Jan 7th, 2009 · The dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the price of natural gas is starting to cause energy shortages in many European countries. The European Union has called on Moscow and Kiev to solve their dispute, which comes just as a winter freeze envelops much of Europe.
Dec 1st, 2008 · Naturalists in some areas of the country have noticed a lack of acorns this year and scientists are at a loss to fully explain why. Naturalist Jennifer Soles of the Gulf Branch Nature Center in Arlington, Va., says it will be a "really hard" winter for squirrels.
Nov 30th, 2008 · Health care reform in Massachusetts has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance. But there's an unintended consequence. A sudden demand for primary care doctors has outpaced the supply.
Nov 24th, 2008 · A worldwide food shortage mixed with a global credit crisis has some countries getting creative. They're bartering food for other essentials. Javier Blas of Financial Times talks about which nations are striking deals and what they're trading.
Nov 19th, 2008 · The pioneering operation used a section of windpipe engineered in a laboratory with adult human stem cells. Engineering new tissues and organs from stem cells has long been sought as a solution to overcome a chronic shortage of donor organs.
Nov 19th, 2008 · The United Nations is warning that hundreds of thousands of people in the Gaza Strip face severe shortages of fuel and food because Israel has sealed the borders. Israel allowed a minimal amount of aid into the coastal territory on Monday before reclosing the borders citing Palestinian rocket and mortar fire. The informal truce between Israel and Hamas, which controls Gaza, has all but collapsed. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.
Nov 16th, 2008 · Hundreds of homes from Santa Barbara to Orange County have burned to the ground, and even areas far from the fires are grappling with power and water shortages and poor air quality.
Nov 14th, 2008 · A dearth of shipping containers connects a homeowner in Philadelphia, a grocery shopper in Japan and a farmer in North Dakota, and underscores the interdependence of producers, consumers and economies around the world.