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By Edward McAllister NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's environmental body on Wednesday extended a public comment period on proposed rules for natural gas drilling in the state, frustrating companies eager to exploit its rich natural gas deposits. [More]

New findings published Tuesday appear to undermine a controversial study - oft-cited by those who downplay the human impacts of climate change - that claimed variations in cloud cover are driving temperature changes across the globe. The analysis confirms - as most atmospheric scientists have long held - that the reverse is true: Clouds change in response to temperature changes.

Nitrogen-rich forest bedrock -- the geologic rock formation located under forest soil -- may aid trees in better sequestering carbon, according to a recent study that offers a new understanding on why some forests store greenhouse gases more efficiently than others. While geologic rock isn't a carbon sink itself, it plays an important role in helping the soil and trees above absorb CO 2 , say the study's authors, who published their findings last week in Nature . But a lack of research on nitrogen has left it largely ignored by climate scientists and policymakers scrambling to identify carbon sinks that mitigate carbon dioxide pollution from large emitters.

“Economics: supply and demand.” That’s Father Guido Sarducci... [More]

By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Firefighters were gaining ground [More]

In a move that’s probably long overdue, the U.S. [More]

At first glance--and even after deep scrutiny--the names on a new memorial to those killed on September 11, 2001, seem randomly arrayed. The names are not arranged alphabetically nor, for the most part, are they presented in labeled groups. But the memorial's layout is anything but random

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If you want to be absolutely secure, you should make up a different password for every single Web site you visit. Each password should have at least 16 characters, and it should contain a scramble of letters, numbers, and punctuation; it should contain no recognizable words.

Nobody seems to think much about passwords.

Not to be outdone by the East Coast, we are fighting through our own natural disasters here in Texas. [More]

Aging is not for the squeamish: skin sags, joints ache and hearing might start to go. And many seniors have trouble sleeping, which can lead to other health problems.

New photos of several Apollo moon landing sites were released today (Sept. 6), showing extraordinary new details about three areas on the lunar surface that were visited by humans. The images include the sharpest views yet of tracks left by the astronauts and their lunar rovers

The attacks on September 11, 2001, profoundly influenced the direction of science and technology. What's been learned since those events, and how they have shaped our lives [More]

Help marine biologists track the movement and location of jellyfish and other unusual marine life [More]