Go solar': Queensland farmer sends giant climate change message to G20 organisers

A Queensland farmer has cut a giant message in his field to urge G20 organisers to add climate change to the agenda for this month's leaders' summit.

Greed of Drug Industry Cited by World Health as Reason for Lack of Ebola Vaccine

“A profit-driven industry does not invest in products for markets that cannot pay,” she said, according to The New York Times. “WHO has been trying to mak...

Queen to release lost Freddie Mercury song for charity

Queen will release new track Let Me Be In Your Heart Again to help raise funds for Coca-Cola’s RED campaign to benefit the Global Fund, which fights AIDS, tuberculosi...

Bob Geld of Reportedly Planning Band Aid Single to Fight Ebola

Bob Geldof is reportedly considering releasing a fourth version of the charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” reported The Sun.

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Gates Foundation boosts aid to stamp out malaria; targets Ebola

Philanthropist Bill Gates says he wants to end malaria in his lifetime and will give more money toward that goal, part of his broader fight against tropical diseases that a...

Arctic Ice Melt Doubles Risk of Frigid Eurasian Winters, Study Finds

Global warming-related sea ice melt in a portion of the vast Arctic Ocean has doubled the risk of colder and snowier winters in Eurasia since 2004, a new study found. The s...

Waves of Change

My recent visits to the beach have been rather fulfilling, owing to my new found passion, Surfing. My perception of it was altered by my very first experience of a wipeout....