Science & Environment
Over 200 families feared buried by landslides in Sri Lanka
Soldiers and police used sticks and bare hands Wednesday to dig through enormous piles of mud covering houses in three villages hit ...Canadian wildfire flareups force more oil region evacuations
Wildfires continued their devastating advance on Tuesday, leading authorities to order more evacuations in Canada\'s oil sands region surrounding the city of ...NASA says 1,284 new planets found by Kepler telescope
NASA announced Tuesday the discovery of 1,284 new planets outside our solar system, more than doubling the number of exoplanets found with ...Earthlings watch as tiny Mercury sails past the sun
Tiny Mercury, the solar system\'s innermost planet, sailed across the face of the sun on Monday, a celestial dance that occurs about ...Convoy leads Canada fire evacuees through burning city to safety
Convoys of evacuees stranded by a wildfire raging in and around the Canadian oil town of Fort McMurray made their way on ...Raging wildfire forces evacuation of 88,000 in Canadian city
A raging wildfire that forced the evacuation of all 88,000 residents of the western Canadian city of Fort McMurray has destroyed 1,600 ...New study confirms link between air pollution and increased cancer risk
According to a study by the University of Birmingham and the University of Hong Kong, long-term exposure to environmental pollutants, and more ...Thousands battle deadly forest fires in northern India
Thousands of labourers backed by water-carrying helicopters were battling to control fires that have killed two people in India\'s northern Himalayan state ...Venezuela state employees to work two-day week to save energy
Venezuela\'s government Tuesday announced enforced leave for public sector workers three days a week, meaning they will only work just two days, ...Nepal marks one year since quake as frustration mounts
Nepal held memorial services on Sunday for the thousands killed in a massive earthquake one year ago, as victims still living in ...