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In the wake of the bombing in Oslo and the shooting on Utoya Island in Norway, the spotlight has focused on confessed perpetrator Anders Behring Breivik. What drove the Norwegian citizen with extremist right-wing views to these mass killings? Although one of the terrorist's driving motives was anti-immigrant sentiment, he also killed fellow Norwegians belonging to his own ethnic group

This is an invited guest post by Olivia Koski, graduate of the NYU program for science, health and environmental reporting.

By Richard Van Noorden of Nature magazine When chemists design new detergents, shampoos, paints, and lubricants, they don't immediately consider whether their molecules will have toxic side-effects. [More]

NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) - Ratings agency Standard &Poor's downgraded five catastrophe bonds on Friday, a consequence of changes that catastrophe modeling company RMS [More]

With unconventional oil and natural gas drilling spreading across much of the country, U.S. EPA said yesterday it plans to regulate the industry's air emissions tied to public health problems and that contribute to global warming. This comes as environmental groups, regulators and the booming natural gas industry debate how to safely drill tens of thousands of shale gas wells in the coming decade

* Worst mine accident in Ukraine since 2007 * Mine run by company controlled by Ukraine's richest man [More]

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The 20th century was highly unusual when it comes to the media and to the way people receive and exchange information. [More]

By Shinichi Saoshiro and Yoko Kubota TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will strive to avoid a complete shutdown of its 54 nuclear reactors and avert crippling power shortages in the near term while charting plans to reduce the nation's dependence on nuclear power, the government said on Friday.

The Rough Guide to Psychology by Christian Jarrett.

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Nothing says summer like ants. They’re at your picnics, on your porch, why there’s one crawling up your leg right now

James Gleick is best known for his groundbreaking bestseller Chaos, and has also authored inspired biographies of Newton and Richard Feynman. [More]

By Marian Turner of Nature magazine Scientists have found an antibody that inactivates all influenza A subtypes. [More]