By Deborah Zabarenko and Nina Chestney (Reuters) - Representatives from around the world gather in Rio in June to try to hammer out goals for sustainable development at a U.N. conference designed to avoid being tripped up by the intractable issue of climate change.
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By Paul Hoskins and Himanshu Ojha LONDON/NEW YORK, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The very public [More]
Read More »Monsanto Says Won’t Sell GMO Maize in France in 2012
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. biotech firm Monsanto said on Tuesday it does not plan to sell its genetically modified maize MON810 in France this year, nor after, even though the country's highest court overturned a 3-year ban in November. "Monsanto considers that favorable conditions for the sale of the MON810 in France in 2012 and beyond are not in place," the company said in a statement, adding that it had told the French authorities about its intentions.
Read More »Thousands of Industrial Systems Unwittingly Hooked Up to Internet
The computers that control large industrial control systems the sewage plants, power stations, and assembly lines that keep civilization running aren’t supposed to be online. Computers online tend to get hacked, of course, and you wouldn’t want your local power plant under rogue control . But a graduate student was able to locate and map more than 10,000 industrial control systems that are directly connected to the Internet, as reported by Kim Zetter at Wired’s Threat Level Blog .
Read More »Death Toll 25, Thousands Homeless in Mozambique Floods
MAPUTO, Jan 24 (Reuters) - At least 25 people havebeen killed and thousands displaced by flooding in Mozambique, a [More]
Read More »Eyes Have It: Gaze-Controlled PCs and Games Come into View [Video]
Long, hard stares are nothing new to computer users, particularly when their PCs have crashed or their screens are frozen. In the near future those stares will let us do more than merely convey anger to our silicon friends. Developers of eye-tracking technology already a tool to help the disabled interact with specialized computers and to let market researchers evaluate the effectiveness of advertising campaigns have turned their attention to Windows PCs and video game consoles
Read More »Diabetes Mystery: Why Are Type 1 Cases Surging?
When public health officials fret about the soaring incidence of diabetes in the U.S.
Read More »Start-up Marketing: Go Big or Grassroots?
With a $5,000 monthly budget, Buyosphere cofounder Tara Hunt has a dilemma. How would you spend it? When I landed a job at my first start-up I wasn't given a marketing budget.
Read More »U.S. CO2 Emissions to Stay Below 2005 Levels as Coal Use Shrinks
NEW YORK - U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions will be 7 percent lower than their 2005 level of nearly 6 billion metric tons in 2020 as coal's share of electricity production continues a steady descent over the next two decades, according to new government data. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released an early version of its annual energy outlook on Monday, which predicted a slowdown in growth of energy use over the next two decades amid economic recovery and improved energy efficiency.
Read More »The Great Tech War In India
In our last India edition of The Great Tech War of 2012 , we noted how Facebook was emerging as a clear winner. Since then, things have gotten more competitive.
Read More »Fashion With an Indian Flair
With his two-year-old website, Exclusively.In, Sunjay Guleria is hoping that American consumers are ready for Mumbai chic fashion. Aneesh Agarwaal, Payal Singhal, Pam Mehta. To fashionistas in India, those names are the equivalent of Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and Donna Karan.
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Read More »Sharks With Friends
Many of us think of sharks as lone hunters. We imagine them spending most of their lives swimming alone, briefly seeking out the company of another shark for the purposes of reproduction, then going back to their solo ways. We also tend to think of sharks as dumb machines, capable of little more than hunting
Read More »Women Feel Pain More Intensely Than Men Do
When a woman falls ill, her pain may be more intense than a man's, a new study suggests. [More]
Read More »Point Up and Click
Seems like everyone's a photographer these days. Digital technology has put high-caliber photo equipment is in the hands of countless amateur enthusiasts. But astrophotography remains a bit more specialized.
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