Science: 2008 has been a roller-coaster ride for China and for Premier Wen Jiabao. Recent…
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Candidates’ energy plans like peas in a pod
San Francisco Chronicle: Both John McCain and Barack Obama have grand plans for America’s energy…
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Tough Economic Times and a Climate Change ‘Shake Out’
ClimateBiz: Despite the tanking global economy, the climate change sector will grow some in 2009…
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Scientists Go Cloud-hopping In The Pacific To Improve Climate Predictions
ScienceDaily: A 20-strong -team of cloud and climate experts from the UK’s National Centre for…
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Android Market Gears Up for Battle
Google’s Android Market is seeing some changes in the final hours before the phone’s debut….
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Group Bragging Betrays Insecurity, Study Shows
Groups that boast, gloat and denigrate outsiders tend to be of low social status or…
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Alternative Fuels May Drain Dwindling Water Supplies
As the search for new fuels intensifies, researchers in Texas report that switching to certain…
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Respiratory Rhythms Can Help Predict Insomnia
The breathing and heart rates and cortisol levels of women with metastatic breast cancer can…
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Blowing Bubbles On A Nanoscale
Scientists are puzzled by the nanobubbles that can develop on surfaces under water. It should…
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Low-carb Diets Alter Glucose Formation By The Liver
A new study shows that a low-carbohydrate diet changes hepatic energy metabolism. When carbohydrates are…