19 Oct: Researchers record the Ross Ice Shelf's natural soundtrack — usually inaudible to the human ear — and it could help them monitor changes from afar.... more
19 Oct: A Japanese maker of seismic dampeners — used to reduce the impacts of earthquakes — is found to have falsified inspection data for more than a decade.... more
18 Oct: The largest organism on earth is a giant underground root system that sends up thousands of genetically identical clone aspen trees. But it's collapsing, according to researchers.... more
18 Oct: As drought and unpredictable rain forces indebted farmers off their land, whole families are paying the price as bonded labourers in the brickmaking industry.... more
14 Oct: Search and rescue teams begin finding bodies in and around a town of about 1,000 people that was nearly wiped off the map when Michael blew ashore, as the death toll reaches 16.... more
14 Oct: Despite a record of human rights abuse and nuclear testing, North Korea maintains diplomatic relations with 164 countries — 25 of them with embassies in Pyongyang.... more
