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Strong interpersonal relationships have been shown to ward off drug addiction, and new clues as to why come from prairie voles--rodents that form long-term, monogamous bonds with their mates. [More]

By Eric Hand of Nature magazine It is sometimes said that Mike Malin knows Mars better than anyone else on Earth. [More]

It's easy to knock electric vehicles (EVs) : It takes too long to recharge the batteries and there are too few places to do it. And besides, who will pay for all the new recharging stations that would be needed if the cars catch on? The International Energy Agency’s most optimistic scenario puts (pdf) plug-in hybrids or EVs at 15 percent of all cars on the road by 2020; other projections predict a mere 3 percent

By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Reuters) - Africa is leading the push for clean energy policy-making as climate change turns millions of its people into "food refugees," the head of the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) Achim Steiner said. [More]

By David Fogarty SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Soaring use of man-made gases used in refrigerators, airconditioners and fire extinguishers risks speeding up global warming and industry should adopt alternatives, a U.N. report said on Monday

Swirls of trashed plastic litter the seven seas. But it's not the enormous plastic patches that pose the biggest pollution problem

The other afternoon I hit a classic mid-afternoon slump. Sleepy and sluggish, I grabbed for a bit of chocolate. But I probably should have had egg whites or maybe a piece of steak

People with diabetes may have to endure multiple, painful finger sticks every day to get blood samples for testing.

Spotting a good dance party seems pretty easy: throbbing music, swaying bodies, flashing lights. [More]

(Published by Thomson Reuters Point Carbon) CRYSTAL CITY, Virginia, Nov 18 - Some developing countries should contribute money to a $100 billion per year climate fund to help poor nations combat climate change, the lead U.S. climate negotiator said on Friday

The standard 35 mm film we're all used to seeing in movie theaters will be replaced worldwide by digital technology in the next few years, and the hit blockbuster film "Avatar" is to blame for the shift, according to a new report. [More]

Within our solar system , an extra giant planet, or possibly two, might once have accompanied Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. [More]

By Geoff Brumfiel of Nature magazine Bill Murray is a man with secrets.

The superbug MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ) has provoked fear in doctors and patients alike because it is endowed with genetic characteristics that make it impervious to many antibiotics, and it can be deadly to boot.

* Famine over in three out of six regions * A quarter of a million still face imminent starvation [More]