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Mark Twain called it “the most delicious fruit known to men.” He was talking about the cherimoya.

Illustrations by Ron Kurniawan The Boy King: Larry Page served as CEO during Google's startup days. | Photograph by Paul Sakuma/AP How new CEO Larry Page will lead the company he co-founded into the future. Tarsorrhaphy.

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The radiation crisis in Japan worsens, for two reasons, one that we’ve heard about, one that we haven’t but which may in the end do far more harm. The Japanese government, and the company in charge of the crippled nuclear complex, are struggling with their risk and crisis communications, and their missteps are fueling mistrust and anger, which magnifies fear and stress, which may do more health damage than the radiation itself

This week, the lighting startup company vu1 is beginning to ship a new type of lightbulb that could displace compact fluorescents and LED lamps as the energy-saving bulb of choice. The technology, known as cathodoluminescence or electron-stimulated luminescence (ESL), offers similar energy savings, but provides a more natural quality of light. [break] [More]

Think you would stick to a diet if someone paid you for it? Would you be more likely to exercise if you were fined each time you bailed on your scheduled workout

In the past 15 months several devastating earthquakes have rumbled beneath the Pacific.

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - The United Nations should promote "hydro-diplomacy" to defuse any tensions over water in regions like the Middle East and North Africa where scarce supplies have the potential to spark future conflicts, experts said Sunday. [More]

* Power cable reaches crippled Fukushima reactors * More than 21,000 dead or missing in northeast [More]

By Quirin Schiermeier Climate change is affecting the world in many ways. [More]

How do you feel when you deny yourself something you want? Like skipping that snickers and reaching for the carrot

Japan’s ongoing nuclear crisis is a gruesome reminder of another nuclear accident, the worst in history: Chernobyl is approaching its 25th anniversary. And, believe it or not, the area is open for tourism

Well, I am impressed how conservative columnist Ann Coulter finds ways to make headlines. The darling of the radical right ventured into science journalism the other day, when during an interview with Fox News's Bill O'Reilly, she said that radiation above the government cutoff is good for you.

As night fell on Friday in Japan, workers and soldiers continued heroic efforts to douse the potential meltdown underway at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The covering darkness is not the only reason for confusion: vital systems monitors have lost power, making the status of critical elements--such as the integrity of the nuclear fuel rods in reactor No.

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