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Squid Studies: Correction, Connections and Calamar

Editor's Note: William Gilly , a professor of biology at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, embarked on new expedition this month to study jumbo squid in the Gulf of California on the National Science Foundation–funded research vessel New Horizon. This is his fourth blog post about the trip. [More]

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How the Hippies Saved Physics [Excerpt]

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the new book HOW THE HIPPIES SAVED PHYSICS: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival by David Kaiser. Copyright (c) 2011 by David Kaiser.

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Canada Makes Big Bet on Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Royal Dutch Shell PLC inked a deal Friday with the Canadian government to develop technology to control oil emissions. The province of Alberta announced it would provide C$745 million to test carbon capture and sequestration technology on Shell's Scotford Upgrader, which is similar to a refinery for processing heavy oil.

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Levees hold as Souris River crests at historic high

By Geoff Davidian MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) - The Souris River crested to historic heights in North Dakota's fourth largest city of Minot early on Sunday, but emergency levees held providing respite to officials battling to keep areas dry.

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Japanese parents fume over Fukushima radiation impact

By Antoni Slodkowski FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Angry parents of children in Japan's Fukushima city marched along with hundreds of people on Sunday to demand protection for their children from radiation more than three months after a massive quake and tsunami triggered the worst nuclear disaster in 25 years.

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Worldwide Diabetes More than Doubled Since 1980

Diabetes incidence has been climbing precipitously in the developed world along with rises in obesity rates and dietary and other lifestyle changes. But a massive new study finds that the rest of the global population has not been immune to these changes.

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Is Karzai’s Accusation That Coalition Forces Are Polluting Afghanistan with Nuclear Material Accurate or an Over-Reaction?

President Obama has called for the withdrawal of 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan over the next year and the remaining 68,000 by the end of 2014, but questions linger regarding what the troops are leaving behind after more than nine years of combat. In particular, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has accused U.S.

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