| SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
| OBESITY KILLS |
| A new enemy is emerging in the 21st century — our appetite. |
| LOVE COFFEE? REJOICE |
| All those cups you've been putting away all these years could have been protecting you against diabetes. |
| FIBROMYLAGIA: A WORLD OF PAIN |
| Experts describe it as “an all-encompassing exhaustion that interferes with even the simplest daily activities.” As one sufferer puts it: “It feels like every drop of energy has been drained from my body" |
| MUTANTS ON YOUR PLATE |
| Next time you bite into a crunchy fried chicken drumstick, consider what you could be getting from that mouthful: nutrients like selenium and niacin, saturated fat, cholesterol, and several kinds of proteins - one of them an insect poison. |
| THE COMING CATASTROPHE |
| Parts of Metro Manila and Cebu, Laguna de Bay's lakeshore, and most port cities of the Philippines may soon vanish. The main culprit? Climate change due to global warming |
| FREE TO BURN |
| Jason Hudson wants to encourage South Africans to go on a burning spree -- and he has the machine for the job. It looks like a cross between a automated bank teller and a softdrinks dispenser. |
| HERE COMES LA NIÑA |
| Strong rains, flash floods, erosion, crop losses - these are just some of the things that the weather phenomenon brings in its wake |