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Obama and Romney on Climate Change Science
By the Editor on September 5, 2012
With the race to the White House heating up, it raises the question: where do the presidential candidates stand...
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Arctic Ice Melt Ups Fears, Opens New Shipping Lanes
By the Editor on August 20, 2012
The Arctic Ocean’s ice cover is shrinking at a record pace this year after higher-than-average temperatures hastened the annual...
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Temperature Rise Slows Economy in Poor Countries
By the Editor on August 17, 2012
Small increases in temperature may have reduced the industrial and agricultural production of poor countries, according to a study...
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The Gates Foundation Issues Toilet Challenge
By the Editor on August 16, 2012
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is hosting a competition to reinvent the toilet for the 2.5 billion people...
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Scientific Disciplines Must Link Up to Serve Development
By the Editor on August 13, 2012
A greater commitment to multidisciplinary research, and to local problem solving, is essential to achieving future development goals. UN...
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Flag Fen Hosts ‘Crowdsourced’ Bronze Age Archaeology Dig
By the Editor on August 13, 2012
A first-of-its-kind “crowdsourced and crowdfunded” archaeological dig at Cambridgeshire’s Flag Fen has finished. It is the site of a...
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Female Professors Downplay Own Careers
By the Editor on August 10, 2012
Wives in dual-career academic relationships — in which both partners work in academia — are more likely than husbands...
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Emerging Economies Alter Global Innovation Landscape
By the Editor on August 10, 2012
The dynamics of global innovation are changing as a result of the activities of emerging economies, according to The...
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World Depleting Underground Water Reserves for Agriculture
By the Editor on August 9, 2012
The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists...
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Could Space Mirrors Stop Global Warming?
By the Editor on August 9, 2012
In the early 2000s, Lowell Wood of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory proposed cooling the earth by launching reflective mirrors...
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