Irish Times Swine flu 'unstoppable' - WHO | The UN's most senior health official has warned that that the spread of the H1N1 swine flu virus worldwide is now unstoppable. | Swine flu is running wild in the Southern Hemisphere and is spreading... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)
The Guardian Why the next man on the moon wil be Chinese | President Nixon laughs with Apollo 11 astronauts, left to right, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, through the window of the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS Hornet. Photogr... (photo: public domain / )
BBC News Wood harvest puts pandas at risk | People and giant pandas are still coming into conflict. | So concludes a report into the firewood collecting habits of people living in one of China's largest panda reserves. | It found that over th... (photo: Creative Commons / Mike R) AnimalsChinaEnvironmentPhotosWildlife
The Australian Third of open ocean sharks face extinction | A THIRD of the world's open water sharks - including the great white and hammerhead - face extinction, according to a major conservation survey released yesterday. Species hunted on the high seas ar... (photo: GFDL / Terry Goss) AnimalNaturePhotosScienceSociety
The Australian Reason clouded by carbon obsession | ALTHOUGH there are many doubters of man-made climate change, I am not yet one of them. But I remain unconvinced that carbon dioxide is the sole bete noire. Two decades ... (photo: WN/Patricia) CarbonClimateCloudPhotosPollution
Independent online 'UK is rubbish at energy efficiency' | By Gerard Wynn | London - Britain has a "rubbish" record on energy efficiency, its top sustainable development adviser Jonathon Porritt said on Wednesday, citing a fail... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) BritainDevelopmentEnergyLondonPhotos
