We're running out of effective antibiotics, and people are starting to die as a result. The problem is so acute that the World Health Organization has declared this week, Nov. 16-22, Antibiotics Awareness Week – but antibiotic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 20, 2015
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More than 70 years ago scientists working in secret created the atomic bomb that ended World War II and ushered the world into the nuclear age.
Other
Nov 10, 2015
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A team of Ecuadoran and international scientists said Wednesday they have identified a new giant tortoise species on the Galapagos Islands.
Ecology
Oct 22, 2015
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If recent statements from both the government and opposition are any guide, then entrepreneurship may be a key battleground for the next federal election. For example, Australian's youngest federal Assistant Minister for ...
Economics & Business
Sep 29, 2015
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Several times this spring, coyotes made national headlines when spotted roaming the streets of New York, from Manhattan to Queens.
Ecology
Jul 2, 2015
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It is, perhaps, the most iconic kiss in American history—a U.S. sailor and a woman in white impulsively locking lips in New York City's Times Square to celebrate Japan's surrender and the end of World War II Aug. 14, 1945.
Space Exploration
Jun 23, 2015
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At its annual assembly in Geneva last week, the World Health Organization approved a radical and far-reaching plan to slow the rapid, extensive spread of antibiotic resistance around the world. The plan hopes to curb the ...
Biotechnology
Jun 4, 2015
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A new way of evaluating the immediate impact of natural disasters by a professor from Victoria University of Wellington shows that each person in Canterbury lost approximately 150 days of 'healthy life' in the aftermath of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2015
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BlackBerry may be launching four new smartphones over the coming year, but the struggling company is staking its future on becoming a giant in software.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 3, 2015
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China's fabled air pollution assaulted Linda Greer, J76, the moment she arrived in Beijing in 2008, on her first trip there for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). "I literally could not see down the block," she ...
Environment
Jan 23, 2015
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