A water shortage in Mumbai, India could prove to pretty much ruin Holi, a Hindu festival which is celebrated with rain dances and colored powder paint fights. Due to the water shortage, authorities in Mumbai have ordered those celebrating Holi to not squander the city’s precious drinking water.... [Read more]

Antarctica has once again encountered the unexpected with yet another iceberg crashing against a glacier, causing the dislodgement of a massive new piece of ice. The new chunk of ice that broke off is only minutely smaller compared to Oahu which broke off not only unexpectedly but also in a manner that... [Read more]

Did you know that teeth are capable of storing records of our history, even to the point of keeping track of the radiation and environmental pollutants we have come across? Based on this, scientists are in the process of developing devices that will use teeth enamel and test the amount of radiation a... [Read more]

A three thousand hectare strip located between the two metros Hong Kong and Shenzhen is the sanctuary to over one hundred thousand birds every year. Hailing from as far off as Arctic Siberia, a large variety of birds ranging from endangered and even rare species fly to these marshes during winter to... [Read more]

Late February saw Australia warn Japan that the diplomacy maintained on whaling would come to an end this year, following the presentation of a valiant scheme to put a gradual stop to the notorious Southern Ocean hunts. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd reiterated a previous warning issued to Japan,... [Read more]