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AFP - Some 160 villages in northern Syria were deserted of their residents in 2007 and 2008 because of climate change, according to a study released on...
AFP - Some 160 villages in northern Syria were deserted of their residents in 2007 and 2008 because of climate change, according to a study released on...
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AFP - The world's top scientific academies on Monday called on UN talks to include ocean acidification, a dangerous byproduct of carbon pollution, in a global treaty to tackle climate...
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists say they've identified key gene variants tied to an increased risk of testicular cancer.
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have found a gene common in up to one in five breast cancers that a blood pressure medication might combat.
File/Bay Ismoyo)" border="0" />AFP - South Korean and Southeast Asian leaders agreed to work together to combat global warming and promote "green growth" in the fast developing...
AP - Bits of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China may be evidence of the earliest development of ceramics by ancient people.
AP - Scientists looking for lost penguins stumbled upon an effective method: Follow their poop from space.
AP - A commercial fossil hunter, whose discovery of the world's best-preserved dinosaur brought scientific acclaim, will serve 60 days in jail for stealing raptor bones from private land.
AP - At least one person was seriously injured and 19 others were taken to hospitals, including several children, after a train carrying Louisville Zoo visitors derailed Monday, an emergency official said.
LiveScience.com - Stains of penguin poop visible from space are helping scientists map emperor penguin colonies, shedding light on how the flightless birds are adapting to environmental changes.
AP - Emergency officials say 20 people, including children, have been taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries after train carrying Louisville Zoo visitors overturned.
AFP - The world's top scientific academies on Monday called on UN talks to include ocean acidification, a dangerous byproduct of carbon pollution, in a global treaty to tackle climate...
AP - The "skinny black line," long a staple of forecasts showing a hurricane's projected path, could be a casualty of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season that began...
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MONDAY 1. JUNE 2009
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have found a gene common in up to one in five breast cancers that a blood pressure medication might combat.
LiveScience.com - With the presumed crash of Air France Flight 447 over the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday and other recent airplane incidents, nerves might be set off at the prospect and risks of air travel.
Reuters - NASA, which has tiptoed into the new world of social media with Twittering astronauts and Facebooking rovers, is taking the next step with an invitation to "the twedia" to cover a space shuttle...
LiveScience.com - Even infants zone out in front of the television, and it turns out this translates into less time interacting with parents and possible lags in language development, a new study finds.
SPACE.com - The space shuttle Atlantis is half-way through a cross-country trip atop a modified 747 jet toward its home at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 1 (OneWorld.net) - In India, teams of "barefoot solar engineers" are bringing electricity to rural villages. The project -- part of a larger campaign to help Indian villagers be self-sufficient -- trains women to build and maintain solar energy units.
Reuters - The White House reiterated on Monday that President Barack Obama is likely to discuss current oil prices when he meets Saudi King Abdullah later this week in...
LiveScience.com - Strange circles have once again appeared in the frozen surface of Lake Baikal in Siberia, as spotted by astronauts aboard the International Space Station this April. News reports described the ice rings as a puzzling phenomenon.
AP - Negotiators from 181 countries began work on the first draft of a new global warming treaty Monday, calling it a good beginning despite complaints it was unbalanced and incomplete.
AP - Life on board the international space station is busier and more crowded now that it's a full...