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A Vision Faces an Environmental Test
Researchers want to transform a poor, remote Dominican town into a locally owned retreat. But challenges, like hydrilla, an invasive, choking water plant, await.
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A Blast at Last at Huge Particle Collider
The Large Hadron Collider, the world?s most expensive science experiment, produced its first collisions Monday.
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White House Begins Campaign to Promote Science and Math Education
The plan will enlist companies and nonprofits, including ?Sesame Street,? to spend money and time to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math.
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U.S. to Propose CO2 Cut at Talks
The U.S. will propose a near-term emission reduction target at the U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen, a senior administration official said.
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Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute
Private messages hacked from a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics.
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Sounds During Sleep Aid Memory, Study Finds
People who heard specific sounds while sleeping had enhanced memories upon awakening, researchers said.
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Artery Disease in Some Very Old Patients
Doctors scanned Egyptian mummies and found signs of atherosclerosis, a disease typically thought of as a modern ill.
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Books: They Died, and Lived to Tell All About It
A new book about the ?gray zone? between life and death.
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New Data Shed Light on Large-Animal Extinction
A team from the University of Wisconsin uncovered a crucial sequence of events that rules out some explanations and severely constrains others.
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As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways
Many sewer systems are overwhelmed, spilling excrement, medical waste and chemicals into waterways.
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Shortage Slows a Program to Detect Nuclear Bombs
The Department of Homeland Security has had to stop deploying new detectors because the U.S. has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.
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Supercomputing for the Masses
A drop in the price of supercomputers and other advances are pulling down the high walls around computing-intensive research, possibly democratizing the field.
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Konstantin Feoktistov, a Soviet Spacecraft Engineer, Dies at 83
Mr. Feoktistov, for whom a crater was named on the Moon, was a Soviet engineer and astronaut, and a prominent spacecraft designer.
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Dell Hymes, Linguist With a Wide Net, Dies at 82
Professor Hymes was a prominent anthropologist, linguist and folklorist whose work mined the rich, often overlooked territory where language and culture intersect.
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Voracious Invader May Be Nearing Lake Michigan
Evidence of Asian carp, a fish that some fear could destroy the ecosystem of Lake Michigan, has been found beyond a barrier intended to keep the fish out.
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U. of Nebraska Defeats Tighter Limits on Stem Cell Research
The effort had been seen by opponents as a possible new front in the national debate over the matter.
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Albert Crewe, First to Show a Single Atom, Is Dead at 82
Dr. Crewe, a University of Chicago physicist, developed the high-resolution electron microscope that captured the first image of an individual atom.
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Signs Swine Flu Wave May Have Peaked in U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu activity was declining in all regions of the country.
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| Science and Health: Chemical May Help Down Syndrome Sufferers
Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits in Down syndrome.
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Vital Signs: Childhood: U.S. Draws Low Marks on Premature Births
The nation, where one out of eight babies are born prematurely each year, earned a D from the March of Dimes.
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Vital Signs: Smoking in U.S. Declines but Not by Much
Some 20.6 percent of Americans were current smokers in 2008, a drop from 20.9 percent in 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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Q & A: In Search of the Geep
If a sheep and a goat mate, is the offspring a geep?
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Observatory: When Mountain Lions Hunt, They Prey on the Weak
Mountain lions seem to actively seek out mule deer infected with chronic wasting disease.
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Observatory: Digging Into the Science of That Old-Book Smell
Is the smell of old books ? musty, slightly acidic, even grassy ? quantifiable or useful?
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Observatory: Changes in the Climate and a Windier Great Lake
Chalk up another effect of climate change: it?s getting windier over Lake Superior.
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Really?: The Claim: Vinegar Can Help Lower Blood Sugar Levels.
Can adding vinegar to a large meal prevent a spike in blood sugar?
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Cases: Checking the Right Boxes, but Failing the Patient
As doctors bustle from one well-documented chart to the next, no one is counting whether they are still paying attention to people.
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Personal Health: A Dental Shift: Implants Instead of Bridges
Implants are the best solution to replace lost teeth in most cases, and they are more economical than bridges over time.
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