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Outsmarting Mortality (preview)

As Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Although some of us are clearly better than others at dodging the

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The Civil War at Sea

EDITOR’S NOTE: William Tillman was later awarded (grudgingly) $6,000 in salvage compensation from the S. J.

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Climate Scientists Shine New Light on Methane Mystery

By David Fogarty SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Atmospheric levels of methane, 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide (CO2) at trapping heat, stayed steady for two decades to 2006 on wider fertilizer use to grow rice or a surge in natural gas demand, according to two separate studies in the journal Nature. [More]

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Digital Entrepreneur Wants To Save Books

Digital books are flying off the proverbial shelves. So it might be hard to believe that someone wants to create a new library with at least 10 million books--the kind made from trees

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Sea Lampreys Flee Death Smells

Sea lampreys leave a swath of destruction as the invasive species chomps through the Great Lakes. Attempts to manage them have relied in part on pheromones that attract the animals.

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Tweeting Your Health Woes Could Help Fight Disease

That "viral" metaphor for social media just got a little more bona fide. According to a recent slate of independent studies, Twitter can accurately track the spread of a virus or disease -- and do it much faster than traditional surveillance methods.

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Alaska volcano erupting with lava streams from crater

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A volcano that has been erupting for several days in Alaska's Aleutian Islands may be preparing for a more explosive event, scientists said on Wednesday. [More]

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