Leaky pipes can allow contaminants into our drinking water
Leaking water pipes can allow potentially harmful contaminants into our drinking water, new research has shown.
Engineering
Jun 7, 2015
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Current mobile contracts damaging the environment, research finds
Research published today in the journal the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment has called for an overhaul of the way mobile devices are manufactured and contracted, in order to stop the harmful effects on the ...
Environment
Jun 7, 2015
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Apple wants a lead role in streaming music
Apple's iTunes helped change the way music-lovers bought their favorite songs, replacing plastic discs with digital downloads. Now the maker of iPods and iPhones wants to carve out a leading role in a revolution well under ...
Business
Jun 7, 2015
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Climate debate takes global pulse ahead of Paris summit
From the typhoon-ravaged Philippines to the Arizona desert, thousands of people gathered across 79 countries Saturday for what was touted as the world's largest-ever public debate on climate change.
Environment
Jun 7, 2015
4
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Coal in the crosshairs in Europe but fuelling emerging markets
Companies, banks and investment funds, primarily European, have been coming out in recent weeks with announcements they will halt investments in coal, a new front in efforts to reduce use of the highly polluting fuel that ...
Environment
Jun 7, 2015
0
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Cross-country bike trip aims to inspire young scientists
Seven students from Harvard and MIT are cycling across America, stopping in many rural towns to get kids interested in science through hands-on workshops to program computers, launch model rockets and build robots.
Social Sciences
Jun 7, 2015
0
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Untouched cave to provide clues to Black Hills history
The National Park Service is beginning to excavate the mouth of an unexplored cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and researchers believe it could help broaden our understanding of how the region's climate has changed ...
Archaeology
Jun 7, 2015
2
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Global citizens 'very concerned' about climate
The widest global effort yet to gauge citizens' views on climate change showed 79 percent to be "very concerned" about its effects, but less than half support a carbon tax to curb emissions, organisers said Sunday.
Environment
Jun 7, 2015
24
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Half of live dolphins caught in Japan exported despite hunt outcry: report
About half of live dolphins caught in the Japanese coastal town of Taiji were exported to China and other countries despite global criticism of the hunting technique used, a news report has said.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2015
0
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South Koreans triumph in US robot challenge
South Korean boffins carried home the $2 million top prize Saturday after their robot triumphed in a disaster-response challenge inspired by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan.
Robotics
Jun 7, 2015
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