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2 Liter Bottles Solve Lighting Problems
The slums of the Philippines are getting an extreme home makeover in the form of two liter bottles in their ceilings. The bottles function as 60-watt lights powered by 100% solar energy. Refraction is an amazing [...]
Solar storm expected to hit Earth on Saturday
Joe Kunches, a space scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said the auroras may be seen along the U.S.-Canada border and in northern Europe on Saturday night. They are common farther north, like the [...]
NASA Moves to Shield Earth’s Power Grid from Sun Storms
NASA has devised a new tool in the battle against massive eruptions from the sun: an early warning system to protect electrical grids on Earth from extremely powerful solar storms. The new project, called Solar Shield, [...]
Disaster Declared in 26 States as Drought Sears United States
More than 1,000 counties in 26 states are being named natural-disaster areas, the biggest such declaration ever by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as drought grips the Midwest. The declaration makes farmers and ranchers in 1,016 [...]
Nearly 15 Million People Displaced by Disasters in 2011
Floods, storms, earthquakes and a tsunami displaced 14.9 million people last year, 89 percent of them in Asia, according to an estimate by two Norwegian-backed agencies issued here Tuesday. "The 10 largest disasters in terms of [...]
Ice Core Data shows Arctic has Experienced Unexpectedly Warm Periods
New data from a core drilled into a Russian lake provide the longest continuous record of Arctic conditions and show that the pole had periods of unexpectedly high temperatures and rainfall, much higher than researchers thought [...]
Monsanto Loses Billions in Brazil
A recent ruling by the Brazilian Supreme Court of Justice may cause biotechnology leader Monsanto to lose billions in revenue from its genetically modified Roundup Ready soya beans. This decision is just the latest chapter in [...]
United States Trails Latin America in Preparing for Climate Change
Major U.S. cities are among the world's wealthiest and technologically advanced, but they lag behind their counterparts in Latin America in preparing for climate change, a survey finds. Nearly all, or 95%, of major cities in [...]
The Amish Don't Get Autism? And They Don't Get Vaccinations - Possible Link?
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The Amish Don't Get Autism? And They Don't Get Vaccinations - Possible Link?
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The Amish Don't Get Autism? And They Don't Get Vaccinations - Possible Link?
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The Amish Don't Get Autism? And They Don't Get Vaccinations - Possible Link?
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The Amish Don't Get Autism? And They Don't Get Vaccinations - Possible Link?
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