Annual checkup of Earth’s climate says water is hotter
In their annual, detailed physical of Earth’s climate,U.S. scientists say the world is in increasingly hot and rising water. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the...
Obesity: ‘Slim chance’ of return to normal weight
The chance of returning to a normal weight after becoming obese is only one in 210 for men and one in 124 for women over a year, research suggests. For severe obesity, shedding excess weight in a...
Scientific experts: Sugar intake ‘should be halved’
A committee of scientific experts is calling on the government to halve the recommended daily intake of sugar. Advisers on nutrition say no more than 5% of daily calories should come from added...
Air pollution costs France 100 billion euros per year
The effects of air pollution cost France some 100 billion euros ($110.1 billion) each year, a French Senate committee report estimated Wednesday, citing impact to health as the major expense. The...
New Horizons sends first high-resolution Pluto images
NASA scientists announced on Wednesday that the New Horizons interplanetary space probe had captured the first close-up high-resolution photos of Pluto in history. The image covers around 150 miles...
Powering the developing world with solar?
Flipping the switch to turn the light on – children living and learning in the SOS Kinderdorf in Mombasa, Kenya, cannot take that for granted. Electricity from the local supplier was...
Community solar booming in USA
The White House Tuesday 7th of July announced an array of new measures to extend access to the most rapidly growing source of U.S. energy especially “solar” to a much broader group of Americans,...
Top 10 toxic products you can live without
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now monitors a total of 298 environmental chemicals that have been found in humans, including many used in consumer products. These chemicals can...
