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White House Promotes a Bioeconomy
The Obama administration announced a broad plan to foster development of the nation’s “bioeconomy,” including the use of renewable...
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Wind Power Can Be Cheaper Than Photovoltaics
Generating wind energy is more than twice as cheap as solar photovoltaic energy production, a study of alternative energy...
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Steven Weinberg on the Crisis of Big Science
Big science is in competition for government funds, not only with manned space flight, and with various programs of...
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2 Years Later, Fish Sick Near BP Oil Spill Site
When fishermen returned to the deep reefs of the Gulf of Mexico weeks after BP’s gushing oil well was...
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EPA to Reduce Gas Drilling Pollution
The Obama administration is issuing the first-ever national standards to control air pollution from gas wells that are drilled...
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Social Factors Tied to Longevity More Than Race, Geography
In a novel study of health disparities in the United States, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have identified...
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How Wealth Reduces Compassion
Who is more likely to lie, cheat, and steal—the poor person or the rich one? Research suggests as people...
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Out of Africa (and Elsewhere): More Fossil Fuels
Until recently, the East African country of Mozambique was better known for its long civil war, and had few...