Cars or mass transit? Choice for nations
Rapidly growing populations and rising incomes will drive an enormous rise in car use and greenhouse gas emissions across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia by 2050. But deliberate policy...
View ArticleBitcoin exchange MtGox files for US bankruptcy protection
NEW YORK: The troubled Bitcoin exchange MtGox filed for protection under US bankruptcy law on Monday, 10 days after doing the same in Japan after a huge loss of the digital currency, a court document...
View ArticleClimate change may cause more kidney stones
A thermometer shows the temperature rising up on a warm sunny day in Lille, northern France. (AFP/Denis Charlet) WASHINGTON: A warming planet is likely to bring more hot days, more sweaty people and...
View ArticleTexas return of deep fryers to schools raises obesity concerns
DALLAS: A decision this week to return deep fryers and soda machines to Texas schools has raised criticism among nutrition experts who say it will worsen a childhood obesity problem in the second-most...
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