Science & Environment
Syrian chemical weapons transfer begins
Syria has started moving chemical weapons materials out of the country in a crucial phase of an internationally backed disarmament programme that ...Russian, Chinese ships free from Antarctic ice
Reports from Antarctica say a Chinese icebreaker and a Russian research vessel broke free from thick ice on Tuesday, with both vessels ...Polar freeze grips United States, disrupting travel, business
The dangerously cold weather that has turned the midwestern United States into one huge deep freeze is expected to move east and ...Brazil floods force more than 40,000 to flee homes
Intense rain and flooding in southeast Brazil have killed at least six people and forced 40,000 more to leave their homes.US astronauts embark on spacewalk
Astronauts from the U.S. space agency will begin a series of spacewalks Saturday to repair a faulty pump on the International Space ...Judge rules NSA phone data program is likely unconstitutional
A U.S. judge says the government\'s secret collection of telephone records from millions of Americans is likely unconstitutional.Antarctica sees coldest weather ever recorded on Earth
Temperatures in Antarctica hit a record low of minus 93 degrees Celsius in August 2010, according to scientists.Chemical weapons watchdog receives Nobel Peace Prize
The head of a watchdog group that is trying to rid the world of chemical weapons has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize ...3 US scientists win 2013 Nobel Prize for chemistry
Three U.S. scientists won the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday for pioneering work on computer programs that simulate complex chemical processes ...Typhoon Fitow leaves 6 dead in China
Six people were killed, and 4 others missing as Typhoon Fitow hit east China\'s Zhejiang Province, affecting more than three million people.