Alan Alda, the actor-turned-part-time professor, has a new question for scientists to consider: How do you explain color to an 11-year-old?
Other
Dec 11, 2013
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Vets in Japan have carried out knee surgery on a rare white tiger cub, fixing a leg problem the animal had been born with.
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2013
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A law under consideration in South Korea's parliament has sparked vociferous debate by grouping popular online games such as "StarCraft" with gambling, drugs and alcohol as an anti-social addiction the government should do ...
Internet
Dec 11, 2013
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Federal safety officials say the technology known as positive train control would probably have prevented the Dec. 1 train derailment that killed four people in New York.
Engineering
Dec 11, 2013
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Japan is planning to earmark 100 billion yen ($970 million) for a storage facility for tens of thousands of tonnes of soil contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima disaster, a report said Wednesday.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 11, 2013
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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments on environmental rules aiming to reduce smog that drifts from one state to another.
Environment
Dec 11, 2013
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Conservationists on Wednesday slammed Australia's approval for an Indian firm to expand a major coal port on the Great Barrier Reef coast, warning it would hasten the natural wonder's demise.
Environment
Dec 11, 2013
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US police arrested a 27-year-old man Tuesday accused of running a "revenge porn" website hosting over 10,000 sexually explicit photos as part of an extortion ploy, officials said.
Internet
Dec 11, 2013
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When he sees people listening to music on portable digital devices, David Chesky cringes.
Internet
Dec 11, 2013
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A groundbreaking study by Harvard University's Harvard Forest and the Smithsonian Institution reveals that, if left unchecked, recent trends in the loss of forests to development will undermine significant land conservation ...
Environment
Dec 11, 2013
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