Solar power lights up Africa - Africa, World

Xavery Gombifenga is the most popular man in the Tanzanian village of
Nyashimba

Sewage yields more gold than top mines

Resource-poor Japan just discovered a new source of mineral wealth - sewage.

The PlayPump System

Kids play. Water Pumps.

Worm gene offers clues to nerve cell repair: study

Researchers believe they have found a potential way to regenerate nerves by stimulating a gene

Thermal computing is heating up

A major obstacle in the development of thermal memory devices that store data with heat has been overcome - in theory

Devastated forests could be replanted from the air

A technology that fires projectiles containing tree saplings from a helicopter could rapidly replant devastated tropical forests

To Protect Public Land, Eco Protesters Get Creative

A Bureau of Land Management auction is derailed by a new tactic: chutzpah

Ten new amphibian species discovered in Colombia

Ten new species of amphibians -- including three kinds of poisonous frogs and three transparent-skinned glass frogs

Baby Chimps Given Human Love Ace IQ Tests

Orphaned infant chimpanzees that received attentive, nurturing care from human surrogate mothers were found to be more intellectually advanced than the average human baby

Iran Says It Has Launched Satellite

The launch came at a time when the United States and other powers are concerned about Iran’s nuclear ambitions.