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Beijing’s Pollution, Seen From Space in Before and After Photos
The stifling pollution in Beijing is being called “airpocalypse” by some. According to an air monitoring station located at...
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Ancient Migration: Genes Link Australia With India
Australia experienced a wave of migration from India about 4,000 years ago, a genetic study suggests. It was thought...
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DNA Reveals Eye, Hair Color From Ancient Human Remains
A new way of determining hair and eye from modern forensic samples can also be used to identify details...
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What Should We Be Worried About?
We worry because we are built to anticipate the future. Nothing can stop us from worrying, but science can...
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An Alarm in the Offing on Climate Change
The natural conservatism of science has often led climatologists to be cautious in their pronouncements about global warming. Indeed,...
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Greens to President Obama: Act Now on Climate
Green groups are amping up the pressure on President Barack Obama to make good on his promises to address...
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The Biggest Thing in the Universe Is Really, Really Big
A newly discovered galactic structure is so large that it means one of our basic assumptions about the nature...
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The Oldest Rock in the World Tells Us a Story
It’s hard to imagine how this teeny little rock — it’s not even a whole rock, it’s just a...
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Pollution Highlights the Price China Is Paying for Rapid Development
Beijing has developed into an impressive modern city over the past two decades. But a tourist visiting the Chinese...
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Claims of Fairness in Apes Have Critics Crying Foul
Chimpanzees often share and share alike when cooperating in pairs, suggesting that these apes come close to a human...