Nature

Sure, they’re designed to fly fast and kill swiftly, but that doesn’t mean they have to cost a lot to produce or clean up after. In a multimillion-dollar project, the Army has come up with a new bullet said to be just as deadly as the old lead-based one but cleaner for the Earth. Read More

Scientists have developed a device that can remove about 70% of pollutants from car exhaust fumes and produces carbon that can be made into diamonds, New Scientist magazine said yesterday. Read More

New fears were raised today in the wake of last week’s garbage slide and fire at the Payatas garbage dump in the northern Manila suburb of Quezon City which has claimed 193 lives and left 760 others missing and presumed dead: According to health monitors, the rotting mountain of trash is polluting the reservoir behind La Mesa dam, the source of drinking water for Metro Manila's 10 million residents. Read More