Science
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The Really Strange Story Behind Sunday's Blue Moon (Joe Rao)
A "blue moon" isn't really blue, as this artist rendering suggests. The moon can appear somewhat blue if there's been a major volcanic eruption that put tons of particles in the air, but otherwise ...
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None Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: A World Without Birds (Kate Ravilious)
A wing and a prayer: starlings congregate over Gretna on the Scottish Borders (PA) Nov. 15, 2010 (The Independent/UK) -- Scanning the sky with his binoculars, he searches carefully for any sign of ...
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World Action Plan Emerging to Combat Asteroid Threat (Leonard David)
Nov. 9, 2010 -- DARMSTADT, Germany (Space.com) -- Space agencies around the world are working to be ready to coordinate their response to any potentially harmful asteroid headed for Earth. To help ...
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Search for Life on Mars a Top Priority for Robot Probes, Scientists Say (Charles Q. Choi)
Nov. 11, 2010 (Space.com) -- The first and only attempts to search for life on Mars were the Viking missions launched in 1975. Now scientists are suggesting the next decade of robotic probes sent to ...
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Eruption: As the Indonesian volcano explodes, scientists fear something far more catastrophic may be brewing (William Sargent)
Nov. 10, 2010 (Boston Globe) -- THE MERAPI volcano, currently exploding more forcefully every day in Indonesia, is located on the Sundra Arc, one of the planet’s most complex and dangerous ...
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New Report Refutes Industry Argument that Genetically Modified Salmon will Feed Hungry World Populations (Food and Water Watch Europe)
Nov. 4, 2010 -- BRUSSELS (Food and Water Watch Europe) -- Food & Water Europe released a report today outlining why the genetically engineered salmon currently being considered by the U.S. Food and ...
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NOAA: Warming Arctic Unlikely to Return to How it Was (Renee Schoof)
Oct. 22, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (McClatchy Newspapers) -- New observations this year about snow, ice and temperatures support the conclusion that the Arctic is unlikely to return to the conditions known ...
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Cancer 'Is Purely Man-Made' Say Scientists After Finding Almost No Trace Of Disease In Egyptian Mummies -- Fiona Macrae, Daily Mail
Oct. 15, 2010 (Daily Mail) -- Cancer is a man-made disease fuelled by the excesses of modern life, a study of ancient remains has found. Tumors were rare until recent times when pollution and poor ...
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Himalayas Unsettled by Melting Glaciers, More Avalanches (Bhuwan Sharma)
The Tso Rolpa glacial lake in central Nepal has grown due to the faster melting of snow with global warming. (Credit:Kishor Rimal/IPS) Oct. 4, 2010 -- KATHMANDU (Inter Press Service) -- For the last ...
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Noam Chomsky: “President Obama is Involved in War Crimes Right Now” (Alyssa McDonald)
Sept. 15, 2010 -- The New Statesman Interviews: Noam Chomsky Do you consider yourself to be primarily a scientist or a political activist? If the world would go away, I would be happy to keep to the ...
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Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button? (Jeremy Hsu)
Sept. 2, 2010 (LiveScience) -- Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, according to a comprehensive ...
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