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GENEVA, March 12 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation(WHO) said on Saturday that the public health risk from Japan's [More]

The 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan is causing problems for at least one of its fleet of nuclear reactors--and authorities have shut down 10 of the country's 55 units.

Climate change will pose major new hurdles for U.S. naval forces, forcing the military to grapple with an emerging Arctic frontier, increasing demand for humanitarian aid and creating rising seas that could threaten low-lying bases, the National Academy of Sciences said yesterday. "Even the most moderate current trends in climate, if continued, will present new national security challenges for the the U.S.

In the clearest language to date, Democratic Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin signaled heavy scrutiny of Google coming in 2011. An antitrust showdown between the U.S

This past December, a leaked EPA document revealed that the agency allowed the widespread use of pesticide known to be toxic to honeybees, despite warnings from EPA scientists.

China has won international plaudits for its commitment to green goals.

More technology does not always mean more openness and collaboration. Consider the divergent examples of Tunisia, writing its new constitution via the collaborative, open-source PiratePad, and Hungary, writing its guiding document via the very proprietary iPad.

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - Mass deaths of bee colonies in many parts of the world may be part of a wider, hidden threat to wild insect pollinators vital to human food supplies, a U.N. study indicated on Thursday

The opening round of the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship was suspended for inclement weather.

JR, the graffiti-artist-turned-photographer-turned-global-phenomenon, talks to Fast Company about embarking on his global TED project, which encourages citizen artists to document and display the faces of their own communities. Last fall, the French street artist JR , known for his haunting, massive posters of the faces of ordinary people, won the 2011 TED Prize

Ontario, Canada is in the midst of a solar boom. The province contains the largest operational solar facility in the world--a 97 megawatt behemoth built by First Solar--and has contracts for over 1,400 more megawatts of solar power ready to be built.

China announced wide-sweeping health care reforms this week , focusing on building more hospitals, reducing the price of common drugs, banning smoking from public spaces, and increasing state insurance subsidies. China--despite heavy reliance on government funding for social programs--has developed a curiously excessive reliance on the sales of drugs to fund hospitals, a feature of its health care system that doesn't quite sit right with the nation's overarching philosophy--or with its citizens. "I think that no matter what kind of hospital, you should rely on medical technology and improved services to gain income," said Sun Zhigang , the National Development and Reform Commission's deputy director.

They helm the kitchens at some of the finest restaurants in the world and have a gaggle of Michelin stars among them. But what do chefs make when they come home late, tired, and starving, and they simply want to get a meal on the table in 10 minutes or less? Hint: Foam is not involved.

Monsanto, the often-vilified agriculture giant, has made a deal that could actually do some good for sustainable development: The company this week formed a partnership with and made an equity investment in algae fuel startup Sapphire Energy (no word on the terms of the arrangement). What's going on?

A new algorithm identifies the unique writing style hidden in digital communications. The world of anonymous email s and comments could soon come to a crashing end. Researchers at Concordia University have discovered a way to mathematically uncover the unique (and often sub-conscious) writing style, or "write print," of each individual