By Ed Yong of Nature magazine Two teams of scientists, led by Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have created mutant strains of H5N1 avian influenza. [More]
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The world's largest oil sands producers signed an agreement yesterday to waive their intellectual property and patent rights in order to reduce the industry's impact on greenhouse gases, agriculture and waterways. [More]
Read More »Earth Formed from Diverse Meteorite Mix
Earth's building blocks were more eclectic than once thought, according to a new study suggesting our planet formed from collisions of many different types of meteorites.
Read More »Navy Welcomes 2 Ships into Research Fleet
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Read More »"The Hunger Games" Takes Cue From Hitchcock And Spielberg, As Kids Fight To The Death
Liam Hemsworth will send off Jennifer Lawrence to battle their peers in The Hunger Games. Nothing makes moviegoers squirm like watching children die on the big screen
Read More »It’s Not Just Fukushima: Mass Disaster Evacuations Challenge Planners
On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that destroyed roads, bridges, and buildings; killed nearly 16,000 people; and critically disabled three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. By March 12, the U.S
Read More »3 Steps to Chaos-Proof Your Brain
Contemporary life, with its flurry of e-mails, alerts, and appointments, can feel overwhelming, even for entrepreneurs. Train your brain to deal with the chaos. Entrepreneurs these days are bombarded with e-mails and information from the moment they grab their smartphones in the morning until they click their laptops closed before bed
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Read More »Polish Fracking Well Probe Shows No Harm to Environment
By Maciej Onoszko WARSAW (Reuters) - Drilling at Poland's first shale gas exploration well using the controversial technique known as fracking has not harmed the environment, according to a government study published on Friday. Hydraulic cracking, or fracking, performed at a site in northern Poland operated by 3Legs Resources did not pollute groundwater or the atmosphere, said the study by the Polish Geological Institute. Fracking involves injecting water mixed with sand and chemicals into shale formations at high pressures to extract gas, a technique some fear pollutes underground aquifers and harms the environment
Read More »Chemical relaxers linked to high uterine fibroid risk among African-American Women? I doubt it
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Read More »U.S. NRC to Issue First Post-Fukushima Safety Rules
By Eileen O'Grady (Reuters) - As the first anniversary of Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster approaches, U.S.
Read More »Fish Finning Fails Financially
Tens of millions of sharks are killed for their fins each year. It's not just a tragic abuse of the animals. It's bad business.
Read More »At Least 356 Indian Leopards Killed in 2011, Half by Poachers
India’s leopards are dying at a rate of at least one per day, according to a report released this week by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI).
Read More »Caffeine Disrupts Sleep for Morning People, but Not Night Owls
Caffeine will get you going during the day but could leave you tossing and turning at night unless you're
Read More »Oceans’ Acidic Shift May Be Fastest in 300 Million Years
By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's oceans are turning acidic at what could be the fastest pace of any time in the past 300 million years, even more rapidly than during a monster emission of planet-warming carbon 56 million years ago, scientists said on Thursday. Looking back at that bygone warm period in Earth's history could offer help in forecasting the impact of human-spurred climate change, researchers said of a review of hundreds of studies of ancient climate records published in the journal Science. Quickly acidifying seawater eats away at coral reefs, which provide habitat for other animals and plants, and makes it harder for mussels and oysters to form protective shells.
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