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 Features Search for sushi draining Mediterranean's red tuna stocksFor centuries, Spanish fishermen have hauled tuna from the sea in the annual "Almadraba" event. But now, thanks to increasing demand from overseas, the tuna numbers are insufficient to sustain the local tradition.  China's 'cancer villages' pay heavy price for economic progressChina's elderly are being left to fend for themselves as a litany of environmental destruction catches up with the nation.  'Breakthrough' reached on access to biodiversity dataGovernments could come under lots of pressure to make information on biological resources openly available, following a decision approved at last week's conference of parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Brazil.  Oceans of noiseIn less than three generations, the oceans have filled with the sounds of motors, sonar and seismic tests; has it affected marine life? Some scientists think so.  Space or bustGoing into space used to be something that only nations with multibillion dollar budgets could do. Now, anyone with a bit of courage and a lot of loose change can live the dream.  Fish out of waterHe stretches his mind to 11 dimensions, understands what Einstein failed to grasp, and he plans for the death of our Sun, five billion years from now. Michio Kaku is a superhero of the incomprehensible.  Surgery to scaleOrthopaedics, obstetrics, X-rays, CT-scans - believe it or not, the world of high-tech medicine has invaded the fish tank. 
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