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Small Canadian Town Bans Shark Fins

Using the concept 'Think Global, Act Local,' Coquitlam council this week banned shark fins from being possessed, traded, sold and distributed in the city.

‘Firecracker Galaxy’ Offers Double Blast

Astronomers find two supernovae exploding just months apart in the same galaxy.

Peruvian Tombs Offer Wealth of Artifacts

Ancient graves unearthed in Peru spill secrets of pre-Incan society.

New discoveries pinpoint stem cells as cancer cause

Toronto, ON - Current [cancer] therapies treat all cancer cells the same. They're aimed at shrinking tumours on the basis that the various cells within them all have similar powers to spawn new cancers and spread destruction. But mounting evidence suggests that cancer's real culprits -- the roots of perhaps every tumour -- are actually a small subset of bad seeds known best to the world as stem cells.

Teen produces fusion reaction in parents’ basement

Rochester Hills, MI - On the surface, Thiago Olson is like any typical teenager. He's on the cross country and track teams at Stoney Creek High School in Rochester Hills. He's a good-looking, clean-cut 17-year-old with a 3.75 grade point average, and he has his eyes fixed on the next big step: college. But to his friends, Thiago is known as "the mad scientist."

Emissions of key greenhouse gas stabilise

The rise of methane in the atmosphere, second only to carbon dioxide in importance, has unexpectedly levelled off

Greenpeace Evidence Prompts Russia to Detain Notorious Pirate Fishing Fleet

After being presented with a dossier of evidence by Greenpeace, Russian authorities have agreed to detain five notorious pirate fishing vessels (1) in harbour at Svetly, near Kaliningrad.

Dino Skin Preserved in Rare Fossil Find

A duckbilled dino unearthed in Montana is found with flaps of skin intact.

Patrolling the waters of the Galapagos Islands

A former US Coast Guard cutter, overhauled and refitted by WWF, began patrolling the waters of the Galapagos Islands to help curb illegal fishing in and around the national marine reserve.

Nepal’s civil war ends as Maoists, government ink peace deal

KATHMANDU (AFP) - The impoverished Himalayan nation of Nepal has entered a new era as Maoist insurgents and the central government signed a peace deal ending a decade of civil war that has claimed at least 12,500 lives.

Black rhinos released into new South African game reserve

Twelve black rhinos have been released on to a game reserve in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, forming the third founder population of a rhino conservation project.

Accord signed in France on breakthrough nuclear reactor

PARIS (AFP) - A seven-member international consortium has signed a formal agreement to build a multibillion-dollar experimental nuclear reactor in southern France, designed to emulate the power of the Sun.

New process for iron production cuts emissions by 90 percent

November 17, 2006 A new manufacturing process developed appears set to make the production of iron much more environmentally friendly. The outstanding feature of the ?Corex process? is that it uses conventional coal instead of coking coal, the customary ingredient. The world?s largest Corex-based plant is currently being built in China and is scheduled to begin operation in late 2007. It does not require a coking plant, reducing the discharge of dust and nitrogen oxides by more than 90 percent and sulphur dioxide emissions by 97 percent...

Spinning black hole is fastest on record

A black hole in our galaxy appears to be rotating at a blistering 1000 times per second – it may have been spawned in a powerful explosion called a gamma-ray burst

California to Impose Sweeping Conservation Limits on Ocean Fishing

Flying over California's rugged Central Coast, Mike Sutton pointed to kelp forests and rocky reefs just below the water's surface that will soon be off-limits to fishing under one of the nation's most ambitious plans to protect marine life.

Vietnam Praised for Economic Reforms

Hanoi, Vietnam - Top business leaders attending a Pacific Rim economic conference on Friday praised communist Vietnam for its stunning progress in reforming its economy and joining the world trading system.

Renaissance masterpieces found behind bedroom door

London, England, UK - Two lost paintings by Italian Renaissance master Fra Angelico have turned up in a modest house in central England in a discovery hailed as one of the most exciting art finds for a generation.

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