If Frankenstorms like Hurricane Sandy are the new normal, New York City officials and residents can only wonder: how can the city guard against the next tempest?
Roxanne Palmer
Nov 05, 2012
Move over liquid nitrogen, the latest culinary sensation is smoked water. That’s right; water that’s been smoked for four days in an oak smokery may be the next big thing in food.
Charles Poladian
Oct 23, 2012
The search for missing Colorado 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway has taken a turn after officials said the girl's backpack and water bottle were found today.
Carey Vanderborg
Oct 08, 2012
After spending close to a month and a half on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover has found compelling evidence that Mars once contained significant amounts of water.
Eric Brown
Sep 27, 2012
Coca Cola Drops will be coming out in October to complement Coke's Dasani brand of bottled water.
Tom Herrmann
Sep 10, 2012
Since most New York theater lovers will see, at best, one or two shows in any given week, the International Business Times weeded out the washouts to spotlight the best new options on the boards this week.
Christopher Zara
Sep 08, 2012
Yemen will receive $6.4 billion in foreign aid as it struggles to rebuild its economy following shaky political transition in the face of food and water shortages and ongoing internal conflicts with Al Qaeda militants in the south and Shiite insurgents in the north.
Ryan Villarreal
Sep 06, 2012
New York will be opening the world's largest ultraviolet, or UV, drinking-water disinfection plant in a couple of months, Scientific American reported Friday.
Maria Vultaggio
Aug 31, 2012
China estimates a total national investment of 372 billion USD to be spent in the next three and a half years on improving energy efficiency, strengthening pollution control and expanding recycling economy.
Vivian Tsai
Aug 28, 2012
Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, may become the first in the world to run out of water. And that's on top of all the other problems in the Arab world's poorest, insurgency-torn country. Among the culprits, a popular narcotic plant
Ryan Villarreal
Aug 28, 2012
Traffic on the Mississippi River halted again Wednesday due to a grounded barge near Greenville, Miss., as the nation's main waterway falls toward a record low level because of the worst U.S. drought in over a half century.
Angelo Young
Aug 22, 2012
Some are swapping sports drinks for coconut water, but new research says that coconut water is fine after light exercise, but the marathon runners and heavy lifters among us may want to stick with Gatorade.
Roxanne Palmer
Aug 20, 2012
Bill Gates, the man responsible for bringing software to the masses with Microsoft and Windows, has plans to reinvent another industry: Sanitation. Gates, whose philanthropic efforts have helped bring clean water and resources to developing countries via the foundation founded by he and his wife Melinda, said on Wednesday that he plans to build a toilet that's better suited to developing countries in an effort to cut down on disease and death in those regions.
Dave Smith
Aug 15, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama is going to make it rain money to ensure the nation's livestock get enough water and to fight rising food prices during one of the country's worst droughts in half a century.
Benjamin Reeves
Aug 11, 2012
Thousands of fish have been found dead in the Midwest as the summer heat causes rivers to dry up and water temperatures to reach nearly 100 degrees. Reports indicate about 40,000 shovelnose sturgeon to be dead in Iowa after water temperatures climbed to a blistering 97 degrees last week.
Carey Vanderborg
Aug 07, 2012
Kourtney Kardashian originally wanted to give birth to her daughter in the comfort of her own home, but after witnessing an at home water birth on Sunday night's episode of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians, the oldest of the "k-clan" changed her tune.
Maria Vultaggio
Aug 06, 2012
During the Olympic women's water polo match between Spain and the United States, one player ended up pulling down another's swimsuit on live television. The "wardrobe malfunction" resulted in NBC airing bare breasts and nipple live on television.
Eric Brown
Aug 01, 2012
There are estimated to be at least 30,000 wild peacocks in the Thai desert, but their numbers have been steadily declining in recent years.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 30, 2012
A group of Syrian government officials visited Tehran, one of Damascus’ few remaining allies, to approve the deals.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 27, 2012
In Namibia, finding an aquifer is akin to striking gold.
Jacey Fortin
Jul 20, 2012
A self -professed water addict has made headlines after revealing that she drinks 40- gallons of water per day.
Ceylan Yeginsu
Jul 11, 2012
Power outages lasting 18 to 20 hours a day are not unusual across Pakistan.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 02, 2012