GENEVA, Nov. 6, 2009 (Reuters) — H1N1 swine flu is on the rise in China and Japan after triggering an unusually early start to the winter influenza season in Europe, Central Asia and North America, the World Health Organization said on Friday. ... > full story
PARIS, Nov. 3, 2009 (Reuters) — French intellectual Claude Levi-Strauss, the founder of structural anthropology, has died at the age of 100, his publishing house Plon said on Tuesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2009 (Reuters) — An international team of researchers said Monday it had mapped the DNA of a domestic pig, work they say could help lead to better breeding techniques as well as improve vaccines against diseases such as swine flu. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 3, 2009 (Reuters) — Two man-eating lions terrorized Kenya during the building of a railroad bridge over the Tsavo River in the late 19th century, but only one was making regular meals of human prey, researchers said on Monday. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2009 (Reuters) — A lawsuit challenging patents on two human genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer can move forward, a U.S. federal judge ruled on Monday. ... > full story
BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 2, 2009 (Reuters) — The mysterious people who etched the "Nasca Lines" across deserts in Peru hastened their own demise by clearing forests 1,500 years ago, according to a study on Monday. ... > full story
GUATEMALA CITY, Oct. 30, 2009 (Reuters) — Scuba divers are exploring the depths of a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims flocked to worship before it was submerged by rising waters. ... > full story
KOUROU, French Guiana, Oct. 29, 2009 (Reuters) — An Ariane-5 rocket placed two television satellites in orbit after blasting off from French Guiana on Thursday, space officials said. ... > full story
OTTAWA, Oct. 29, 2009 (Reuters) — The multiyear ice covering the Arctic Ocean has effectively vanished, a startling development that will make it easier to open up polar shipping routes, an Arctic expert said on Thursday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2009 (Reuters) — No need to curse that bad driver weaving in and out of the lane in front of you -- he cannot help it, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. ... > full story
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