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* Shell estimates around 216 tonnes of oil spilt * UK govt says several hundreds of tonnes spilt [More]

Conventional poultry farms use antibiotics extensively, which contributes to the rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. But farms that turn to organic practices, including a ban on antibiotics, can greatly reduce antibiotic-resistant bacteria within only the first year of the change

In the series “A Modest Proposal,” my colleagues and I will propose inventions and projects that I think are eminently doable and would love made real. [More]

Money can bring you happiness, studies show, but not as much as you might think.

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Sure, the soccer uniforms, piano lessons and college tuition add up--but there is nothing like being a parent.

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. atomic agency would carry out international safety checks of ten percent of the world's reactor units over a three-year period, under a draft action plan to prevent any repeat of Japan's nuclear crisis. [More]

Highly technical scientific debates are usually hashed out behind closed doors--in labs, in subscription-based journals, in the hallways at conferences attended only by a few specialized researchers. But in May the rest of us saw three real academic arguments playing out in public, largely via Twitter, blogs and wikis

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OK, I will start with the confession. [More]

By Yuko Takeo TOKYO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - To meet growing demand for [More]

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The Amazon rainforest near Manaus in Brazil was almost completely cleared decades ago for cattle grazing.

To humans, ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a menace: we cannot see it, yet it is all around us, increasing our risks of melanoma, cataracts and other ills. It is especially harmful in the upper latitudes, where a thinning ozone layer has become less and less effective at blocking the sun’s UV rays, and ice and snow reflect them back up at us. All these facts have caused biologists to wonder: How have Arctic mammals adapted to handle acute UV exposure--not only tolerating the intense light conditions at the poles, but even using it as an evolutionary advantage

Old Yeller dies, Darth Vader is Luke's dad, Little Red Riding Hood lives. Did I spoil it?