TOKYO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Japan will likely need more than30 years to dismantle the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear [More]
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By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's governments and relief agencies need to plan now to resettle millions of people expected to be displaced by climate change, an international panel of experts said on Thursday. [More]
Read More »Recharge and Roll: Electric Car-Makers Plan to Cut the Cord
Plug-in electric cars such as the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf have only just begun to penetrate the U.S. consumer market, but already automakers are thinking ahead to the next technological advance: a car that can recharge itself anytime and (almost) anywhere. [More]
Read More »Robins Found Guilty in West Nile Virus Spread
West Nile virus first appeared in North America in 1999. And it quickly moved across the continent.
Read More »Subjects Move Virtual Chopper with Thoughts
For years scientists have been developing ways for people to control objects using only brainwaves. Researchers use EEG to measure electrical activity along a person's scalp.
Read More »NASA Set to Launch Trailblazing Weather and Climate Satellite
A new NASA satellite is poised to launch early Friday (Oct.
Read More »Vehicle-to-Grid Technology: Electric Cars Become Power-Grid Batteries
Imagine a car that runs quietly, burns no gas, produces no emissions, stores renewable energy, and sometimes even pays you back.
Read More »7 Billion People and Counting
Can the planet handle more than 7 billion humans? [More]
Read More »Keep Your Candy Cool with Physics
Key concepts Water [More]
Read More »App Turns iPhone into spiPhone
Used to be if spies wanted to eavesdrop, they planted a bug. These days, it's much easier
Read More »Chile Evacuates Residents as Another Volcano Stirs
* Chile hit by a series of eruptions since 2008 * Chile has world's second most active volcanic chain [More]
Read More »The American Fascination With Zombies
Ed note: As Halloween rapidly approaches in the US, AiP will be exploring superstitions, beliefs, and the things that go bump in the night.
Read More »Tooth Chemistry Reveals Sauropod Sojourns
By Daniel Cressey of Nature magazine A collection of teeth from dinosaurs in the western U.S. [More]
Read More »Chinese Moon Probe Tackling New Deep-Space Mission
China's second moon probe is parked at a stable spot in deep space, called a Lagrangian point, as part of a new mission to study the sun and Earth 's magnetic field.
Read More »Thai Capital Warned "Massive" Water on the Way
By Pracha Hariraksapitak BANGKOK (Reuters) - Floods swamped a new area of Thailand's capital on Wednesday as some shops rationed food and Bangkok's governor warned of "massive water" on the way that could put many parts of the sprawling city in danger by the end of the week.
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