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Panda Numbers Doubled
A new method of counting Giant Pandas in the wild using DNA revealed there was more than double the estimated number living in one...
Tennessee: Brook Trout on the Rebound
Once endangered in the Eastern United States, the brook trout is making a comeback. The success of conservation efforts has led to stable populations...
Designer Unveils Off-Road Wheel Chair
The K2 has three wheels — two large ones at the front that can take mountain bike tyres — and a smaller one at...
Double Amputee Conquers Mt. Everest
Mark Inglis, 47, a New Zealand mountain climber who lost both his legs to frostbite on Mount Cook in 1982 has become the first...
Plastic Shopping Bags Made of Corn and Biodegradable
With the new reality of $70 (US) crude oil, the plastics industries are turning to corn and fast-growing switchgrass to manufacture everything from carpet...
The Top 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2006
Business Ethics Magazine has released its annual survey of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens." This year's list is led by Green Mountain Coffee...
Rhode Island Embarks on Statewide Broadband
America's smallest state is seeking to become its first to offer a wireless broadband network from border to border. Reuters reports on...
G is for Ginger Cascades Girl Scout Camp
EDITOR'S BLOG
This weekend I brought our kids and myself to the Ginger Cascades Girl Scout camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina....
Two Lost Worlds Give Us Hope – by David Suzuki
February 15, 2006 — Two lost worlds were in the news last week. One was discovered halfway around the world, but the other is right...
Saving Wildlife Also Helps Reduce Poverty
A World Wildlife Fund report this week says that efforts to save pandas and tigers and gorillas can also reduce poverty and improve the...
We’ve Read the Cover: Now NASA Opens The Book On Mars
The public has seen four rovers scratching the surface of Mars, and two orbiters peering at the red planet. Now with dazzling precision, NASA...
Harrison Ford Rescues Lost Boy in the Wilderness, Just Like the Movies
When 13 year-old Cody Clawson attended a boy scout camp in Yellowstone National Park he accidentally strayed from the path while hauling supplies from...
38 Year-old First to Ski Down Mt. Everest Without Stopping
Davo Karnicar, of Slovenia, became the first person ever to make an uninterrupted ski descent from the top of the world's highest mountain, Mount...
Puerto Rican Parrot Population Expands by 25%
For the first time in history, ten captive-bred endangered Puerto Rican parrots were released yesterday to join the last 40 parrots existing in the...
A “Point of Light” in Brazil’s Jungle; a Nurse is Honored for Her Work
Doctors Without Borders not only won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, but Kathleen Mahoney, one of its volunteers, a graduate nursing student at the...
Tour de Lance!
Paris - Lance Armstrong became the second U.S. cyclist ever to win the Tour de France and wear the coveted yellow jersey to victory...
Sage In Toyland: Slinky CEO Cares About Her Employees
I had to call Betty. I hadn’t talked to her in a while. I had met Betty a few years ago when I toured...