Telegraph: Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general said leaders at the G8 summit in Italy had…
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Obama vows US will lead the way on climate change
LA Times: President Obama praised efforts by industrialized and developing nations to set guidelines in…
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Indonesia: Credit Suisse, UBS, BNP Paribas to help finance cutting of rainforests for palm oil, say NGOs
Mongabay: Swiss banks, Credit Suisse and UBS, together with the French BNP Paribas, are helping…
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Hollywood sends 3D home – in videogames (Reuters)
Reuters – Coming to a living room near you — 3D videogames.
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Google’s Chrome OS: A Wispy Desktop Adversary?
Google’s announcement of a Chrome operating system, coming just nine months after its launch of…
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Language Skills In Your Twenties May Predict Risk Of Dementia Decades Later
People who have superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop…
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Beyond Carbon Dioxide: Growing Importance Of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) In Climate Warming
Some of the substances that are helping to avert the destruction of the ozone layer…
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PET Can Measure Effectiveness Of Novel Breast Cancer Treatment
Positron emission tomography scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type…
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Better Than A Hearing Aid? Better Hearing With Bone Conducted Sound
New technology to hear vibrations through the skull bone has been developed. Besides investigating the…
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Is Obesity An Oral Bacterial Disease?
Scientists have discovered new links between certain oral bacteria and obesity. In a recent study,…