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Obama's Action On Climate Change Boils Down To Two Words
Barack Obama is being pressed for proof of his intent to act on climate change ahead of next week's United Nations global warming summit in Doha.The proof might boil down to just two words: two...
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A New Zealand Volcano Is Spewing Ash, Suggesting Another Eruption Is Imminent
New Zealand's Mount Tongariro volcano erupted for the second time this year on Wednesday (Nov. 21), sending a plume of ash 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) skyward and raising the odds that another eruption is...
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Undercover Footage Shows A Circus Elephant Being Beaten By Keeper
Secret footage recorded by an animal rights group shows an elderly elephant being beaten by staff at Bobby Roberts Super Circus.Circus owner Bobby Roberts has been convicted at Northampton Crown Court...
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How Dogs Learn Words
Dogs can learn the names of objects, but they likely focus on different features when learning words than humans do, new research finds.When toddlers learn words for objects, they focus on shape. This...
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A New Mystery Virus Is Infecting People In The Middle East
In June, a 60-year-old man checked into a hospital in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, with a mysterious illness. The man, who had acute pneumonia and failing kidneys, eventually died.Now, the genetic sequencing...
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Dinosaurs Slim Down In New Study
The fact that bones have curves has now thrown a curveball into calculations of dinosaur weight, researchers say.New estimates suggest dinosaurs may have been lighter than once thought, scientists...
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The Science Of College Football Rankings
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) college football rankings are in turmoil.For two weeks in a row, the top-ranked team has been upset by an underdog from central Texas.(Full disclosure: As a Baylor...
View ArticleThe Newest And Most Entertaining Way To Teach Your Kids About Sex
When it gets down it, in some biologists’ views anyways, it is all about sex.Well, at least for much of the plant and animal kingdoms.Every physiological adaption or morphological innovation comes...
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Missing Sea Ice Could Hurt Emperor Penguins
Emperor penguins depend on sea ice to rest in between dives while foraging for food, according to a new study which could help scientists understand the impact of climate change on colonies.The...
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Children Who Are Driven To School Are At A Disadvantage
Cycling or walking to school increases a child's ability to concentrate in the classroom, the results of a Danish study published Friday showed.Children who were driven to school, or who took public...
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Gaza's Fisherman Are Big Winners In The Ceasefire Deal
New details stemming the agreement to play nice between Israel and Hamas will be negotiated over the next few weeks, and so the biggest winners are Gaza's fisherman. They can now fish twice as far off...
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Doha Is The Worst (Or Best) Place In The World For A Climate Change Summit
Doha will host the latest round of United Nations talks on climate change. But can a major oil and gas hub with the highest carbon footprint per person in the world lead the way on a switch to a green...
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The Way You Were Brought Up Doesn't Actually Make A Difference
Genetically, your parents affect you enormously. But what about the way they raised you?Research says it doesn’t make a difference.Via Malcolm Gladwell’s excellent book The Tipping Point: How Little...
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Sugary Drinks Linked To Increased Prostate Cancer Risk
Men who drink one normal-sized soft drink per day are at greater risk of getting more aggressive forms of prostate cancer, according to a Swedish study released Monday."Among the men who drank a lot of...
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What Happens To The Brain During A Coma
What is going on inside the heads of individuals in a coma has been steeped in mystery. Now, a new study finds coma patients have dramatically reorganized brain networks, a finding that could shed...
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Human Waste Shows How We Impact Our Environment
Human waste can map two millennia of history and climate change in a remote, Arctic settlement in Norway, according to a new study.The findings suggest that human waste deposits could help researchers...
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Experts Spill Their Thoughts On What Curiosity's 'Historical' Finding Could Be
NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars is busily grinding out science data — and has likely relayed some provocative findings — but mum's the word from scientists on the mission.At the epicenter of all the...
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Scientists Have Found A Way To Generate Electricity From The Human Body
Turning the human body into a power station sounds like a zany plotline from the Matrix movies, but scientists are starting to take seriously the idea that one way to stem climate change might be to...
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Lonesome George Didn't Have To Be So Lonely After All
The sad death of conservation icon Lonesome George this past June in the Galápagos Islands marked the long-dreaded extinction of the Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni). Or did it?A...
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Martian Caves Could Hold Signs Of Life
NASA is mapping out a strategy to return bits of rock and soil from the Martian surface to Earth, but the most intriguing Red Planet samples lie in underground caverns, some scientists say.The space...
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