The US administration overhauled rules Wednesday to cut air pollution from industrial boilers and incinerators but at almost half the price of initial plans criticized by industrial groups.
Environment
Feb 23, 2011
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A glacier on Peru's Huaytapallana Moutain shed half its surface ice in just 23 years, officials said Wednesday, reinforcing concerns of climate change's growing threat to fresh water resources.
Environment
Feb 23, 2011
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A Google-backed startup on Wednesday came out of "stealth mode" with a way to dramatically cut the amount of electricity wasted by data centers, solar panels, hybrid cars and more.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 23, 2011
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After 143 million miles and nearly a year all told in orbit, space shuttle Discovery is poised to blast off Thursday one last time.
Space Exploration
Feb 23, 2011
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(AP) -- One of two men charged with stealing more than 100,000 e-mail addresses of Apple iPad users remained jailed Wednesday after making his first court appearance in New Jersey.
Other
Feb 23, 2011
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Imagine your city isn't as safe as it used to be. Robberies are on the rise, home invasions are increasing and murder rates have nearly doubled in the past three years.
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2011
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Following others' gaze direction is an important source of information that helps to detect prey or predators, to notice important social events within one's social group and to predict the next actions of others. As such, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2011
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US startup RPost on Wednesday accused Switzerland's postal service of intentionally violating patented technology for proving email messages have been delivered.
Business
Feb 23, 2011
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Though Tuesday’s earthquake in New Zealand wasn’t in itself surprising, the locality so close to southern New Zealand’s largest city did catch many off guard, said a Texas Tech University geophysicists and ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2011
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A group of researchers have studied the history of drought in the Pacific Northwest during the last 6,000 years, a time that spans the mid-Holocene geological epoch to the present. The goal of the research was to improve ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2011
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