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| Treated Wastewater Used for Drinking Supplies |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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As water becomes more precious, suppliers are beginning to overcome public aversion to treating and reusing wastewater.
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Author: By FELICITY BARRINGER |
Category: Water |
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| Observatory: Tarsiers: Tiny Primates With Ultrasonic Vocal Skills |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Tarsiers, five-inch-tall creatures found in Southeast Asia, produce calls that are entirely in ultrasound, above the range of human hearing, researchers find.
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Author: By SINDYA N. BHANOO |
Category: Animals |
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| Observatory: Amasia Supercontinent Will Form in the Arctic, Geologists Predict |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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In the past, researchers had guessed that the new continent, often called Amasia, would form either over the Atlantic Ocean near present-day Africa, or 180 degrees away, on the other side of the world.
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Author: By SINDYA N. BHANOO |
Category: Geology |
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| Janice Voss, Shuttle Astronaut and Scientist, Dies at 55 |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Dr. Voss explored the behavior of fire in weightlessness, how plants adapt to extraterrestrial flight and an array of other phenomena while logging nearly 19 million miles circling Earth.
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Author: By DENNIS HEVESI |
Category: Voss, Janice |
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| Scientist at Work Blog: The Problem With Coffee Pests |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A "coffee-forest matrix" could act as a natural barrier to reduce coffee berry borer outbreaks without the use of toxic insecticides.
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Author: By S. AMANDA CAUDILL |
Category: Biodiversity |
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| State Dept. Cleared of Impropriety in Pipeline Case |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The department’s inspector general found no improper political influence by officials but faulted the department’s oversight of contractors who prepared an environmental impact analysis.
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Author: By JOHN M. BRODER and DAN FROSCH |
Category: Keystone Pipeline System |
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| N.R.C. Approves Building of 2 Reactors in Georgia |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 4 to 1 to grant a license to build nuclear reactors, the first such approval since 1978.
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Author: By MATTHEW L. WALD |
Category: Nuclear Energy |
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| The Bay Citizen: California Auto Recyclers Brace for Tightened Regulations |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The powerful automobile recycling industry in California has avoided toxic waste disposal regulations for decades, but there are signs the situation could be about to change.
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Author: By MATT SMITH |
Category: Waste Materials and Disposal |
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| Drilling Reaches Lake Vostok, Long Trapped Under Antarctic Ice Sheet |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Scientists said Wednesday they had reached the waters of a lake that has been sealed off for millions of years.
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Author: By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and JAMES GORMAN |
Category: Antarctic Regions |
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| Meteorite From Mars Is at Home in London, After a World Tour |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A glossy meteorite that broke off from the Red Planet some million years ago and landed in Morocco last summer passed through many hands before finding a home at the Natural History Museum in London.
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Author: By KENNETH CHANG |
Category: Space |
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| In Struggling Tupper Lake, Resort Project Creates Rift |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A project in Tupper Lake, N.Y., was approved after a nearly decade-long tug of war between environmentalists and pro-development residents.
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Author: By LISA W. FODERARO |
Category: Adirondack Mountains (NY) |
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| Study Explores Electrical Stimulation to Aid Memory |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A small study shows promise that could lead to clues to encoding memory and treating neurological diseases.
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Author: By BENEDICT CAREY |
Category: Memory |
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| Nuclear Commission Expected to Vote on New Reactors |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has not given a license to build since 1978, a year before the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania.
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Author: By MATTHEW L. WALD |
Category: Regulation and Deregulation of Industry |
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| Norton D. Zinder, Researcher in Molecular Biology, Dies at 83 |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Dr. Zinder helped lay the basis for molecular biology in the 1950s and ’60s.
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Author: By NICHOLAS WADE |
Category: Zinder, Norton D |
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| To Survive a Quake, New Bay Bridge Span Will Offer Least Resistance |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco is designed to go with the flow if a major earthquake strikes.
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Author: By HENRY FOUNTAIN |
Category: Bridges and Tunnels |
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| Joy Reidenberg, Anatomist, Builds a Following on ‘Inside Nature’s Giants’ |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A chance call made Joy Reidenberg, a researcher at Mount Sinai School of Medicine who has performed hundreds of dissections on various mammals, a TV celebrity.
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Author: By CARL ZIMMER |
Category: Reidenberg, Joy |
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| G.E. Ends Bid to Create a Supply of Technetium 99m |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Continued obstacles plague the effort to provide a reliable supply of technetium 99m, a radioisotope crucial to identifying heart and kidney disease and assisting in breast cancer surgery.
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Author: By MATTHEW L. WALD |
Category: Isotopes |
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| Fallout From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Retraction Is Far and Wide |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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As the published evidence for the source of chronic fatigue syndrome fell apart, a legal melodrama erupted, dismaying and demoralizing patients and many members of the scientific community.
