IEA: Energy emissions rose to record high in 2012

	IEA: Energy emissions rose to record high in 2012 STOCKHOLM (AP) — The world's energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose 1.4 percent in 2012 to a record high of 31.6 billion tons, even though the U.S. posted its lowest emissions since the mid-1990s, the International Energy Agency said Monday.
	Alien-hunting telescope may be ready by 2018 NEW YORK: Astronomers are planning a massive 250-foot telescope that will search for extraterrestrial life by detecting the heat that alien civilizations may produce. The proposed instrument -- called Colossus -- would measure 77-metre, which is more than ...
	A slice of the Arctic On May 15, 12 nations, including India, China, Italy, Japan, Singapore and South Korea, joined the Arctic Council as permanent observers, joining 26 current ones. But why this interest in the Arctic, the land of unforgiving snow, that frigid outpost that is the ...
	Russia set to launch four satellites Moscow: Russia has plans to launch four more satellites for the Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) by this year-end, the Aerospace Defence Forces head said Saturday. The Glonass, officially launched in 1993, is Russia's answer to the US Global ...
	Ghariyal population rising in Chambal LUCKNOW: The new ghariyal hatchlings at the national chambal sanctuary give a boost to ghariyal conservation. After more than 100 ghariyals died in Chambal between December 2007 and March 2008, their number has increased to 785, at present, from ...
	China to send second woman astronaut into space tomorrow China will send its second woman astronaut into space tomorrow as part of its longest mission yet, as the country works towards building a spacelab of its own to rival Mir, being run by Russia and the United States. The Shenzhou-10 manned spacecraft will ...
	Obama, Xi Strike Deal on Greenhouse Gases In their ”shirt-sleeves” summit in California, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping may have danced around dicey issues like cybersecurity, free trade and military tensions in the Pacific, but they managed to find common ground in ...
	SEE: Visionary pair imagines how humans will look in 100000 years Forget cyborgs — humans of the future might look more like Pokémon characters. In 100,000 years, people might have larger heads, Google Glass type contact lenses and sideways-blinking oversized Disney eyes that glow green with cat-like night vision.
	Global warming may up flood risk in India, Southeast Asia Unchecked global warming may increase the risk of flooding at the end of this century in 42 per cent of the Earth's land surface, including parts of India, Southeast Asia and Africa, a new study has warned. According to a research team led by Yukiko ...
	Eat bugs to prevent world hunger: Nagas lead the way Certain dietary practices of the Nagas could be contributing in efforts to fight against hunger, boost nutritional intake and reduce pollution. Nagas are included in a two billion strong community that supplement their diet through insects. People from different ...