Life

Use of raw materials to double by 2060: OECD

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Global use of raw materials is expected to double by 2060, "placing twice the pressure on…

Mars likely to have enough oxygen to support life: study

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Salty water just below the surface of Mars could hold…

Japan orders Facebook to improve data protection

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The Japanese government on Monday ordered Facebook to improve protection of users' personal information following data…

Mercury mission to explore origin of Solar System

by Laurence COUSTAL Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Is Mercury's core liquid or solid, and why -- on…

Postman, shopper, builder: In Japan, there’s a robot for that

by Karyn NISHIMURA-POUPEE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Forget the flashy humanoids with their gymnastics skills: at the…

Spider swarm cloaks Greek lake in 1,000-meter web

  THESSALONIKI, Greece (AFP) -- Lake Vistonida in northern Greece has become an arachnophobe's worst nightmare after it was cloaked…

Facebook launches ‘war room’ to combat manipulation

by Julie CHARPENTRAT Agence France-Presse MENLO PARK, United States (AFP) -- In Facebook's "War Room," a nondescript space adorned with…

S. Korea’s last polar bear dies ahead of British retirement

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The last polar bear kept in South Korea has died of old age only weeks…

Scientists spot six near-extinct vaquita porpoises

MEXICO CITY (AFP) -- The near-extinct vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise, has not yet disappeared from its habitat off…

‘Bad news’: CO2 emissions to rise in 2018, says IEA chief

by Catherine HOURS / Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Energy sector carbon emissions will rise in 2018…

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