Q&A: Rabies
A rare case of rabies has been confirmed in London, the Health Protection Agency has confirmed. But how common is the disease worldwide – and how is it being tackled? What is rabies? Rabies...
Category: Storm Chasers
Nuclear submarine fire at US naval yard
(multimedia) The nuclear submarine USS Miami catches fire at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine. Report by Sam Datta-Paulin.
Heavy rain takes 19 counties out of drought
Nineteen counties across Britain are no longer in drought due to the wettest April on record, the Environment Agency has said. The organisation said that South-West England, the Midlands and parts of Yorkshire have...
Parts of Japan’s Mount Fuji in danger of collapse after new fault line discovered
(Source: AFP) GOTENBA, Japan — Parts of Japan’s Mount Fuji could collapse if a newly-discovered fault line under the mountain shifts, a government report warned Friday. A three-year study by seismologists discovered a previously-unknown active...
WA health officials declare whooping cough epidemic
SEATTLE — Washington state’s worst outbreak of whooping cough in decades has prompted health officials to declare an epidemic, seek help from federal experts and urge residents to get vaccinated amid worry that cases...
How much water is there on, in, and above the Earth?
As you know, the Earth is a watery place. But just how much water exists on, in, and above our planet? The picture to the left shows the size of a sphere that would...
DARPA Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe)
(multimedia) DARPA’s SeeMe program aims to give mobile, US warfighters overseas access to on-demand, space-based tactical information in remote and beyond-line-of-sight conditions. If successful, SeeMe will provide timely imagery to warfighters of their immediate...
‘Ghost town’ being built in US to test new technologies
A ‘ghost town’ is being built in America to test out the latest technologies such as renewable energies and terrorism security systems. It’ll look just like a city with roads, houses and buildings –...
Dead Dolphins and Birds Are Causing Alarm in Peru
LIMA, Peru — Late last year, fishermen began finding dead dolphins, hundreds of them, washed up on Peru’s northern coast. Now, seabirds have begun dying, too, and the government has yet to conclusively pinpoint...
Drug-Defying Germs From India Speed Post-Antibiotic Era
Lill-Karin Skaret, a 67-year-old grandmother from Namsos, Norway, was traveling to a lakeside vacation villa near India’s port city of Kochi in March 2010 when her car collided with a truck. She was rushed to...
