Earliest Flu Season in a Decade: 80 Percent of Country Reports Severe Symptoms
Each cough, sneeze or conversation puts more flu virus into already contaminated air.
Category: Storm Chasers
Nations prepare for cyber war
Security analysts are predicting that 2013 is when nation-sponsored cyberwarfare goes mainstream — and some think such attacks will lead to actual deaths. In 2012, large-scale cyberattacks targeted at the Iranian government were uncovered, and in...
U.S. nuclear lab removes Chinese tech over security fears
(Reuters) – A leading U.S. nuclear weapons laboratory recently discovered its computer systems contained some Chinese-made network switches and replaced at least two components because of national security concerns, a document shows. A letter...
Patients treated in ambulances as cases of norovirus surge to record levels
Photo: MEN Bosses say they have been so overwhelmed by people suffering from sickness bugs that paramedics were forced to care for 999 patients and ambulances stacked up outside hospitals. Ambulances were left queuing...
Smart Phone, Too Smart: The Secret Ways of Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei
Spiegel Online Almost a third of the planet is thought to be using its products and yet few know much about the highly secretive Chinese telecommunication equipment company Huawei. Should customers be concerned about...
“Ferrari of the virus world”
Reuters/Lisi Niesner “Norovirus is one of the most infectious viruses of man,” said Ian Goodfellow, a professor of virology at the department of pathology at Britain’s University of Cambridge, who has been studying noroviruses...
More than a million people struck down by norovirus
The winter vomiting bug has struck early this year with cases running at a level normally seen about a month later in the season. Figures released today show that 1.018 million have been hit...
China’s Beidou GPS-substitute opens to public in Asia
China has opened up its domestic sat-nav network to commercial use across the Asia-Pacific region. Beidou – named after the Chinese word for the Big Dipper constellation – offers an alternative to the US’s...
‘Green’ cosmetics gain popularity
Natural and organic cosmetics gain popularity as consumers become conscious about makeup content. Holly Firfer reports.
Grabbing Water From Future Generations
This piece is part of Water Grabbers: A Global Rush on Freshwater, a special National Geographic Freshwater News series on how grabbing land—and water—from poor people, desperate governments, and future generations threatens global food security, environmental sustainability,...
