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What James Cameron Found At The Bottom Of The Ocean
The deepest place on the planet may also hold the clues to the origin of life on Earth.The discovery of microbial mats — bizarre-looking, filamentlike clumps of microorganisms — living off chemicals...
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China Will Flatten 700 Mountains To Build A City In The Desert
A long, long time ago, a 90-year-old Chinese peasant named Yu Gong decided to move two inconveniently located mountains away from the entrance to his home. Legend has it he struggled terribly, but...
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Climate Talks Are On Brink Of Collapse As Anger Rises Against Qatari Hosts
Climate change: Anger is growing against the host country of Qatar, which has the largest carbon footprint in the world per person, for failing to take action on climate change and cut its...
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It's Official: Beer Is Good For You
Consuming large quantities of a key ingredient in beer can protect against winter sniffles and even some serious illnesses in small children, a Japanese brewery said citing a scientific study.A...
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After Sandy, New York City Is Getting Serious About Climate Change
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, addressing a meeting on New York City's recovery from Hurricane Sandy this morning, spoke of a future in a warming world with the stark reality of more such devastating storms,...
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British Explorers Embark On 'Coldest Journey' — A Winter Trek Across Antarctica
Visitors arrived on the SA Agulhas stamping their boots and rubbing their hands: it was -1C at the Thames, there was still frost on the gangplank, and mugs of steaming coffee were stone cold in...
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There's A Parasite That Can Hijack Your Immune System And Control Your Mind
A parasite known for its ability to influence the minds of its hosts also hijacks the immune system, a new study finds.In fact, the parasite uses cells that would normally help defeat it as transport...
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A Virginia Psychic Is Suing Because She's Banned From Foretunetelling In...
A Virginia psychic is in federal court this week challenging what she claims is a violation of her First Amendment rights.Patricia King, who runs a fortunetelling business under the name "Psychic...
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21 Endangered Animals You Must See Before They're Gone
The earth’s current rate of extinction is greater than at any other time since the dinosaurs disappeared around 65 million years ago.The natural extinction rate (aka background rate) describes how fast...
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There Are 7 Possibly Habitable Worlds Out There Beyond Our Solar System
A new catalog aims to list all the known planets in the galaxy that could potentially be habitable to life. The count is at seven so far, with many more to come, researchers said.The online listing,...
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Satellite Observations Suggest A New Cause Of Greenland's Freakish Melting...
The freak melt of the Greenland ice sheet last summer may have been forced by smoke from Arctic wildfires, new research suggests.Satellite observations, due to be presented at the annual meeting of the...
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A Kenyan Game Reserve Uses Drones To Protect The Rhinos
One of Kenya's best known private game reserves announced Friday a plan to fly unmanned surveillance drones to monitor and protect critically endangered rhinos from rampant poaching.Ol Pejeta, a...
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The Last Lunar Landing Was Launched 40 Years Ago Today
Apollo 17, the last of the missions to land men on the moon, began 40 years ago today with the dawning of a man-made sun.Lifting off just after midnight (EST) on Dec. 7, 1972, the Apollo 17 mission was...
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Humans May Be Pushing The Earth Into A New Geologic Period
Humans drive trillions of miles in cars, clear-cut forests for agriculture and create vast landfills teeming with tin cans, soda bottles and other detritus of industrialization.There's no doubt that...
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Climate Talks Are On The Brink Of Total Failure
Talks on a new climate deal ground on through Friday night in Qatar, as countries failed to agree on key issues including: rescuing the Kyoto protocol, finance and compensation for poor countries...
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Slamming A Spaceship Into An Asteroid Could Save The Earth One Day
It sounds like the plot of a bad Bruce Willis movie, but some experts are saying it should be a reality.In order to prepare for massive asteroids that could aim for Earth in the future, researchers...
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Climate Talks End With No New Commitments
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Even as international climate talks ended this weekend with no new commitments on carbon emissions or climate aid from the United States, some were relieved America didn't make a...
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Here's What We Know About The Secretive X-37B Space Plane Launching On Tuesday
The secretive U.S. Air Force X-37B robotic space plane has been cleared to lift off Tuesday (Dec. 11).The X-37B vehicle and its cargo bay packed with a classified payload is set to make the third...
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20-Year-Old Report Successfully Predicted Global Warming
Time has proven that even 22 years ago climate scientists understood the dynamics behind global warming well enough to accurately predict warming, says an analysis that compares predictions in 1990...
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Fears About Genetically Modified Crops Are Complete 'Nonsense'
Concerns about the health implications of genetically modified (GM) crops are "a complete nonsense" according to the environment secretary, who said Britain should be "emphatically" looking at their...
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