Australia rejects heritage listing for Tasmanian rainforest
Australia Friday rejected a bid for blanket heritage listing of Tasmania's Tarkine rainforest, angering environmentalists who said it would allow mining and could threaten the Tasmanian devil.
Alzheimer's cases to triple by 2050: study
Alzheimer's disease cases in the US will nearly triple in the next 40 years, according to new projections Wednesday that suggest there will be nearly 14 million sufferers by 2050.
Guatemalan arrested with $31,000 in stomach
A Guatemalan woman was arrested at Panama's international airport as she tried to enter the country with more than $31,000 in cash stashed inside her stomach.
Energy leaders say climate crisis more urgent
Energy industry leaders on Wednesday called for a fresh push in the fight against climate change and urged governments to make it easier for the world's poor to access power sources.
Bionic eye gives hope to the blind After years of research, the first bionic eye has seen the light of day in the United States, giving hope to the blind around the world.
Third world is swamped with fake TB drugs: study Africa, India and other developing countries are awash in fake or sub-standard drugs for tuberculosis, fuelling the rise of treatment-resistant strains of TB.
Couch potatoes have lower sperm counts Men who watch television for 20 hours per week have almost half the sperm count of those who watch very little television or none at all.
Tens of thousands kick off Venice CarnivalSome 70,000 revellers, many wearing elaborate costumes and masks, thronged Venice's St Mark's Square on Sunday to watch the traditional "flight of the angel," a highlight of the annual Carnival.
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Sequins, beer, robberies at Rio's pet Carnival parade Hundreds of pets decked out with sequins, ruffles and hats paraded on Rio's famed Copacabana beach Sunday in an annual pre-Carnival extravaganza briefly interrupted by a spate of robberies.