, Says UN Climate Chief

Susanna Twidale 26/05/2016

The Republican presidential nominee has said in the past...

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Listen: Tick-tock, Tick-tock, Say Hello To the Doomsday Clock

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 18/05/2016

Meet the 15 people whose job it is to...

Muhammad Sadique, 103, plucks flowers in the field to be sold in local markets in the outskirts of Faisalabad, July 29, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Fayyaz Hussain/Files

Biogas Pumps are Making Pakistani Farms Richer, Greener

Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio 17/05/2016

A pilot project led by the Punjab provincial government...

Men fish next to cracked ground as the Atibainha dam lake dries up due to a prolonged drought in Nazare Paulista

As Temperatures Soar, Governments Begin Work on Paris Climate Deal Rules

Alister Doyle 17/05/2016

The agreement sets targets for shifting the world to...