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Thai "red shirts" offer compromise to end impasse
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Obama scolds Wall St for resisting reform
Pentagon disinvites evangelist who scorned Islam
City dwellers cite climate as top concern: poll
Impacts of Climate Change Extend to Human Health
Climate change is already affecting the nation's public health, according to a new multi-agency report released by the Obama administration. It urges federal agencies to adapt their research and policies to limit future suffering.
"Climate change endangers human health, affecting all sectors of society, both domestically and globally," the report says.
[More]To sleep, perchance to dream--and learn
Dreams might be helping your brain do more than express Freudian fixations or practice escapes from prehistoric predators. They are there, in part, to help you learn, according to a new study from Harvard University. [More]
Years later, looking for traces of Sept 11 victims
Good teachers really do make a difference
Twin studies have shown that genetic factors can account for as much as 82 percent of the variability in children's reading skills. But while genes might set the bar for reading potential, a new study published April 23 in Science shows that teachers play a leading role in helping kids reach it. [More]
Bill McKibben's Eaarth (conclusion)
Writer and activist Bill McKibben talks to Scientific American 's Mark Fischetti about his new book Eaarth: Making A Life On A Tough New Planet . [More]
U.S. budget office: 4 million likely to pay health fine
Last surviving U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg trials dies
Your Inner Healers: Progress in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Made Interactive
U.S. sees sanctions by May; Iran lobbies against West
IMF chief tries to shore up fraying G20 unity
Ocean chemistry changing at 'unprecedented rate'
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming are also turning the oceans more acidic at the fastest pace in hundreds of thousands of years, the National Research Council reported Thursday.
[More]Rig sinks in Gulf of Mexico, oil spill risk looms
Lasers and lidar systems gather data about the position and makeup of Iceland's volcanic plumes
With Europe's airport staffers scrambling to send tens of thousands of flights into the air to make up for a week's worth of halted traffic and stranded travelers thanks to Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano, researchers at the U.K.'s University of Reading are taking the first direct measurements of the ash plume parked over Scotland. [More]
Hubble Space Telescope clocks up 20 years
By Katharine Sanderson
It was an instrument that much of the astronomical community didn't want, but times change: to get time now on the Hubble Space Telescope, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week, an astronomer usually faces competition from at least 11 other eager scientists.
Hubble, named after American astronomer Edwin Hubble, has been orbiting Earth for 20 years, sending back images in the visible, near-infrared and ultraviolet parts of the spectrum. [More]
Orcas are more than one species, gene study shows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They may all look similar, but killer whales, also known as orcas, include several distinct species, according to genetic evidence published on Thursday.
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