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Author: By DAVID TULLER |
Category: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
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| Phys Ed: Phys Ed: Exercise as Housecleaning for the Body |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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The ability of exercise to speed the removal of garbage from inside our body's cells may be one of its most valuable, if least visible, effects, a new study suggests.
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Author: By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS |
Category: Exercise |
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| Essay: Breast Cancer Screening Matters, but Prevention Is the Real Goal |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Perhaps too much emphasis is placed on looking for existing breast cancer when the search should focus on prevention and the possibility of finding a vaccine.
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Author: By SUSAN LOVE, M.D. |
Category: Breast Cancer |
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| The Consumer: New Weight Watchers Plan Leaves Some Grumbling |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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An overhaul to Weight Watchers' diet plan has caused many longtime members to complain about slow weight loss.
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Author: By RONI CARYN RABIN |
Category: Consumer |
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| Exemestane, Thought to Prevent Cancer, Also Causes Bone Loss |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A drug that scientists had hoped would help prevent breast cancer has a significant side effect.
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Author: By ANDREW POLLACK |
Category: Women and Girls |
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| SCIENCE: Eric Lander |
(Wed, 25 Jan 2012)
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An interview with the mathematician and geneticist behind the Human Genome Project and the Broad Institute.
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Category: Lander, Eric |
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| Green Blog: Wild Salmon Are Not Holding Up, Study Finds |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Salmon populations in California's Mokelumne watershed are on the rise, but it turns out that only 4 percent are of wild origins.
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Author: By RACHEL NUWER |
Category: hatcheries |
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| Scientist at Work Blog: Better Lives in Better Coffee |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Coffee certification seems complicated, but there are potential benefits to farmers, the environment and society.
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Author: By S. AMANDA CAUDILL |
Category: Biodiversity |
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| Scientist at Work Blog: One Moose, Two Moose |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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Counting Isle Royale moose can be a tedious task that requires great dedication. But each moose has its own life story.
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Author: By JOHN VUCETICH |
Category: Isle Royale National Park |
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| Green Blog: On Our Radar: Trump Assails Wind Farm |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The Scottish government is on the outs with Donald Trump, having proposed an offshore wind farm in view of his luxury golf resort.
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
Category: Burmese python |
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| Green Blog: The Forensics of Snake Venom |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Genetic analysis of venom allows Indian investigators to determine whether it came from an endangered cobra, helping them to prosecute traffickers.
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Author: By DOUGLAS M. MAIN |
Category: antivenom |
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| Green Blog: Nuclear Power vs. Natural Gas |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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One of the biggest risks the Southern Company faces in embarking on a big nuclear project is that natural gas will remain far more affordable.
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Author: By MATTHEW L. WALD |
Category: Georgia |
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| Q & A: Are All Plaques the Same? |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Coronary plaque and eye plaque are directly related, while oral plaque is a different entity — but all of them can cause problems.
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Author: By C. CLAIBORNE RAY |
Category: Teeth and Dentistry |
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| Observatory: Euryarchaeota Has Never Been Seen, but Now Its Genome Has |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Researchers say they have developed a way to untangle a single genome from a large, metagenomic sample of many organisms.
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Author: By SINDYA N. BHANOO |
Category: DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) |
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| Observatory: Fossilized Skull of Giant Crocodile From Cretaceous |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A partial skull from the Cretaceous period suggests that the crocodile had a bulging shield of thickened skin on its forehead and was considerably bigger than its modern counterpart.
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Author: By SINDYA N. BHANOO |
Category: Crocodiles |
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| Observatory: Striking Male Fish Tails Distract Some Females From Feeding |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Researchers report that the wormlike yellow band in the tail of some male fish distracts pregnant females from their foraging activities and causes them to lose weight.
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Author: By SINDYA N. BHANOO |
Category: Fish and Other Marine Life |
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| Personal Health: Personal Health: Giving City Streets Built-In Safety Features |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Safer road designs can slow motor vehicles and separate them from pedestrians and cyclists, and also enhance the physical activity and health of residents.
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Author: By JANE E. BRODY |
Category: bike safety |
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| Really?: The Claim: Long Work Hours Can Cause Depression |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Studies indicate that putting in extra hours at the office can elevate the risk of developing anxiety and depression.
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Author: By ANAHAD O'CONNOR |
Category: depression |
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| Dot Earth Blog: Other Voices: The Emptied Forests of Sarawak |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The world's richest forest, in plant species, loses its animals to unchecked hunting and surrounding development.
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Author: By ANDREW C. REVKIN |
Category: asia |
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| Wordplay Blog: Numberplay: Odd or Even? |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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Who should win this odd-or-even game?
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Author: By GARY ANTONICK |
Category: Joshua Zucker |
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| Letters: Only Human, Nothing More (1 Letter) |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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A letter to the editor.
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| Letters: Know Your Surgeons (1 Letter) |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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A letter to the editor.
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| Letters: Business of Circumcision (2 Letters) |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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Letters to the editor.
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| Letters: Caregivers in Harm’s Way (1 Letter) |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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A letter to the editor.
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