News 02/20/2012
Scientists in Russia raise plants from fruit stored away by squirrels 30,000 years ago, smashing the previous age record ... QUITO (Reuters) - A court in Ecuador has rejected an order by arbitrators that an $18 billion pollution ruling against Chevron should be frozen, but the judges referred an appeal by the U.S. oil ... Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station during his upcoming spell on the orbiting outpost ... The south east of England is now in a state of drought, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ... ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Rains picked up in Ivory Coast's main cocoa growing regions last week, lifting hopes for healthier production volumes during the April-to-September midcrop, farmers and analysts ... BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of nations opposed to an EU law forcing all airlines to pay for their emissions meets in Moscow this week to debate possible retaliation, raising the risk of a trade war ... Dutch scientists have used stem cells to create strips of muscle tissue with the aim of producing the first lab-grown hamburger later this year ... |