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Dot Earth Blog: Old Batteries Crossing Borders Leave a Toxic Lead Trail

NYT Science - 2 hours 5 min ago
A proposal for cleaning up lead contamination from small car-battery recyclers in poor countries.    

VIDEO: Cockroaches evolve to beat traps

BBC Science - 7 hours 11 min ago
A mutant strain of cockroach that can outsmart the sugar traps used to kill them has evolved, scientists in the US have found.

Bloodhound diary: Rolls of advice

BBC Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 23:50
The suspension component that could support a full grid of F1 cars

Residents revel in straw bale homes

BBC Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 22:19
Leeds residents move into their new eco-friendly straw dwellings

Richard III buried in 'untidy grave'

BBC Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 21:33
The remains of King Richard III, discovered under a city car park, were buried in a "hastily dug, untidy grave", researchers reveal.

Racing the Clock and a Storm: A Way of Life in Tornado Alley

NYT Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 20:20
In the breeding ground of Oklahoma tornadoes, people prepare for the season with the care that the defensive coordinator for their Sooners prepares for the inevitable autumn.    

Cockroaches evolving to evade traps

BBC Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 17:18
Cockroaches are outsmarting our efforts to kill them by evolving to avoid the taste of sugar traps, a study reveals.

Nasa to lease shuttle launch pad

BBC Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 16:26
Nasa is looking for commercial operators to lease a historic launch pad in Florida used for the first Moon missions and by the Atlantis shuttle.

VIDEO: How cockroaches outsmart sugar traps

BBC Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:49
Cockroaches are outsmarting our efforts to kill them by evolving to avoid the taste of sugar traps, a study reveals.

A Bitter/Sweet Shift in Cockroach Defenses

NYT Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:04
Some populations of roaches have evolved a highly effective strategy to avoid sweet-tasting poison baits, researchers say.    

Genetics of white tigers pinpointed

BBC Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 09:23
Chinese scientists trace the rare white colouration in Bengal tigers to a single change in a gene that affects a host of animals, including humans.

Dot Earth Blog: Science Group Criticizes Politicians for Global Warming Distortions

NYT Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 08:50
A nonprofit group representing scientists dings officials at both ends of the political spectrum for global warming distortions.    

Dot Earth Blog: Dot Chat: From Energy Campaigner to Solar Finance Entrepreneur

NYT Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:54
An online conversation with a young energy activist turned solar entrepreneur.    

Scientist at Work Blog: Mekong Mystery: Dwindling Fish

NYT Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 04:30
The harvest from Tonle Sap had almost doubled between 1940 and 1995, while the number of people fishing has quadrupled during that period, cutting the per-fisher catch in half.    

Matter: Chlorine, Swimming Pool Helper, Has a Checkered Past

NYT Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 04:00
In weapons and cancer-causing dioxins, chlorine can be a killer. But its threats today are nothing compared with its menace on the early Earth.    

Ecuador satellite space crash fears

BBC Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 02:37
Space engineers in Ecuador are trying to establish if the country's only satellite has been destroyed in a crash with space debris.

VIDEO: 'Worrying declines' for UK species

BBC Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 01:21
A major new report from 25 wildlife organisations, assessing the state of Britain's Nature, is warning that many species of wildlife are facing extinction in the UK unless urgent action is taken.

Iceland expands volcano network

BBC Science - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 00:39
Installation is under way of an expanded monitoring system for Iceland's volcanoes, which it is hoped will give the world more warning of the next big eruption.

Ospreys first in England to hatch

BBC Science - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 23:33
Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust capture osprey chicks hatching on camera for the first time.

Cave paintings uncovered in Mexico

BBC Science - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:44
Archaeologists in Mexico find 4,926 cave paintings in red, yellow, black and white in the north-eastern region of Burgos.

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