BBC: The government of the Maldives has held a cabinet meeting about five metres (16ft)…
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Major Chinese Lead Smelter Admits Fault in Poisoning, Environmental Contamination
Mongabay: The largest lead smelting company in China has recently admitted responsibility in contributing to…
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Beijing’s Air Is Steadily Getting Cleaner, but the War Is Far From Won
New York Times: This city’s network of arterials, five ring roads bisected by nine more…
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British hacker gets more time to fight US extradition (AFP)
AFP – A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA space agency computers…
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Mozilla Blocks Microsoft’s Buggy Firefox Plugin (PC World)
PC World – Mozilla developers have blocked a Firefox plugin that was quietly pushed out…
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EyeTV app pulled from App Store for ability to stream over 3G (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com – Less than a month after debuting at the App Store, EyeTV from Elgato…
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Differing Long-term Effects Of Hand-held Cellphone Bans On Driver Hand-held Cellphone Use
Phoning while driving and texting behind the wheel are in the news. This is the…
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Composted Dairy Manure In Foliage Plant Production
Peat has been used in container plant production since the 1960s. Highly porous and able…
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Gentle Touch May Aid Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Physical therapists studying persons with multiple sclerosis found that excessive force often used for gripping…
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Bioengineering Of Nerve-muscle Connection Could Improve Hand Use For Wounded Soldiers
Prosthetic hand devices used by wounded soldiers have limited motor control and no sensory feedback….