India's state air monitoring centre made a rare admission Thursday that pollution in New Delhi was comparable with Beijing, but disputed a WHO finding that the Indian capital had the dirtiest atmosphere in the world.
Environment
May 8, 2014
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Alibaba, the e-commerce giant planning a blockbuster share sale in the U.S., shook up China's vast but sleepy retailing industry by popularizing online shopping. Now it and China's other Internet companies are mounting challenges ...
Business
May 8, 2014
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Scientists have discovered 14 new species of so-called dancing frogs in the jungle mountains of southern India—just in time, they fear, to watch them fade away.
Plants & Animals
May 8, 2014
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A Japanese man suspected of possessing guns made with a 3-D printer has been arrested, reports said Thursday, in what was said to be the country's first such detention.
Other
May 8, 2014
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Viewing partisan news reports from both the conservative and liberal viewpoints doesn't make people more accepting of citizens on the other side of the political fence, new research finds.
Social Sciences
May 8, 2014
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California is back in the running for a massive battery plant that electric car maker Tesla Motors plans to start building this year, but CEO Elon Musk said the state remains in the "improbable" category for winning the plant ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 8, 2014
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Clouds may still linger over relations between Washington and Tehran, but that's not stopping a group of Iranian students and their teachers from gearing up for a summer road trip through the American heartland.
Energy & Green Tech
May 8, 2014
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Antarctic Treaty signatories made progress towards future protection of the icy continent's marine life, NGO officials said.
Earth Sciences
May 8, 2014
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Polar scientists said Thursday they had successfully drilled a 2,000-year-old ice core in the heart of Antarctica in a bid to retrieve a frozen record of how the planet's climate has evolved.
Earth Sciences
May 8, 2014
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A Virginia Tech team of researchers has proven that homemade, inexpensive stink bug traps crafted from simple household items outshine pricier models designed to kill the invasive, annoying bugs.
Ecology
May 8, 2014
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