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Sweden Leaves Smallest Global Warming Footprint
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1138 days ago - livescience.com
Sweden, Britain and Denmark are doing the most to protect against climate change, but their efforts are not nearly enough, according to a report released Monday by environmental groups.
Bottom Trawling Hurts Ecological Systems
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1138 days ago - livescience.com
Fishermen who rake giant nets across the ocean floor to maximize their catch are destroying unique and unexplored ecological systems, according to a U.N. draft environmental report made public Wednesday.
Dark Chocolate Helps Prevent Dangerous Blood Clots
Health & Wellness  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1138 days ago - livescience.com
People who couldn't stomach a medical study requiring them to give up chocolate ended up helping science, anyway.
Kofi Annan: Cut Emissions Now
Environment  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1138 days ago - livescience.com
Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the U.N. conference on climate change Wednesday that it's clear that the world will pay far less to cut greenhouse-gas emissions now "than to deal with the consequences later.''
Family Walks on All Fours, May Offer Evolution Insight, Experts Say
Science & Tech  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1139 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Five adult siblings who can walk only on all fours have been found in Turkey, researchers say. These human quadrupeds may provide clues to how humans evolved to stand on two feet.
New Bird Flu Strain Spreads Fast, Is Resistant to Vaccine
Health & Wellness  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1139 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
A newly discovered bird flu strain has emerged in China and has spread rapidly through poultry in Southeast Asia.
Sea Urchin Genome Reveals Striking Similarities to Humans
Science & Tech  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1139 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Scientists already knew that the creatures, which resemble underwater hedgehogs, are one of only a few invertebrates (animals without backbones) on the human branch of the evolutionary tree.
Homosexual Animals Out of the Closet
Animals  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1139 days ago - livescience.com
From male killer whales that ride the dorsal fin of another male to female bonobos that rub their genitals together, the animal kingdom tolerates all kinds of lifestyles.
Panda "Porn" to Boost Mating Efforts at Thai Zoo
Animals  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1139 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
A Thai zoo is hoping that "panda pornography" will spark romance between its two giant pandas, which were married by proxy last November in an elaborate Chinese-style ceremony.
World's Rarest Big Cat Captured
Animals  (tags: )

Amanda
- 1137 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
In the remote forests of southeastern Russia, scientists have captured what's believed to be the rarest big cat on Earth: a Far Eastern leopard.
 
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