No doubt Japan is trying to maintain its own in the "New World Order" created by the Bush Administration, and demonstrate their superior technology. Noted in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.

The leviathan carp consumes 40 percent of its weight every day and is close to invading Lake Michigan. It spawns three times a year and has no known predators, and threatens a $7 billion fishing industry. Why not catch them, instead of poisoning them?

Researchers discovered that flowering plants--including food crops--beat out competitors by evolving more efficient 'leaf plumbing' to make their rate of photosynthesis higher than other plants. Noted in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.

Atlantis Resources Corp is to test the world's biggest tidal turbine in the rough waters off the Orkney Islands next year in preparation for Scotland's plan to use ocean energy for half a million homes by 2020.

Baby Miller makes his first appearance on screen.He can be seen moving and swallowing - a proud moment for parents-to-be Sian and Brian, and a welcome addition to their baby memorabilia.

"We're preprogrammed to reach out," Dr. de Waal writes. "Empathy is an automated response over which we have limited control." The only people emotionally immune to another's situation, he notes, are psychopaths.

The world's leaders must prioritize the issue of global warming above all else, the Dalai Lama said Monday, adding that he feels encouraged by December's climate change conference in Copenhagen.

Somewhere on Earth, every 20 minutes, one animal species dies out. At this rate, we will lose 50% of all species by the end of the century. Time is running out to turn the tide.

YORKSHIRE'S stunning natural environment is under threat from the twin pressures of climate change and over-development and needs better protection by planners, politicians and the general public, a report has warned.

When President Obama outlines his new Afghanistan strategy Tuesday night, higher troop levels will be only one of his subjects.