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Sun Surprisingly Active During Low Point in Cycle
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Just
looking at the number of sunspots doesn't provide a full picture of how the
sun's solar energy impacts Earth, a new study suggests. The findings contradict
previous thinking about how the sun behaves during low points in its solar
cycle.
Space tourist plans to tickle his colleagues
(AP)
AP - The man who plans on being "the first clown in space" says he's got some surprises planned for the crew of international space...
Fake Videos Alter Perception of Reality
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Watching a fake video can change a person's perception of reality, a new study finds.
The results showed that almost half of the people who watched a doctored video of an event believed the video rather than their actual experience, and some were even convinced to testify as an eyewitness to the fictitious happenings.
Greenpeace: new evidence in Ivory Coast disaster
(AP)
AP - Greenpeace said Thursday it has uncovered new evidence linking a major oil trading company to toxic waste that killed 15 people in Ivory Coast in 2006, and asked Dutch prosecutors to reconsider charging executives with illegal dumping.
Eco group targets Top Gear's Clarkson
(Reuters)
Reuters - Environmental activists have dumped two bags of horse manure in the front garden of BBC "Top Gear" presenter Jeremy Clarkson in protest at what they called his blase attitude to climate change.
Europe ups pressure on Obama over bonuses, climate
(AFP)
AFP - Europe's leaders gather at a Brussels summit on Thursday bidding to spur Barack Obama into concrete action on bankers' bonuses and the fight against global...
Cars running on ethanol can pollute too: Brazil study
(AFP)
AFP - Cars running on sugarcane ethanol can produce as many harmful pollutants as those using ordinary petrol (gasoline), according a study published by Brazil's environment...
Greenland icesheet could melt faster than thought: study
(AFP)
AFP - The Greenland icesheet responded to global warming over the past 10,000 years more quickly than thought, according to a study released...
Tropical Storm Marty swirling over Pacific
(AP)
AP - Forecasters don't expect a significant change in strength for Tropical Storm Marty as it swirls in the Pacific off Mexico's...
'Strong' evidence linking toxic ship to I.Coast deaths
(AFP)
File/Raigo Pajula)" border="0" />AFP - A UN expert has found "strong" evidence linking at least 15 deaths and several hospitalisations to pollution from a ship that dumped toxic waste in Ivory Coast, contrary to claims from the firm that chartered the...
India to set non-binding emissions targets
(AFP)
AFP - India will set its own targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but will resist legally binding demands imposed from outside, a minister told a newspaper published...
World's key polluters start climate talks in US
(AFP)
AFP - Representatives of the world's 17 biggest carbon polluters were due Thursday to kick off a week of high-level and high-stakes talks on climate change at a meeting in...
China picks first female astronaut candidates
(AP)
AP - China's military-backed space program has selected 45 astronaut candidates, including its first women hopefuls, for a training program less than a year after the country completed its first spacewalk.
Seven die as Typhoon Koppu hits China
(AFP)
AFP - Seven people have died and six others are missing after Typhoon Koppu slammed into south China, causing torrential rain, mudslides and an oil spill, the government and state media said...
Time is Right to See the Zodiacal Light
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - One of the least known components of our solar system is
the interplanetary dust that fills the disk in which the inner planets revolve.
These microscopic dust particles can be seen only under special circumstances.
They are very small and very few and far between, but numerous enough to cause
most of the meteors that we see streaking through the night skies.
Found: Firm place to stand outside solar system
(AP)
AP - Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand if only it weren't so broiling...
Hurricanes Spawning More U.S. Tornadoes
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Tornadoes that are spun off by hurricanes as they make landfall are on the rise, a new study finds.
China's "cancer villages" bear witness to economic boom
(Reuters)
Reuters - One needs to look no further then the river that runs through Shangba to understand the extent of the heavy metals pollution that experts say has turned the hamlets in this region of southern China into cancer villages.
Rockets vie in simulated lunar landing contest
(AP)
AP - A privately built rocket vying for NASA prize money lifted off in the Mojave Desert and flew half of a simulated lunar lander mission Wednesday before an engine problem forced its developers to call off the attempt until next...
Teen Birth Rates Higher in Highly Religious States
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - U.S. states whose residents have more conservative religious beliefs on average tend to have higher rates of teenagers giving birth, a new study suggests.
Engine Leak Stalls Xombie Rocket's Bid for NASA Cash
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A privately-built
rocket nicknamed Xombie suffered an apparent engine leak Wednesday that stalled
its attempt to win $150,000 in a NASA contest to fly mock moon landers.
Greenpeace ends protest at Shell oil sands mine
(Reuters)
Reuters - Greenpeace activists who occupied mining equipment at Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Canadian oil sands project ended their protest on Wednesday after 1-1/2 days and were escorted away without facing charges, the environmental group said.
Study: Urban streams contaminated by road salt
(AP)
AP - Many urban streams have become salty enough to harm aquatic life, largely because of salt used for deicing roads in the winter, according to a new government study released Wednesday.
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College students protest coal use on campuses
(AP)
AP - College students nationwide are urging their schools to stop using coal produced at campus power plants or purchased from private utilities in favor of cleaner energy sources ranging from wood chips to geothermal power.
Chimps Catch Yawns from Cartoon
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - In a bizarre twist on the odd phenomenon of contagious yawning, chimps have been found to yawn when they watch an animated chimp do so.