Peace and love for the planet drive baby boomers, survey says
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People born before 1964 aspire to shop for eco-friendly and socially responsible products, according to an AARP poll.
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The human race is plundering the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life, according to a report by WWF. The Living Planet Report 2004 shows that humans currently consume 20 per cent more
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British-born science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, who turns 90 Sunday, says all he wishes for is peace in his adopted home Sri Lanka where he has lived for the past five decades.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 -- Magazine surveys have called the residents here the friendliest in the world, the local music can melt stress on contact, and geological terms seem less apt than religious ones for the spectacular landscape.
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The transport sector is a major planet polluter but truckmakers in Sweden, where a clean environment has long been a top concern, are leading the way in climate-conscious production with eco-friendly plants.
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Britain's town and cities have become key survival safe havens for the country's endangered wildlife, according to a new survey published on Thursday.
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A modern concept of love is spreading at the speed of sound to the minds of the humming masses.
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Over a million motorists think about sex rather than the road ahead and millions more who don't indulge in intimate thoughts are worrying about work or thinking about their families, a survey said on Thursday.
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Most Americans remain sexually active into their 60s, and nearly half continue to have sex regularly into their early 70s, researchers say.
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Science & environment: Clean energy and reversing ageing among the biggest challenges of the next 50 years, say leading thinkers
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Give thumbs up to price hikes for enviro-friendly kit Results of a survey released Tuesday show that a majority of European consumers are willing to pay that little bit extra for environmentally friendly technology.â¦
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Changing benefits keep boomers working longer.
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A new report says people over 50 have the highest carbon footprint, but are also the most keen to combat climate change.
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Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dunks pearls of wisdom, psychologist Steven Pinker tells TEDsters it's the most peaceful time ever for our species and Cassini expert reports on life in outer space. NYT's Chris Suellentrop blogs from the TED conference in Epicenter.
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People around the globe largely mistrust  their political leaders and nearly half fear the world will be  less safe for their children, according to a survey issued on  Thursday.
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The effort by scientists from more than 60 countries aims to understand the dynamics of life at the ends of the earth.
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Now a team of researchers has found that severe emotional distress - like that caused by divorce, the loss of a job, or caring for an ill child or parent - may speed up the aging of the body&#39;s cells at the genetic level.