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Southern Exposure
Radioactive water leaked at a South Korean nuclear power plant last night, exposing at least 22 people to radiation. The government says the radiation was contained within the facility and […]
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All Roads Lead to Rome — Except on Wednesdays
Starting tomorrow, Rome’s historic center will be off-limits for six hours each Wednesday to vehicles without catalytic converters, city officials said on Monday. The ban, aimed at reducing levels of […]
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Wind-Win Situation
Ten percent of the world’s electricity could come from wind by 2020, up from just 0.15 percent today, if governments make development of wind capacity a priority, according to a […]
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Snailed to the Wall
Freshwater species in North America are vanishing from lakes and rivers at the same startling rate as species in tropical rainforests, according to a new study published in the journal […]
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Dumb-Dumb Bullets
The U.S. military used depleted uranium (DU) bullets, which are made of low-level nuclear waste material and which leave toxic and radioactive debris, as it chased Serbian forces from Kosovo. […]
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Hasta La Vista, Baby
Seeking to extricate itself from a contentious debate, Monsanto said yesterday that it would not sell seeds that produce sterile crops, which have been dubbed “terminator” seeds by vocal opponents […]
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Sean O'Brien, W. Alton Jones Foundation
Sean T. O’Brien, Ph.D., is a circuit rider for the W. Alton Jones Foundation in Charlottesville, Va. Monday, 4 Oct 1999 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. People laugh when I tell them my […]
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Golf Doesn't Attract Drivers and Beetles Don't Have the Juice
The winners on the EPA’s annual list of the most fuel-efficient cars and trucks are losers in the marketplace. The most fuel-efficient cars, those getting at least 40 mpg, represent […]
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Kenyans' Ivory Weigh-In
Six months after Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe held controversial sales of ivory stocks, there is widespread disagreement over whether the sales sparked incidents of elephant poaching. An international ban on […]
