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Nintendo Launches New Fitness Video Game in U.S.

Monday, May 19, 2008 9:45:00 PM

Nintendo Co Ltd launched its "Wii Fit" exercise game in the United States on Monday, hoping to get gamers off the couch and appeal to new audiences such as women and older people.   Full Story

Japan's Arcade Industry Slumps as Wii Takes Off

Monday, May 19, 2008 1:20:00 PM

TOKYO—Japanese superhero Ultraman vanquishes an evil enemy during a live performance at a Tokyo games arcade. But Ultraman's real battle is proving much harder—enticing customers back to the natio ...   Full Story

Coal Plant Pollution Threatens U.S. Parks, Report Claims

Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:32:00 PM

NEW YORK—U.S. regulators are proposing to weaken air quality laws, which would allow new coal-fired power plants to pollute U.S. parks from Shenandoah in Virginia to the Great Basin in Nevada, a new r ...   Full Story

Freedom Fighter of the Digital Age

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:13:00 PM

As music, movies and books move further into the digital realm, the question of our freedoms being diminished was raised by Richard Stallman at Cambridge University on April 30th at his talk on "Copyr ...   Full Story

Japan Scientists Warn Arctic Ice Melting Fast

Monday, May 12, 2008 1:48:00 PM

TOKYO—Arctic ice is melting fast and the area covered by ice sheets in ocean could shrink this summer to the smallest since 1978 when satellite observation first started, Japanese scientists warned in ...   Full Story

New Study Finds Fish on Diets

Monday, May 12, 2008 1:10:00 PM

BRISBANE—New research has found that fish diet to avoid being attacked and shunned by their own species and eaten by predators.   Full Story

Kick the Oil Habit and Make Your Own Ethanol

Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:10:00 PM

A new company hopes drivers will kick the oil habit by brewing ethanol at home that won't spike food prices.   Full Story

Pesticide DDT Shows Up in Antarctic Penguins

Sunday, May 11, 2008 1:22:00 PM

The pesticide DDT, banned decades ago in much of the world, still shows up in penguins in Antarctica, probably due to the chemical's accumulation in melting glaciers, a sea bird expert said.   Full Story

Petrify, Liquefy: New Ways to Bury Greenhouse Gas

Thursday, May 08, 2008 1:23:00 PM

OSLO—Turn greenhouse gases to stone? Transform them into a treacle-like liquid deep under the seabed?The ideas may sound like far-fetched schemes from an alchemist's notebook but scientists are ...   Full Story

Koalas Threatened by Climate Change, Expert Says

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 6:00:00 PM

The koala is under threat from climate change, according to new research which shows rising carbon dioxide levels are killing nutrients in the plants they eat.   Full Story

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