Science & Environment
Defying odds, comet lander phones home
The mission of the first robotic probe to land on a comet reached a high point on Friday when the spacecraft radioed ...No hope for survivors in Sri Lanka landslide, over 100 dead
All hopes of finding survivors under the mud and rubble of a landslide in south-central Sri Lanka had run out ...Typhoon Phanfone churns toward Tokyo with heavy wind, rain
A powerful typhoon was on course to hit the Tokyo area on Monday, after barreling into southwestern Japan with heavy rain and ...At least 31 feared dead near peak of Japanese volcano
Thirty-one people were presumed dead on Sunday near the peak of a Japanese volcano that erupted a day earlier, catching hundreds of ...Japanese troops head for volcano after eruption leaves missing, at least 40 injured
More than 500 Japanese military and police set out on Sunday to search the peak of a volcano popular with hikers a ...About 100 climate protesters arrested in march on Wall Street
About 100 protesters were arrested on Monday in New York City during a demonstration that at one point blocked streets ...Hurricane Odile thrashes Mexico beach resorts
Hurricane Odile knocked down trees and power lines in Mexico\'s Baja California peninsula on Monday as thousands of tourists took ...Russia successfully tests nuclear missile; 2 more tests planned
Russia carried out a successful test of its new Bulava intercontinental nuclear missile on Wednesday and will perform two more ...34 miners trapped after Bosnia quake
Thirty-four miners remained trapped inside a Bosnian coal mine on Friday after an earthquake triggered a gas explosion and caved in two ...Fukushima workers sue Tepco over unpaid wages, reliance on contractors
A group of Fukushima workers on Wednesday sued Tokyo Electric for unpaid wages in a potentially precedent-setting legal challenge to the utility ...