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Dear EarthTalk : Can you explain the 2010 Safe Cosmetics Act?

Monday was our first day diving and snorkeling the Ngederrak Conservation Area of Palau. The difference in biodiversity along the reef crest was instantly noticeable as we dropped down to 25 feet and surveyed 50-meter transects. Applying belt transects to snorkeling also allowed us to survey the three to five foot reef flat, which differed from our survey experiences in Guam.

Attempting to fix our planet might be easier than adapting to an uncertain future In "Too Hard for Science?" I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don't think could be investigated.

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - A planned building in Norway will be at the most northern location so far to generate more energy than it uses, demonstrating that "green" buildings can work anywhere, its backers said on Friday. A group including Norwegian aluminum maker Norsk Hydro and Swedish construction group Skanska said it would construct the six-to-seven-story building in Trondheim, with offices and shops covering up to 9,000 sq meters (96,880 sq ft). [More]

Why do memories of vivid dreams disappear soon after waking up?

For years, a friend I'll call Chip, knowing my obsession with war, has been telling me: "Cyber War! That's what you should be writing about! Real war is pass

Among Giants: A Life with Whales by Charles “Flip” Nicklin, with Karen M. Kostyal. University of Chicago Press, 2011 [More]

This lacelike pattern is made from a hard substance that has turned as fragile as fabric.

By Yoko Kubota TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of the stricken Japanese nuclear power plant said on Friday that more radioactive water could begin spilling into the sea later this month if there is a glitch in setting up a new decontamination system. [More]

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We all know how to get to Carnegie Hall: practice. The same holds true for a range of goals--from improving a golf swing to giving a good presentation.

More than 30 years after 50 critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals ( Monachus schauinslandi ) died of suspected algal toxic poisoning, the presence of ciguatoxins in living seals has finally been confirmed through a new, noninvasive test.

Citizen scientists observe and record data to census the world's shrinking amphibian population in the name of science and conservation [More]

The E. coli outbreak that started in Germany is getting bigger and a lot scarier.

In a point mutation, a single letter of the genetic code changes to another letter. When a protein gets made from that new code, it’ll be slightly different from usual. But new research finds that it may be fairly common for multiple mutations to happen in DNA simultaneously