In fairy tales, the hero makes a wish. After a few trials the wish comes true, and everyone lives happily ever after. But only in…

* Today’s report from the House of Lords argues that GM insects have the potential to, among other things, control diseases like malaria and dengue.…

NOAA warns Arctic is warming 'twice as fast as other parts of the planet' The 2015 report card compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

As Russia continues to accuse Turkey and its presidential family of directly benefitting from the trade in oil with the Islamic State, it transpires that…

History isn’t just made by impersonal forces and “great men” or “great women.” Sometimes relatively obscure men and women acting in key bureaucratic posts make…

Sometimes what matters most takes up every inch of space in the room and somehow we still don’t see it. That’s how I feel about…

The colossal fraud by Volkswagen, the world’s second-biggest vehicle manufacturer, sums up the capitalist system’s approach to the environment. VW rigged vehicle emissions tests worldwide…

Welcome to Canada! You threatened to leave America if Donald Trump was elected President—and, true to your word, here you are. We’re so happy to…

Islamic State terrorists in Syria received all necessary materials to produce deadly sarin gas via Turkey, Turkish MP Eren Erdem has told RT, insisting there…

illary Clinton has received more money from arms and military service companies than any other candidate during the 2016 presidential campaign, data from Open Secrets…

A preliminary analysis has concluded that over 75 percent of high school students who use heroin previously used prescription painkillers. The study’s authors implicated not only pharmaceutical…

This article was first published in August 2015: In a bitter irony, the media coverup of  the CIA’s covert support to Al Qaeda and the…