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When the LHC first went down, it was believed that repairs could get the system up and running by April 2009. Then we saw repairs pushing the timeline back to summer 2009. But now, CERN has...
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Chief medical officers of the Faroe Islands have recommended that pilot whales no longer be considered fit for human consumption, because they are toxic - as revealed by research on the Faroes...
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Heads found in plastic bags in poor neighborhood south of San Diego.
The bodies of nine decapitated men were found in a vacant lot in Tijuana Sunday, part of a wave of violence that claimed...
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Group-taught meditation is as effective as staying on drug treatments for stopping people slipping back into depression, say UK scientists.
Compared to one-to-one sessions, or medication,...
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When are humans going to wake up and actually DO something about the environment?
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Measurements of ocean acidification in the U.S. Pacific Northwest show acidity is rising more than...
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This image shows Markham Fiord, in August, after the Markham Ice Shelf broke away. "In the last couple of years, Arctic Sea ice is at an all-time low in summer, which has got a lot of people...
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Ok, so we've been through similar dilemmas before with the G8 summit and similar meetings, but a recent report has calculated that staging the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change this...
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Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have between them inflicted the worst storm damage in Cuba's history, the government says.
The storms - which hit within two weeks of each other - have caused...
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Photographs of flooding in Venice, Italy on Monday, December 1, 2008. This is reportedly the worst flooding in Venice in 22 years.
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Nov. 28, 2008) — New research shows that we should be looking to the ground, not the sky, to see where climate change could have its most perilous impact on life on Earth.
Scientists at...
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