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Super-Fast Broadband Via the Sewer System
Science & Tech  (tags: environment, GoodNews, greenbuilding, news, technology, world, interesting, internet )

Pem
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- 48 minutes ago - ecoworldly.com
News from the UK about a company utilising sewers to lay fibre optic cables, rather than dig up roads and cause further damage to the environment.
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Surprising Discovery: Multicellular Response Is 'All For One'
Science & Tech  (tags: health, humans, science, research )

Michael
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- 1 hour ago - sciencedaily.com
Real or perceived threats can trigger the well-known "fight or flight response" in humans and other animals. Adrenaline flows, and the stressed individual's heart pumps faster, the muscles work harder, The whole organism responds in unison to survive
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Facebook Has Reached An Agreement With 49 States Attorneys General to Protect Underage Members From Sexual Predators.
Science & Tech  (tags: protecting children from online predator )

Shivonne
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- 1 hour ago - news.digitaltrends.com
Under the terms of the agreement, Facebook will immediately remove adult content, links to pornographic Web sites, and inappropriate groups from its service (including groups related to incest, pedophilia, and online bullying).
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Photo: 1,000 Ancient Tombs, Unique Remains Found in Colombia
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
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- 3 hours ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Builders clearing land for a housing project in Colombia have uncovered an ancient burial site containing nearly a thousand tombs linked to two little-known civilizations
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Skeletons Found Near Historic Plains of Abraham
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
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- 3 hours ago - ctv.ca
Two nearly intact skeletons found near the Plains of Abraham date back to the 19th century or even earlier, archeologists say.
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Study Confirms Ancient Chile Settlement Is 14,000 Years Old
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
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- 3 hours ago - news.yahoo.com
Scientists have confirmed that the famed Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile is about 14,000 years old, making it the earliest known human settlement in the Americas, the journal Science reported Thursday.
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Meet the Dodo's Playmates (and Guess What - They're Not With Us Today Either)
Science & Tech  (tags: )

June
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- 6 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
They were all wiped out before science had a chance to discover them, but only the dodo's name has lived on. However, experts have now been able to reconstruct the appearance of dozens of long-extinct birds and animals from the
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Skipping Breakfast May Mean Your Baby Is a Girl
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June
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- 14 hours ago - ibnlive.com
Women on low-calorie diets or who skip breakfast at the time of conception are more likely to give birth to girls than boys, British scientists said on Wednesday. New research by the universities of Exeter and Oxford provides the first evidence
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Environmental Behavior: India, Brazil Top Index; United States Ranks Last
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, animals, climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, green, greenhousegases, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, humans, pollution, protection, research, science, Sustainabililty )

Susan
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- 23 hours ago - sciencedaily.com
GlobeScan today unveiled a new mechanism for measuring and comparing individual consumer behavior as it relates to the environment. Individuals around the world can find out where they rank.
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Aid to Burma
Science & Tech  (tags: Aid, food, help, Prem Rawat Foundation, shelter, cyclone, devastation, injured, people )

Juli
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- 1 day ago - app.e2ma.net
The alarming casualties in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) from Cyclone Nargis continue to rise on a daily basis. With a grant of at least US $100,000, TPRF is partnering with Friends of the World Food Program (FWFP) to help the World Food Programme (WF
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New Type of Mushroom Identified in Burgos Valley
Science & Tech  (tags: )

June
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- 1 day ago - thinkspain.com
A new type of mushroom unique to the Losa valley to the north of Burgos province has been identified by experts from Sestao's Natural Sciences Society. The main distinguishing feature of the new species - Flammulina cephalariae - is
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Genetically Altered Babies Born
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, genetically altered humans )

Dee
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- 2 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Scientists have confirmed that the first genetically altered humans have been born and are healthy. Up to 30 such children have been born - 15 of them as a result of one experimental programme at a US laboratory.
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Archaeologists Discover 1,200 Yr Old Irish Viking Trade Centre
Science & Tech  (tags: )

June
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- 2 days ago - thaindian.com
Archaeologists have discovered one of the Vikings most important trading centres in Ireland, which is estimated to be 1,200 years old. According to a report in BBC News, a total of 6,000 artefacts and a Viking chieftains grave has been
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Flame Retardant Found in Falcon Eggs
Science & Tech  (tags: )

Kathy
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- 2 days ago - upi.com
California researchers said high levels of flame retardant have been found in the eggs of peregrine falcons living in urban areas.
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Colliding With Nature's Best-Kept Secrets
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, research, science, scientists, investigation, technology, space )

Cal
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- 2 days ago - cnn.com
Arkani-Hamed is only in his mid-30s, but he has already distinguished himself as one of the leading thinkers in the field of particle physics.
 

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