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Scientists Criticize Lack of Urgency in Rio+20 Accord
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) ended with an international agreement on the need for all countries...
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Male Bird Loses Interest in Fading Females
Not unlike some among their human counterparts, male blue tits lose interest when their mates’ beauty starts fading, staying...
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East Coast a Hotspot for Rapid Sea Level Rise
Cities from North Carolina to Massachusetts see waters rising more rapidly
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Global Shift to Obesity Packs Serious Climate Consequences
Expanding waistlines are not just tipping scales but may also push the mercury higher around the world, according to...
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Inner Ears Reveal Speed of Early Primates
It’s 20 million years ago in the forests of Argentina, and Homunculus patagonicus is on the move. The monkey...
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Could Human-Transmissible Avian Flu Evolve?
It might be possible for human-to-human airborne transmissible avian H5N1 influenza viruses to evolve in nature, new research has...
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Queen of Sheba Left Genetic Legacy to Ethiopians
Ethiopians's long-ago genetic mixing with populations from Israel and Egypt is a legacy of the Queen of Sheba and...
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Top Predators Key to Extinctions as Planet Warms
Global warming may cause more extinctions than predicted if scientists fail to account for interactions among species in their...
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Does Analytic Thinking Really Erode Religious Belief?
Neuroscience is new enough, and our desire for brain facts is strong enough, that dubious claims about brain types...
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Rio: Pollution Rife Amid U.N. Environment Conference
For the 50,000 visitors from 190 countries streaming in for the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, the welcome in...