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By Martin Petty and Ploy Ten Kate BANGKOK (Reuters) - As Thailand's capital braces for a surge of water, its residents are fighting to both keep it at bay and find enough of it to drink. [More]

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TOKYO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Japan will likely need more than30 years to dismantle the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear [More]

Plug-in electric cars such as the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf have only just begun to penetrate the U.S. consumer market, but already automakers are thinking ahead to the next technological advance: a car that can recharge itself anytime and (almost) anywhere. [More]

UNITED NATIONS -- Out of a crowded field of dire predictions regarding humanity having reached 7 billion in population came a U.N. report this week that called the moment an opportunity to stress sustainability and improve lives in less-developed nations

For years scientists have been developing ways for people to control objects using only brainwaves. Researchers use EEG to measure electrical activity along a person's scalp.

A new NASA satellite is poised to launch early Friday (Oct.

The stress of the day, from morning traffic to the evening news, can make anyone's blood pressure rise. And about one in three U.S.

Can the planet handle more than 7 billion humans? [More]

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* Chile hit by a series of eruptions since 2008 * Chile has world's second most active volcanic chain [More]

By Daniel Cressey of Nature magazine A collection of teeth from dinosaurs in the western U.S. [More]

By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Namibia's capital, Windhoek, is four years from running out of water should a recent pattern of above-average rains end and it needs to start filling aquifers artificially to counter the threat, a senior government official said on Wednesday. [More]

* Turkey requests international aid * Complaints of survivors grow [More]

For decades computer scientists have strived to build machines that can calculate faster than the human brain and store more information. [More]