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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.

A few years ago, scientists one upped the Pepsi challenge .

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.

According to the old saying, you learn more from a failure than a success. Well, if that’s the case, the consumer electronics industry ought to have a master’s degree by now

Some tech flops are famous and well documented: Microsoft Bob. The Segway scooter. The Iridium satellite cellphone

There's nothing relaxing about sitting in a doctor's examining room, being poked and prodded while you’re wearing a stiff paper gown and a pair of socks that suddenly feel super awkward. [More]

OSLO (Reuters) - Life in the oceans is at imminent risk of the worst spate of extinctions in millions of years due to threats such as climate change and over-fishing, a study showed on Tuesday. Time was running short to counter hazards such as a collapse of coral reefs or a spread of low-oxygen "dead zones," according to the study led by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO)

By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australian climate scientists say they have received death threats, emails with sexual slurs and other insults in a surge of abuse that appears to be a coordinated campaign of intimidation. [More]

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - A controversial Nevada site is not an option for storing toxic waste from nuclear power plants, a senior U.S. official said, dismissing Republican efforts to revive the Bush-era plan. [More]

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is poised to leave the solar system and reach interstellar space.

By Nicola Nosengo of Nature magazine If you are a small animal, it is useful to know whether there is anything around that might want to eat you. [More]