Asia

The sun's magnetic cycle may play a key role in droughts and downpours

Attacks on humans rise in Nepal's recovering forests

New analyses show continuing threat of a major earthquake and possible Indian Ocean tsunami

A disease carried by black rats spelled the end for two endemic species on Christmas Island

Clues to earlier tsunamis embedded in soil

First humans reached China soon after leaving Africa

Cotton engineered to produce natural pesticide also protects nonmodified plants nearby

Temblor last May could have activated adjoining fault lines

Fashioned of polymer and carbon nanotubes, elastic conductor can be pulled like a rubber band

Philippine conservation effort dooms ecologically critical trees

Rapid recovery of a key species in Australia points to efficacy of fishing bans

Massive temblor may shift priorities for geologists, ecologists, and others

Seismologists foresee biggest killer since 1976