Radioactive tritium that leaked from the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in 2009 into two aquifers below the facility is being removed after months of … Cleanup of radioactive waterRead more
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Drilling for ancient DNA
Scientists are planning an attempt to extract DNA from the “hobbit” Homo floresiensis, the 1-meter-tall extinct distant relative of modern humans that was unearthed in … Drilling for ancient DNARead more
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From snowstorms to heat waves
Much of the East Coast is still struggling to recover from the massive blizzard that slammed into hundreds of cities and towns from the Carolinas … From snowstorms to heat wavesRead more
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Give nature a chance
[ted id=994] – from ted.com Also give Palestine a chance to live.
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, where a general strike has been called to force incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo to cede power. Gbagbo has refused to step aside following … Ivory CoastRead more
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100 CEOs Have the Retirement Savings of 116 Million Americans
President Barack Obama has called runaway income inequality the “defining issue of our time.” The disparity between exploding corporate profits and stagnating paychecks fueled Bernie … 100 CEOs Have the Retirement Savings of 116 Million AmericansRead more
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Drug industry mafia is the top defrauder
A new study by the watchdog group Public Citizen has found that the drug industry has become the biggest defrauder of the federal government, surpassing … Drug industry mafia is the top defrauderRead more
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Money machine for those who control capital
Eliot Spitzer talking: Let me begin by saying that I think Senator Sanders was wrong in only one respect: it wasn’t that the Fed was … Money machine for those who control capitalRead more
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Hokuriku manually re-shuts 540-MW reactor
Japanese utility Hokuriku Electric Power Co said it manually re-shut the 540-megawatt No.1 reactor at its sole Shika nuclear plant in northern Japan on Tuesday … Hokuriku manually re-shuts 540-MW reactorRead more
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Deadly Medicine
200,000 people dying yearly from prescription drugs Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly conducting clinical trials for new drugs outside the United States, usually in countries where … Deadly MedicineRead more