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Video: The Great Ape Program
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Video: Remaking the Mekong
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Blog: A funeral in Jalay Town, Liberia
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Greenwire/NYTimes.com: Food Insecurity Looms in Parched Horn of Africa
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Nature News: A last push to eradicate polio
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A roaring economy is hitched to a galloping coal addiction
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Why India’s Garment Factories Are Unreliable for New Workers
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Amid few jobs, construction worker struggles to cope
Death on the gas field illustrates high risks of the rush to drill
Buckhannon, West Virginia: The ground was like a sponge and the men’s legs sank, in places up to their calves. A rumble of diesel engines filled the air. Then, there was a cry: “Back! Go back!” Charles “C.J.” Bevins, a 23-year-old roughneck, was pinned against a trailer by a forklift. The vehicle was partially sunk into [...]
Read MoreGorilla Populations Need More Human Interference
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM: It’s best for gorillas if they have little to do with humans. CONTRARY VIEW: Tracking great apes for eco-tourism purposes can protect the species. For years, scientists have attached tracking devices to a variety of animals, but they have mostly steered clear of tagging great apes. In recent years, conservationists have worried that habituating gorillas, [...]
Read MoreBiosolids Tracking Efforts a Jumble of Research With No Clear Answers
The residents of Rio Vista could smell trouble. In 2001, in this wind-whipped Sacramento River Delta town, 17 people in the town of about 4,500 lodged complaints with the council office about a strange odor brought about during the mid-afternoon by southeastern winds. They complained of flies and odor, said the town’s then-Mayor Marci Coglianese. [...]
Read MoreApes in Africa: The Cultured Chimpanzee
JALAY TOWN, Liberia (Jun 2011) — Thump! Thump! Thump! As the hollow sound echoes through the Liberian rainforest, Vera Leinert and her fellow researchers freeze. Silently, Leinert directs the guide to investigate. Jefferson ‘Bola’ Skinnah, a ranger with the Liberian Forestry Development Authority, stalks ahead, using the thumping to mask the sound of his movement. [...]
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Radio: Basketball offers hope to Kurdish youth
People in southeastern Turkey know the meaning of conflict all too well. Government forces have been fighting Kurdish rebels for the past 27 years, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced as a result. Poverty and unemployment are high, and there are few opportunities, particularly for young people. But a Kurdish Basketball club offers an [...]
Cell: Clinical trials on trial
As Hiroyuki Mano entered the oncology ward at Seoul National University Hospital, he was amazed to see his patient walking around, asking people to recommend the best local restaurant. Just days before, the patient had been hooked up to oxygen monitors. Cancer had spread rapidly through his lung, making it difficult to breathe and swallow. [...]
Nature: The Wheat Stalker
Njoro, Kenya (Jun 30, 2011) — David Cheruiyot noticed that his wheat fields were turning the wrong colour. The stems of the plants took on a sickly brown hue, and when he peeled open the heads there was no grain inside. “If you go to inspect it, there is nothing but dust,” he recalls. Ug99, [...]
