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Over the last few months, Syria has been making headlines almost daily as the struggles between the government and protesters have become increasingly violent. This past Friday, the city of Hama was the target of a government-led military assault that claimed the lives of at least 65 protesters and injured countless others. As tens of thousands of mourners gathered the next day, tanks began to surround the city and caused funeral processions to feel more like protests

BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Canada confirmed on Wednesday that it would not support an extended Kyoto Protocol after 2012, joining Japan and Russia in rejecting a new round of the climate emissions pact. The current Kyoto Protocol binds only the emissions of industrialized countries from 2008-2012. Poor and emerging economies want to extend the pact, creating a deadlock at U.N.

You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. And you shouldn’t judge a species by its place of origin

In the last five years or so, weather changes have taken a toll on Michigan's roads. Heavy rains have overpowered drains, causing water to spill onto the road and wash whole sections away

Dear EarthTalk : Is it true that only a handful of outdated coal-burning power plants emit a sizable amount of the mercury pollution generated in the U.S.? If so, is anything being done to clean these sites up or shut them down? --Frank Pearson, Wichita, Kans

* Power lines connect Tucson to coal-fired power plants * Utility has plans to maintain power if lines go down [More]

Sitting in a darkened lab at the National Institutes of Health in 1999, my

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Every year in Lindau, Germany, winners of Nobel Prizes join young researchers for panel discussions, presentations and informal conversation. [More]

The 61st Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany, is taking place from June 26 to July 1. At the event, about 20 past laureates in physiology or medicine will mingle with more than 550 young scientists. In honor of the meeting Scientific American has collected articles that Nobel Prize winners have published in the magazine recently as well as more than 60 years ago.

Erez Lieberman Aiden is a talkative, witty fellow who will bend your ear on any number of intellectual topics. Just don’t ask him what he does.

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - China's carbon dioxide emissions rose 10.4 percent in 2010 compared to the previous year as it surpassed the United States as the world's biggest energy consumer, data released by BP on Wednesday showed. [More]

By Michael Taylor JAKARTA (Reuters) - Greenpeace said on Wednesday it had evidence that Barbie doll packaging comes from Indonesian rainforests, accusing toy manufacturers such as Mattel and Walt Disney Co of contributing to the country's rapid deforestation.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of a crippled Japanese nuclear plant said on Wednesday it had experienced power outages at two of its reactors but it was able to continue the cooling process to bring them under control. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it was investigating the power outages at its No. 1 and No

Every computer, modem, server and smart phone that connects to the Internet has a unique Internet protocol (IP) address, so users can find it.