Biofuels are produced from living organisms or from metabolic by-products (organic or food waste products). In order to be considered a biofuel the fuel must contain over 80 percent renewable materials. It is originally derived from the photosynthesis process and can therefore often be referred to as a solar energy source. There are many pros and cons to using biofuels as an energy source... 
One study estimates that in 2005 MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), a particularly severe bacterial infection that is resistant to antibiotics, caused over 18,000 deaths in the United States--a mortality level greater than that of HIV/AIDS...
Electronic cigarettes are popping up in shopping malls, kiosks and online. You might not be lighting up tobacco, but are they a safer alternative to regular cigarettes? 
Time and again, the world has failed to prevent or halt the worst forms of human rights abuses — genocide, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes. The Holocaust, the killing fields of Kampuchea, and the genocide in Rwanda are just a few examples where a host government has failed to protect its citizens...
Dibble, a Democrat, is proposing one of two marriage-equality bills in the state Senate and says now is as good a time as any to propose gay marriage legislation because there is also an economic aspect to the debate...
However, that technology is not yet commercially viable, and "absent greater incentives through government subsidies, regulatory policies, or shifting construction risks to vendors, 'clean coal' is likely to remain an elusive part of the future of electric generation," Todd Shipman, a credit analyst with Standard and Poor's, told the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment... 
These community-minded young people are urging President Barack Obama to do something about the two coal plants nearby that are making their families sick and causing global warming.
A spokesperson for the Dalai Lama told AFP news agency he was "very disappointed" by the decision, also accusing South Africa of caving into "intense pressure" from Chinese authorities...
Jade was fascinating because she embodied these urges: she went from being a dental nurse to a celebrity without the hassle of professional achievement. She stepped straight into a movie, as it were, even if - thanks to her own stupidity - her part was briefly rewritten to turn her into a racist. But then she really startled us, by getting cancer...
Welcome to the Seattle Green Festival™, a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America. Named one of the top 10 green cities in the U.S. in 2005 by National Geographic’s The Green Guide, what better place to celebrate an urban community’s vision of green than Seattle?
"Lockheed Martin you can't hide, we charge you with genocide!" they chanted as part of a demonstration that began in Washington to mark the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq...
Terrafugia — Latin for "escape from land" — can drive at regular speeds on the ground and do about 180 km/h in the air. Its tank holds enough unleaded gas for four hours of cruising. It fits in a garage, has front-wheel drive for the surface and a pusher propeller for flight.
This was not any old study. This was the biggest study of women's health in the world - the Million Women Study, tracking the health and lifestyles of 1.3 million women over the age of 50 in Britain...
AIG isn't the only bailed-out financial firm paying big bucks to managers who helped steer their company to near collapse. Citigroup has pledged millions of dollars in bonuses to senior executives for the next few years, despite lawmakers efforts to eliminate such payments...
The medical examiner ruled her death an accident, and doctors said she might have survived had she received immediate treatment. However, nearly four hours elapsed between her lethal fall and her admission to a hospital.
For many people, September 11 renewed a desire to understand different religions. Across the U.S., interfaith communities and activities are expanding. Some people believe that all faiths flow out of the same source.
WASHINGTON -- The impending national discussion about broadening access to health care, improving medical practice and saving money is giving a group of scientists an opening to make a once-unthinkable proposal: Shut down the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health...
When can a person say that he or she finally learns what life is and what life offers? It is such a hard question and maybe not all people can answer it...
last night the possibility of an extraordinary discovery had oceanographers and geophysicists captivated... 
President Obama has sent a mixed message so far about public education, but he does seem to recognize that change is needed — including change that might not please some of his (and his party’s) strongest special-interest supporters...
