Qatar launches mall walking program: Obese citizens can now exercise indoors on hot days 10/7/2013

Qatar is the sixth fattest country in the world, and with temperatures topping 100 degrees six months out of the year, it’s no surprise health officials have launched an indoor mall walking program. ...more

Brazil confirms Amazon deforestation increase 10/7/2013

Data released by the Brazilian government Friday confirms an increase in Amazon forest loss. ...more

Smelly monster 'corpse' flower in bloom in Brussels 10/7/2013

Tourists are lining up in Belgium for the chance to visit a huge, foul-smelling plant. ...more

What color was that dinosaur? 10/7/2013

It is very hard to tell what color was a dinosaur from looking at its fossilized bones. ...more

World's largest rat extermination returns South Georgia to its bird life 10/7/2013

A team on South Georgia has successfully completed the world's largest rodent eradication in an effort to rid the British territory of millions of rats and mice. ...more

Scots conservation charity to help zoo in bid to save Arabian sand cat 9/7/2013

It has only been definitely sighted there four times in the past 18 years. ...more

Runaway oil train explodes in Canadian town, 5 dead, 40 missing 9/7/2013

A 73-car train transporting crude oil derailed and exploded Saturday, killing at least four people and destroying some 30 buildings in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. ...more

Solar-powered sedan hits Dutch streets 9/7/2013

Plug-in electric car? That’s so 2013. The electric sedans of the future will also generate their own photovoltaic power. ...more

Japan says building nuclear safety culture will take a long time 9/7/2013

Japan's nuclear regulator announced that elevating safety culture to international standards will "take a long time", to avoid a repeat of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011. ...more

Vienna turning its existing railway infrastructure to a greener use 9/7/2013

Vienna is employing some old-fashioned technology to run shiny new electric buses wending their way through the narrow inner-city streets. ...more