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By Alla Katsnelson of Nature magazine When electrical rhythms in the heart go haywire, applying a strong electric shock to the chest can set them straight. [More]

By Ewen Callaway pf Nature magazine Stored inside Craig Venter's genome are clues to the history of humankind, including global migrations and population crashes. [More]

Yikes! I have a blog again! The infamous Pepsigate happened about a year ago. [More]

By Meredith Wadman of Nature magazine The boy was perhaps seven or eight, although he could have been older: among other things, the disease that afflicts him stunts growth.

The future of electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S. balances tenuously these days on a chicken-and-egg quandary . Roadside stations that charge EVs in less than 30 minutes are needed to encourage drivers to buy EVs, yet there must also be enough EVs already on the road to justify the investment in a fast-charging infrastructure.

By Ron Cowen of Nature magazine The Dawn spacecraft had a difficult birth: it was threatened by cost overruns and technical concerns, cancelled, reinstated and scaled down. [More]

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This past Monday, the first doping scandal of the 2011 Tour de France was announced. Russian rider Alexandr Kolobnev tested positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (used to mask other doping agents) and has since voluntarily left the race while his urine is tested for further substances.

For the past few weeks, my daughter and I have been immersed in a common childhood ritual: observing the lifecycle of a caterpillar.

U.S. nuclear plants should be hardened to better withstand earthquakes and other extreme emergencies that could lead to a radioactive release, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Japan Task Force has recommended

Uncle Sam's estimate of the damage caused by each ton of carbon dioxide is fundamentally flawed and "grossly understates" the potential impacts of climate change, according to an analysis released July 12 by a group of economists.

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* Preliminary works starts on pipe that leaked into river * Company says to meet federal corrective requirements [More]

* Preliminary works starts on pipe that leaked into river * Company says to meet federal corrective requirements [More]