Panel: India must secure elephant reserves
By NIRMALA GEORGE 2010-09-01T01:22:33ZNEW DELHI (AP) -- India should protect its elephant population by securing its wildlife reserves, curbing poaching and restricting development in the corridors they use to travel between forested areas, a panel recommended.... hosted.ap.org |
Mmm, science - 'tastier chocolate' breakthrough
Scientists release a draft sequence of the cacao genome, in a move that raises hopes of higher yields and tastier chocolate. bbc.co.uk |
Doctor and Patient: Paying Doctors for Patient Performance
The kinds of patients physicians care for can have as much influence on pay-for-performance rankings as what those doctors do. feeds.nytimes.com |
Dot Earth: A Physicist's Climate Complaints
A physicist who has claimed global warming is "pseudoscientific fraud" once wrote a book promoting action to cut greenhouse gas emissions. feeds.nytimes.com |
Vital Signs: Patterns: Report Paints Portrait of Costliest Patients
Some of the sickest patients can run up hospital charges as high as $18,000 a day, with average stays of almost three weeks, according to a new government report. feeds.nytimes.com |