| Mon, 8 Feb 2010  More tainted milk powder found in China
| Next » 1 2 3 | By Cara Anna | Beijing - The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's ... | Fishermen lend a hand to endangered snake
| By Michele Kambas | Nicosia - Anglers are being brought in to help rescue a critically endangered Cyprus water snake that has lived on the island for thousands of years, but now faces a major threat from a snappy fish with a big appetite. | This month, anglers will be... | Endeavour achieves picture-perfect launch
| Next » 1 2 | By Jean-Louis Santini | Cape Canaveral - The US space shuttle Endeavour on Monday soared into orbit carrying an observation deck for the International Space Station, a seven-windowed dome offering breathtaking views. | The picture-perfec... | Study links oestrogen therapy to asthma
| London - Oestrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after menopause, scientists said on Monday. | The findings, from a major study involving almost 58 000 women in France over 12 years, add to a growing body of evidence... | Shuttle Blasts Off for Space Station
| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The space shuttle Endeavour thundered into orbit before dawn Monday morning, briefly turning darkness into daylight. | It was the second effort to get the Endeavour off the ground, 24 hours after clouds over the launching pad scrubbed Sund... | Thirty Knots, With the Wind at Your Wings
| VALENCIA, Spain - USA-17, the challenger for the America's Cup, and Alinghi 5, the defender, may be stripped-down, lean racing machines, built purely for speed. But both are fully loaded. | Loaded, that is, with compressive and tensile stresses in an exquisitely chore... | Even third-hand smoke carries carcinogens: study
| WASHINGTON - Old tobacco smoke does more than simply make a room smell stale -- it can leave cancer-causing toxins behind, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. | They found cancer-causing agents called tobacco-specific nitrosamines stick to a variety of surfaces, wher... | India's new delicacy: a 45-day-old tomato
| In a country where so many people go hungry, it is a dark irony that up to 30 per cent of the fruit and vegetables grown in India goes bad before reaching the market thanks to a combination of bad roads and a lack of refrigerated trucks. | But scientists in Delhi beli... | |
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