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Irrigation Expert Crosses Religious, Political Lines to Win Major Prize
Daniel Hillel developed a system called micro-irrigation, which has opened up dry regions to farming, revolutionizing agriculture worldwide. The...
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Nanoparticles Have Serious Impact on Health
New groundbreaking research by scientists at Trinity College Dublin has found that exposure to nanoparticles can have a serious...
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Kentucky Biblical Museum Ad Campaign Features Dinosaurs
A Kentucky museum where dinosaurs roam the biblical Garden of Eden is unveiling a national billboard campaign featuring the...
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Nations at Odds on Rio+20 Earth Summit
The final round of negotiations leading up to next week’s Rio+20 summit begins with countries very much at odds...
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CERN Scientists Excruciatingly Close to Discovering Higgs Boson
Physicists investigating the make-up of the universe are closing in on the Higgs boson, an elusive particle thought to...
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Nature vs. Nurture: Outcome Depends on Where You Live
The balance of nature and nurture in influencing how a child grows up varies depending on where they live,...
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Why Being Touched Can Inflame Emotions
It’s clear touch and emotion can be closely tied: The brush of a hand can provoke excitement, comfort or...
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Battery-Powered Buses Enter the Mainstream
Better lithium ion batteries have led to an explosion in availability of plug-in passenger cars. And now, thanks to...
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Physicists Discover Mechanisms of Wrinkle and Crumple Formation
Smooth wrinkles and sharply crumpled regions are familiar motifs in biological and synthetic sheets, such as plant leaves and...
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‘Prometheus’ Offers a Creationist Indulgence for Science Geeks
“Prometheus,” the new movie from the director Ridley Scott, is a scientific and spiritual quest. The scientists in the...