Virginia to look at spaceport deal after explosion
Virginia officials plan to re-examine a spaceport deal with Orbital Sciences Corp. following a rocket explosion that damaged a state-owned launch pad.
Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2014
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City OKs plan for gas-pump climate change labels
Climate-change warning labels are coming to gas pumps in Berkeley, California, a city with a long history of green and clean policies.
Environment
Nov 19, 2014
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Spiraling light, nanoparticles and insights into life's structure
(Phys.org) —As hands come in left and right versions that are mirror images of each other, so do the amino acids and sugars within us. But unlike hands, only the left-oriented amino acids and the right-oriented sugars ever ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 19, 2014
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Florida harvester ants regularly relocate
Florida harvester ants move and construct a similar subterranean nest about once a year, according to a study published November 19, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Walter Tschinkel from Florida State University.
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2014
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People's movement perturbed during, but similar after Hurricane Sandy
New York City residents' movement around the city was perturbed, but resumed less than 24-hours after Hurricane Sandy, according to a study published November 19, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Qi Wang and John ...
Social Sciences
Nov 19, 2014
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Endangered green turtles may feed, reside at Peru's central, northern coast
Peruvian coastal waters may provide suitable habitat that may help the recovery of endangered South Pacific green turtles, according to a study published November 19, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ximena Velez-Zuazo ...
Ecology
Nov 19, 2014
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Showdown looms between US gov't, air bag maker
A showdown is looming between U.S. safety regulators and a Japanese company that makes air bags linked to multiple deaths and injuries. Car companies and the driving public are caught in the middle.
Business
Nov 19, 2014
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Self-driving cars: safer, but what of their morals (Update)
A large truck speeding in the opposite direction suddenly veers into your lane.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 19, 2014
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Geologists shed light on formation of Alaska Range
Geologists in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences have recently figured out what has caused the Alaska Range to form the way it has and why the range boasts such an enigmatic topographic signature. The narrow ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 19, 2014
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2008 Lacey Act Amendment successful in reducing US imports of illegally logged wood
Recently published research by U.S. Forest Service economist Jeff Prestemon supports the contention that the 2008 Lacey Act Amendment reduced the supply of illegally harvested wood from South America and Asia available for ...
Ecology
Nov 19, 2014
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