Hawaii lava's slow forward creep stalls—for now
Lava threatening a rural Hawaii town has stopped its slow, forward advance—for now.
Earth Sciences
Nov 06, 2014
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Tech start-ups are the new rock bands: Bono
U2 frontman Bono described start-ups as the new rock bands and defended streaming service Spotify from recent criticism at an internet event in Ireland on Thursday.
Internet
Nov 06, 2014
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Climate economics expert urges "critical" investment shift
The next 20 years must see a "critical" investment shift from high- to low-carbon energy sources to limit damaging global warming, Nicholas Stern, an authority on the economics of climate change, said Thursday.
Environment
Nov 06, 2014
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Argentine unearths mastodon in his yard
An Argentine man digging a well in his yard struck fossils believed to be the bones of a 10,000-year-old mastodon, an extinct mammal.
Archaeology
Nov 06, 2014
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Brazil Indians in race to save ancestral lands
Government foot-dragging has spurred a race by Brazil's Munduruku Indians to mark off their ancestral lands in the Amazon before they are wiped out by a planned hydroelectric complex.
Environment
Nov 06, 2014
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Orion launch to test human flight risks in deep space
With memories still fresh of two commercial space flight accidents in the past 10 days, NASA is readying its first test flight of the Orion spacecraft that could one day carry humans to Mars.
Space Exploration
Nov 06, 2014
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Home Depot: Hackers also stole 53M email addresses
Hackers stole 53 million email addresses in addition to customers' card data, Home Depot said Thursday.
Security
Nov 06, 2014
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LivingSocial cuts 400 jobs in latest reorganization
Online deals firm LivingSocial said Thursday it was slashing 400 jobs, or 20 percent of its staff, in the latest cutback in the sector that includes companies like Groupon.
Business
Nov 06, 2014
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Grocery byproduct proves effective as energy supplement in cattle
Food waste has become a serious problem in the United States and other countries. Approximately 34 million tons of food waste is deposited in landfills each year in the United States alone (EPA, 2014). The U.S. Environmental ...
Other
Nov 06, 2014
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Using wheat as an energy source for beef cattle
Wheat, along with corn and barley, is one of the three major feed grains used in North America. Most of the feed-class wheat is fed to poultry and swine. Beef producers are reluctant to use large quantities of wheat in diets ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 06, 2014
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