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Some fear Navy sonar may harm Fla.'s right whales

(AP) -- In the blue-green surf, 11 endangered North Atlantic right whales surface, jump and shoot mist high into the air through their blow holes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Bee-ware: bees keep African elephants at bay

No need for big muscles or high-tech contraptions when it comes to protecting African plantations from elephants: a British biologist has discovered that buzzing bees will keep the beasts at bay.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Trouble lurks for Indonesia's 'last paradise'

Huts on stilts perch above the coral of the turquoise lagoon, hammocks awaiting a lazy siesta and sunset cocktails. The Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat is a modern-day garden of Eden. But for how long?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

'QB3 Startup In A Box' helps UC entrepreneurs launch companies

Biophysicist Adam Abate showed up seven months late to his new faculty position at UCSF with an unusual excuse: he was busy setting up the technology for a new company based on one of the 10 patents he had ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In warmer Greenland, shoot the dogs, drill for oil

(AP) -- The old hunter was troubled by the foreigners encroaching on his Inuit people's frozen lands.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Plan to build giant solar farm in Calif. comes before judge

A proposal to build one of the world's largest solar farms south of Silicon Valley had its day in court Monday as a long-simmering battle between the San Francisco Bay Area investors supporting the project and environmentalists ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 27

Shuttle's end hits Houston in ego more than wallet

(AP) -- The end of the space shuttle program is hitting its Florida launch home in the pocketbook with some areas practically becoming economic ghost towns. But Houston, home of Mission Control, is getting ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Outstanding math and science teachers honored by the President

On May 20th, a group of kindergarten thru sixth-grade teachers from accross the United States topped off a visit to the nation's capital by meeting with President Barack Obama. The meeting honored teachers ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists: Gulf health nearly at pre-spill level

(AP) -- Scientists judge the overall health of the Gulf of Mexico as nearly back to normal one year after the BP oil spill, but with glaring blemishes that restrain their optimism about nature's resiliency, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Flu season has some turning to Chinese remedies

"Big Snake Mak" has a secret weapon to fend off the threat of flu -- it wriggles and hisses in a basket at his side.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pavement sealant identified as major pollutant

A black sealant sprayed on parking lots, driveways and playgrounds turns out to be the largest contributor to the rise of a toxic pollutant in urban lakes and reservoirs across America, according to a U.S. Geological Survey ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1


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