With starvation threatening one-sixth of the world's population, and the West's technological solutions called into question--the Green Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s failed to solve the problem, and now the Gene Revolution, or agricultural biotechnolo

We realize that that the apathy surrounding Global Warming is often a product of fear: the fear that we are too late, the problem is too great, and that we as individuals cannot do anything about it This couldn't be farther from the truth.

Ceremonies are taking place around the world to mark the 20th anniversary of a landmark agreement protecting children.

Bees teach us how to live our life in a way that by taking what we need from the world around us, we leave the world better than we found it. Beekeeping is rising in popularity -- from urban rooftops to backyard hives, the world is abuzz with interest

The Senate is scheduled to vote on whether to open debate on its healthcare reform bill tomorrow night. Unlike the House, the Senate's bill protects the status quo for reproductive healthcare coverage for women. Not a single Republican is anticipate

Several thousand people lined up around the Schwan Center in Blaine for vaccinations at the flu vaccination clinic, which was administered by the Anoka County Health Department.

French researchers say they have found a way of using human embryonic stem cells to create new skin which could help serious burns victims.

Parents, advocates file suit that challenges legislators, officials to fix education system

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment could be re-started on Saturday morning at the earliest, officials have said. Engineers are preparing to send a beam of sub-atomic particles all the way round the 27km-long circular tunnel which houses the LHC.

About 15,000 years ago, North America was home to an astonishing number of large plant-eating mammals -- giant sloths, mastodons, mammoths. A thousand years later, they were all gone, wiped from the face of the Earth with sudden finality. Scientists