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This spring, two red-tailed hawks took up residence on the 12th floor ledge of the New York University president's office at Bobst Library. Their nest and the three eggs inside made headlines in The New York Times , which set up a camera feed to capture the growing chicks

Severe thunderstorms, some producing tornadoes, are beginning to develop across the Midwest this afternoon. A potent storm tracking through this region is tapping into a warm, moist air mass, setting the stage for widespread showers and strong thunderstorms

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Climate change is a foregone conclusion. The amount of carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere from two centuries-worth of fossil fuel burning (and, apparently, with decades more worth to come, given the glacial pace of efforts to slow said emissions) is enough to substantially warm global average temperatures

By Jeff Tollefson of Nature magazine Hydropower is booming in the devel

By Douglas Kysar of Nature magazine The US Supreme Court this week gave its opinion on American Electric Power v. [More]

NORMAN, Okla.--Snakes have been around for some 150 million years, but their ancient physiology might hold some important clues to developing new drugs. [More]

By John Whitfield of Nature magazine A study of open-access publishing--published last week in the open-access journal PLoS ONE --has found that the number of papers in freely accessible journals is growing at a steady 20% per year ( M. [More]

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Sea level is rising faster along the U.S.

Editor's Note: MSU China Paleontology Expedition is a project led by Frankie D. Jackson and David J

By Erika Check Hayden of Nature magazine As president of global health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, 66-year-old Tachi Yamada has been responsible for allocating billions of dollars to health projects around the world.

This past weekend, the Paris Air Show witnessed two historic firsts: the first transatlantic flight on biofuels , closely followed by the second, which involved a much larger jet (although a smaller percentage of bio-jet fuel).

"The Future of Water: A Startling Look Ahead", By Steve Maxwell, with Scott Yates, Published in 2011 by the American Water Works Association , Denver CO, ISBN 978-1-58321-809-9 Full disclosure: I answered an open e-mail solicitation for reviewers of this new book and received a review copy for free in exchange for my promise of a published review.

Need to learn a lot of material fast and perform well when it counts? Two new studies suggest easy ways to speed up learning and ease anxiety before a test.