Malaria study challenges warmer world predictions New Scientist | A world with "rampant" malaria transmission is often seen as an inevitable consequence of global warming. But a new study radically challenges existing ideas of how the disease will spread with rising temperatures. | Previous models have predicted that the optimal temperature for transmission is 3...
'Eat UK oysters' scientists urge BBC News Scientists attempting to revive the UK's ailing native oyster beds are urging people to carry on eating oysters, despite calls to the contrary. | They say oyster beds will only be restored if there's the economic driver of demand for oysters on the plate. | The issue is being addressed at ...
Google: Tech's Most Successful Failure The Street | When a brand becomes a verb, it's got something going on. | Although it's a somewhat diversified revenue stream, Google derives almost all of its revenue from advertising. This could end up being a problem. | See if (GOOG) is in our portfolio | Thi...
Poll: Will You Buy the Apple iPad Mini? The Street | Among some of the features of the iPad Mini are a 7.9-inch screen, Apple's A5 processor, and the ability to come in Wi-Fi and LTE versions, something many other smaller tablets do not offer. This gives Apple a leg up on Google (GOOG), which only of...
Microsoft overhauls operating system with launch of Windows 8 Sun Sentinel | Microsoft Corp. has rolled out Windows 8, the most radical overhaul of its computer operating system in nearly two decades. | With Windows 8, the Redmond, Wash., company is hoping to remain relevant in today's tech-savvy consumer market. The latest...
Ecotourism: Orlando sightseeing gone wild The Business Review Orlando Business Journal by Richard Bilbao, Reporter | Date: Friday, October 26, 2012, 6:00am EDT - Last Modified: Thursday, October 25, 2012, 4:48pm EDT | (3 photos) | Jim Carchidi | A clouded leopard at the Central Florida Zoo | Reporter- Orlando B...
A career in whisky Independent online With this year's FNB Whisky Live Festival round the corner in Durban (1 - 2 November at the ICC, Durban) and in Jo'burg (7 - 9 November at the Sandton Convention Centre) from 18H00 - 22H00 daily, there are loads of experiential stands to entertain ev...
A Letter to Obama Supporters CounterPunch | I am writing this letter as a friend who believes in the same principles that you proudly trumpet: fairness, human rights, honesty, and communitarian commitment to the common interest and public good. Over the past three years, but especially durin...
The Underside of Energy Indpendence CounterPunch | Among the social, political, and economic issues that Obama and Romney seem to have no difficulty agreeing upon is the notion that the United States needs to achieve “energy independence.” Arguing that its reliance on the importation of...
Australia to pour resources into ailing river Gulf News | Sydney: The government pledged A$1.77 billion (Dh6.71 billion) to pump more than 450 billion litres of water into the Murray-Darling River and help rejuvenate a crucial system supplying Australia’s food bowl. | The river and its basin stretch...
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U.S. Secretary of State Clinton to inaugurate Haiti industrial park The Miami Herald | PORT-AU-PRINCE -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to northern Haiti on Monday, where she and husband, former President Bill Clinton, will inaugurate a new $30...
‘Adaptation to climate change’ should be focus Business Day | Related articles | Investing in ‘water-less’ green solutions imperative — Greenpeace SA faces uncertain carbon trade market More money needed for climate change adaptation ...
Commentary: Climate change means conservation ethics must change The State | For decades environmentalists have been guided in their work by what became known as the “precautionary principle.” This decision-making guide was first put forward in environmen...
Poor nations spend more on climate change: UNEP Khaleej Times Developing countries are allocating more money than the developed world for fighting climate change, the UN said Wednesday, lauding India for pledging $50 million for bio-diversity...
Amazon Manages to Lose £170 Million While Selling £8.5 Billion Worth of Stuff Gizmodo | Brian Barrett - | If you thought Amazon’s prices seemed too good to be true, well, it turns out they might be—for Amazon, at least. The company managed to turn $13.8 (£8.5) billion of revenue into a $274 (£170) million loss this pas...
Idols' immersion adds to Ganga's pollution The Times Of India | PATNA: The Ganga, which is already highly polluted due to discharge of human and industrial waste into it over the years, stood a little more polluted after Durga Puja due to immersion of a large number of idols in the city. It is estimated that ov...
Australia pumps $1.83 bln into food bowl river PhysOrg | The river and its basin stretches thousands of kilometres from Queensland state to South Australia and crosses various climates, affecting the livelihood of millions of people, but it has been over-exploited for years. | It has also been seriously ...
27 forest land diversion proposals come up before National Board for Wildlife The Times Of India | NAGPUR: At least 17 fresh proposals for diversion of forest land of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries and 10 fresh proposals for taking up non-forestry activities within 10km of national parks and sanctuaries will come up before the standing committee of National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) on October 31. | All the projects are from different...
PHILIPPINES: Mobile phone app could help disaster preparedness IRINnews | MANILA, 19 October 2012 (IRIN) - The Philippine government has launched a mobile phone application which can provide real-time information on rainfall and flooding to the general public. | The Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH), which aims to provide information about bad weather and thus mitigate disasters such as floods, typhoo...
