MURCHISON SHIRE, Western Australia--The pilot of the eight-passenger Cessna turboprop lines up the nose of his plane with a red-dirt landing strip ahead, a band of cleared Earth not all that different from the flat, sparsely vegetated terrain below.
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By Stanley Carvalho ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydropower could fulfill almost 80 percent of the world's energy demand by 2050 with the right policies, according to a U.N. report which won backing from governments on Monday.
Read More »iFive: Sony Net Still Down, Windows Mobile 7 Boost, Microsoft In Skype-Buying Game, RSS In Twitter, Apple Is Most Valuable Brand
1. After the repeated and damaging hack attacks on its network, Sony has yet to bring key parts of its online systems back up. Now it looks like the PlayStation Network and Qriocity service will remain off for a longer interlude --maybe as much as six weeks in total, though Sony itself is uncertain.
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Read More »Could Carbon Labeling Combat Climate Change?
While large-scale efforts to curb greenhouse gases aren't likely to happen in the near future, advocates are thinking of smaller ways to reduce emissions in the meantime. Recently, Vanderbilt University professor Michael Vandenbergh and two others proposed the idea of voluntarily labeling carbon footprints on products in the journal Nature Climate Change . [More]
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Online coupon database not only saves shoppers money, but also gives cash back for every purchase made. As we process applications for the 2011 Inc.
Read More »What’s Behind Google’s Tactics?
A new lawsuit could shed some light. Plus, bringing off-shore insurance tactics to the U.S., and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs. Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs
Read More »How To Solve The Online News Riddle? Turn "Casual Users" Into "Power Users"
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Read More »Japan to Shut Nuclear Plant on Quake Fears
By Chikako Mogi and Risa Maeda NAGOYA/TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese power firm Chubu Electric Monday agreed to shut a nuclear plant until it can be better defended against the type of massive tsunami that in March triggered the worst atomic crisis in 25 years. [More]
Read More »Addiction Centers Should Think Twice Before Banning Smoking
It’s not news that tobacco’s bad for your health--nearly half a million Americans die from tobacco-related illnesses every year. And among people who abuse drugs and alcohol, more than three-quarters use tobacco, which means tobacco is still the leading killer of the drug-dependent, not hard drugs. [More]
Read More »Burnout Gains More Recognition Among Psychologists
Most of us have seen it happen: a friend or colleague with enviable energy and dedication to a stressful job suddenly burns out. In place of tireless toil comes un
Read More »Hidden Organ In Our Eyes Found to Control Circadian Rhythms and Emotions (preview)
In the 1920s Harvard University graduate student Clyde E.
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Do Blind People Suffer from Seasonal Depression?
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Read More »Temperature Tantrum: James Hansen Speaks Out, Gets Busted, and Now Sues to Stop Global Warming
What more can a scientist trying to save us do? You're on a train and you receive information that leads you to believe that a flood has weakened the scaffolding of a rail bridge ahead
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