Running on the right gas

NO NUCLEAR WASTE

Protein lack

Enter the age of bionics

With just the right battery, hearts will never skip a beat  

Devil in deep sea waters

Industrial fishing is fast gobbling up the world's marine resources. Worldwide concern for this humanmade catastrophe has forced nations to draw …

France wildfires displace 37,000; air quality dips

Internal displacement due to wildfires 24% higher than in last 5 years & 4 times of last year

Days after IUCN event, Macron proposes killing of 110,000 wild birds in France

Birders say draft decrees issued by Emmanuel Macron to kill thousands of birds in France done to elicit hunting lobbies’ support ahead of …

Sullying the seas

An oil spill pollutes 500 km of the French coast. It takes three weeks and public pressure for the guilty company to accept responsibility

Identity crisis

Rightwing parties provide an illusion of certainty: the one thing that many Europeans reeling under new pressures are hungrily groping for

"A fragile experiment is under way"

Bertrand de la Chapelle is the Special Envoy for the Information Society, French Foreign and European Affairs Ministry. A recent meeting of the …

Colour of desire

Book>> A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield, HarperCollins, New York 2006

COP21

Leaving their mark

Tainted meat

News Snippets

‘Dim-witted’ Neanderthals? They were ‘early engineers’ who produced multi-component glues to handle stone tools

Ability to make multi-component adhesives could be first expressions of the modern cognitive processes that are still active today, researchers say

Explosion at nuclear plant in northern France injures at least five

The explosion took place in the engine room of the plant owned by a French energy giant Électricité de France

Workers' strike in France may bring the country to a standstill

The workers are protesting against the new proposed labour laws in the country, which give more power to individual companies

No way forward in climate negotiations

Developed and developing countries agree to disagree as climate negotiations hit a stalemate in Paris

Exploring Mekong expedition

Book>> Mad About The Mekong by John Keay, Exploration and Empire in Southeast Asia Harper Collins London 2005

Flowering plant undoes 100 million years of evolution, shows signs of self-pollination

Parisian pansies are smaller, produce less nectar than 20-30 years ago; environmental changes can to further decline in pollinators, warn scientists

Heart-friendly

Naturally occurring trans fats not harmful

Under sea threat

Carbon on sale

US organisations begin trade in carbon dioxide emissions

Oxygen bars may cause health risks