In 2005 an outbreak of the H5N1 ‘bird flu’ virus in South East Asia led…
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Increase in Cambodia’s vultures gives hope to imperiled scavengers
While vultures across Asia teeter on the brink of extinction, the vultures of Cambodia are…
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Talented bacteria make food poisoning unpredictable
While we are often exposed to bacteria in our food which could cause food poisoning,…
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Role of key genetic catalyst for human diversity discovered
One of the key drivers of human evolution and diversity, accounting for changes that occur…
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BaseApp Brings Easy Basecamp Alerts to Mac OS X (Mashable)
Mashable – If you’re a Basecamp user running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, you…
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Polls Show Netizens Oppose Craigslist Censorship (PC World)
PC World – Web-based polls and views express online show popular opinion is against the…
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China aims to increase hydropower 50 per cent by 2015
Business Green: The Chinese government has reportedly pledged to increase its hydroelectric power capacity 50…
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Energy-harvesting technology lets the train take the strain
Business Green: One of the oldest rail lines in the US will soon become home…
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Mozambican radio: 9 who call for protests arrested (AP)
AP – Mozambicans found Monday they could not send text messages, after some used the…
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Cognitive effects of Parkinson’s disease: Automated tasks easier, but task switching difficult
Researchers have found that people with Parkinson’s disease can perform automated tasks better than people…