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Tsunami evacuations "very possible" in California

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OAKLAND, Calif., March 11 (Reuters) - The tsunami generatedby a massive earthquake in Japan could reach 6 feet (2 metres) [More]

UPDATE 1-U.S. readies earthquake relief response

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(Updated with Pentagon statement and State Department traveladvisory) [More]

UPDATE 1-U.S. readies earthquake relief response

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(Updated with Pentagon statement and State Department traveladvisory) [More]

What Is It? Boning Up

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Boning up: Is it art or science?

What Is It? Boning Up

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Boning up: Is it art or science? Norman Barker is an expert on both. [More]

Tsunami may wash over Pacific islands -Red Cross

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GENEVA, March 11 (Reuters) - The tsunami set off by Japan'smajor earthquake is currently higher than some Pacific islands [More]

Huge tsunami slams coastal Japan after 8.9 magnitude quake

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By Chris Gallagher and Linda Sieg TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - A massive 8.9 magnitude quake [More]

Gasoline with higher ethanol blend available in U.S. soon

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By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gasoline containing up to 15 percent ethanol should be available for the coming summer driving season as the government moves to finalize labeling and other issues for the new motor fuel. [More]

First Lupus Drug in Half a Century Approved

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By Heidi Ledford For more than 50 years, the autoimmune disease lupus has confounded drug developers.

Bee deaths may signal wider pollination threat: U.N.

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By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - Mass deaths of bee colonies in many parts of the world may be part of a wider, hidden threat to wild insect pollinators vital to human food supplies, a U.N. study indicated on Thursday

From fuel to film: The story of energy and movies

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On Wednesday March 9, energy and film experts gathered at the historic Austin City Limits studio on The University of Texas campus to discuss the role of energy and movies in our lives . The event was hosted by Dr.

E-Mail Beats Blogs and Web Sites for Rumor Mongering

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During the 2008 presidential election, the Internet became a giant rumor mill. For example, there were the viral e-mails claiming that Barack Obama’s birth certificate was a fake

Rare Costa Rican birds captured, tagged for study for the first time

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A rare bird species that has never been adequately studied by science will now have that situation corrected. Scientists trapped three endangered yellow-billed cotingas ( Carpodectes antoniae ) last month, fitted them with tracking devices and released them unharmed back into the Costra Rican wilderness. The researchers used a nearly invisible nylon mist net to capture the birds--one female and two males--near the town of Rincon on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula

Where Are The Talking Robots? (preview)

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Sulla, the world’s first talking robot, was so adept at conversation--in four languages, no less--that a human visitor to the laboratory in which she was created refused to believe she was not a real person. Alas, Sulla was not a real robot, either, but a character in Karel Capek’s 1921 play R.U.R. , which introduced the word “robot” to the lexicon.