Every year in Lindau, Germany, winners of Nobel Prizes join young researchers for panel discussions, presentations and informal conversation. [More]
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Erez Lieberman Aiden is a talkative, witty fellow who will bend your ear on any number of intellectual topics. Just don’t ask him what he does.
Read More »Greenpeace Accuses Barbie of Destroying Indonesia
By Michael Taylor JAKARTA (Reuters) - Greenpeace said on Wednesday it had evidence that Barbie doll packaging comes from Indonesian rainforests, accusing toy manufacturers such as Mattel and Walt Disney Co of contributing to the country's rapid deforestation.
Read More »Power Outages at Japan’s Fukushima Plant, Cooling Continues
TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of a crippled Japanese nuclear plant said on Wednesday it had experienced power outages at two of its reactors but it was able to continue the cooling process to bring them under control. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it was investigating the power outages at its No. 1 and No
Read More »Computer Crash Test: Will Your Internet Access Come to a Screeching Halt on June 8?
Every computer, modem, server and smart phone that connects to the Internet has a unique Internet protocol (IP) address, so users can find it.
Read More »Excessive Jellyfish Excrement Boosts Bacteria, Stings Fish Populations
Jellyfish blooms might be more than just a nuisance to beach-goers. These explosions of stinging swarms might also be doing some major disruption to marine food webs , according to a study published online June 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Read More »U.S. EPA Demands Extensive Review of Oil Sands Pipe
By Timothy Gardner and Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency raised new concerns about TransCanada Corp's proposed $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline that would bring oil sands crude from Canada to refineries in Texas. [More]
Read More »Debt Boosts Young People’s Morale
For most of us, owing thousands of dollars in student loans, all while juggling crushing credit card debt, probably sounds like a nightmare.
Read More »Microbe Outbreak Panics Europe
By Marian Turner of Nature magazine Munich Confronted with what has become one of the world's most severe outbreaks of Escherichia coli, physicians and scientists in Germany say that the country's fractured health-management system has failed to handle the crisis properly.
Read More »Mouse Study: Yo-Yo Dieting Beats Not Dieting At All
Sticking with a diet can be tough. Which is why so many people end up on the dreaded yo-yo track, dieting for a while, gaining weight when they stop, then dieting again. [More]
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Help find the first pristine interstellar dust particles ever brought to Earth [More]
Read More »Nearly 200 Poor Communities Awarded $76 Million to Clean Up, Redevelop Industrial Sites
In Augusta, Maine, an old paper mill that operated for more than a century will be turned into a new hotel and conference center. In Chicago, soil and ground water polluted with dry-cleaning solvents will be cleaned up to make room for a new library in a poor neighborhood. [More]
Read More »Two New Superheavy Chemical Elements Formally Recognized
This year has been designated the International Year of Chemistry , so it is only fitting that two new members of the atomic family should be welcomed in during 2011. [More]
Read More »Island States Hint at Climate Talks Compromise
By Gerard Wynn BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Small island states, at risk from rising seas due to climate change, hinted on Tuesday at a compromise in order to kick-start U.N. talks on reaching a binding deal to curb global warming.
Read More »Rare Northern White Rhino Dies of Old Age–and Then There Were 7…
All things to nothingness descend, Grow old and die and meet their end... [More]
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