Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world's mountain glaciers.
Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2021
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(AP) -- China was struggling Thursday to restore several government websites that international hacking group Anonymous says it attacked in an apparent protest against Chinese Internet restrictions.
Internet
Apr 05, 2012
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Google says the FBI is monitoring the Web for potential terrorist activity. But it can't confirm the extent of the surveillance.
Internet
Mar 06, 2013
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Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Friday he was cancelling a controversial plan to build a highway through an Amazon ecological reserve that has triggered widespread protests.
Environment
Oct 21, 2011
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While government officials have argued that "enhanced interrogation techniques" are necessary to protect American citizens, the effectiveness of such techniques has been debated. According to a recent study, when torture ...
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2012
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(AP) -- Think of farms and images of tractors and combines come to mind. But what about laptops, smart phones and tablets?
Internet
Aug 26, 2011
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The robot olympics are coming to Japan in 2020, the same year that the eyes of the world will be on the summer games in Tokyo.
Robotics
Oct 05, 2016
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Officials from the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), BP Solar International, Inc. (BP Solar), Brookhaven National Laboratory and a host of government officials and environmental leaders today celebrated the completion and ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 21, 2011
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In a few weeks, about 2,800 cars, trucks and buses will start talking to each other on the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan, in a giant experiment that government officials are hoping will lead to safer roads.
Engineering
Aug 21, 2012
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An 18th century burial ground has been discovered at a former sugar plantation on the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, officials said Monday, and archaeologists said it likely contains the remains of slaves and could ...
Archaeology
Jun 01, 2021
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