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Science

Giant tortoises making a comeback on the Galapagos Islands

By Don Clyde | July 13, 2010

Captive breeding efforts by scientists and conservationists have led to stunning success in returning the animals to the wild.

Energy

What a Waste! Electricity generated from raw sewage

By Don Clyde | July 13, 2010

Raw sewage may become a new source of energy for the world. That’s right—electricity from poop.

Science

Antidepressants, caffeine changing shrimp behavior

By Don Clyde | July 8, 2010

The drugs, found in coastal water systems, make shrimp more likely to swim towards light — and predators.

Culture

Tanzania proposes highway in the Serengeti

By Don Clyde | July 6, 2010

Conservationist groups say the proposed highway will decimate migrating wildebeest herds.

Democracy

‘Morality police’ are watching your every move on Arabian Peninsula

By Don Clyde | July 2, 2010

New Kuwait all-women morality police will enforce laws against LGBTS, transvestites and the “flirtatious.” In Saudi Arabia, women are fighting back.

Democracy

Bhopal gas victims still searching for justice after 25 years

By Don Clyde | June 29, 2010

Activists cite a double standard in the U.S. response to Gulf Oil Spill versus the U.S. response to Union Carbide’s Bhopal Disaster, which killed up up 23,000 people.

Democracy & Civics

In Moscow, put a damper on slaughtering sheep in courtyards, OK?

By Don Clyde | June 17, 2010

When in Moscow, do as the Muscovites do.

Environment

Niger Delta oil spills dwarf BP, Exxon Valdez catastrophes

By Don Clyde | June 17, 2010

Thousands of spills across decades have ravaged the Niger Delta region.

Featured

FIFA accused of blocking condom distribution, safe-sex information during World Cup

By Don Clyde | June 10, 2010

HIV prevention groups and the South African government will raise awareness by giving out hundreds of millions of free condoms during World Cup.

Democracy & Civics

Five Al-Jazeera anchorwomen resign over ‘decency’

By Don Clyde | June 9, 2010

The news presenters quit after attacks on their “clothes and decency.”

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