Climate change - where the centre leads
Many less developed countries are showing their richer brethren how to move forward convincingly on climate change.

Gulf War vets death rate 'lower'
The death rates of Gulf War veterans are lower than servicemen not deployed in the conflict, figures suggest.

'No one cause' for Gulf illness
There is no single cause for Gulf War illness, researchers have concluded.

A question of creation
In his weekly opinion column, Harold Evans considers the current fight in the US over evolution, from classrooms to courtrooms.

Economy 'needs healthy climate'
Ministers from 20 countries meet to discuss how to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

Talks push for alternative fuels
Ministers from 20 countries meet to discuss how to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

Public must 'help direct science'
The public needs to have greater say in scientific decision-making, the British Association leader says.

Farm threat to wild salmon
Repeated escapes of farmed salmon could drive endangered populations of wild Atlantic salmon to extinction, say scientists.

Gulf War Syndrome study draws blank
A new study fails to determine a cause for the chronic illnesses suffered by tens of thousands of veterans of the 1991 Gulf War.

UK beef-on-bone ban will follow talks
The Government says a ban on the sale of beef on-the-bone cuts cannot come into effect until after consultation with the meat industry.






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