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Boning up: Is it art or science?
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Boning up: Is it art or science? Norman Barker is an expert on both. [More]
Read More »Tsunami may wash over Pacific islands -Red Cross
GENEVA, March 11 (Reuters) - The tsunami set off by Japan'smajor earthquake is currently higher than some Pacific islands [More]
Read More »Huge tsunami slams coastal Japan after 8.9 magnitude quake
By Chris Gallagher and Linda Sieg TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - A massive 8.9 magnitude quake [More]
Read More »Bill to stop EPA on climate passes House panel
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse gas rules passed a first step in the Republican-led House of Representatives on Thursday. [More]
Read More »Gasoline with higher ethanol blend available in U.S. soon
By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gasoline containing up to 15 percent ethanol should be available for the coming summer driving season as the government moves to finalize labeling and other issues for the new motor fuel. [More]
Read More »Do Gut Bacteria Worsen Malnutrition?
By Nicola Jones A study transplanting gut bacteria from human twins into mice could help to explain why some malnourished children develop kwashiorkor -- a condition that triggers swelling in the belly, fatigue and vulnerability to disease. [More]
Read More »First Lupus Drug in Half a Century Approved
By Heidi Ledford For more than 50 years, the autoimmune disease lupus has confounded drug developers.
Read More »From fuel to film: The story of energy and movies
On Wednesday March 9, energy and film experts gathered at the historic Austin City Limits studio on The University of Texas campus to discuss the role of energy and movies in our lives . The event was hosted by Dr.
Read More »E-Mail Beats Blogs and Web Sites for Rumor Mongering
During the 2008 presidential election, the Internet became a giant rumor mill. For example, there were the viral e-mails claiming that Barack Obama’s birth certificate was a fake
Read More »Where Are The Talking Robots? (preview)
Sulla, the world’s first talking robot, was so adept at conversation--in four languages, no less--that a human visitor to the laboratory in which she was created refused to believe she was not a real person. Alas, Sulla was not a real robot, either, but a character in Karel Capek’s 1921 play R.U.R. , which introduced the word “robot” to the lexicon.
Read More »Scrivener to the Stars: Keeping Tabs on All the Exoplanets
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Read More »She’s 11, Going on 2,500: What an Average Ancient Greek Looked Like
DNA from a mass grave found in Athens in the mid-1990s helped experts identify typhoid fever as a possible source of the plague that killed off one quarter of the city’s population in the fifth century
Read More »Blue Carbon: An Oceanic Opportunity to Fight Climate Change
Mangroves are tangled orchards of spindly shrubs that thrive in the interface between land and sea. They bloom in muddy soil where the water is briny and shallow, and the air muggy
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