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Matter: A Homely Rodent May Hold Cancer-Fighting Clues

4 hours 53 min ago
Naked mole rats produce a compound that appears to render them immune to cancer, and researchers say the discovery may lead to treatments for humans.    

Obama Preparing Big Effort to Curb Climate Change

5 hours 1 min ago
Officials said President Obama would announce new policy initiatives in the coming weeks, including the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants.    

NASA’s New Class of Astronauts Gives Parity to Men and Women

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 18:15
The eight recruits were selected from 6,300 applicants and will start training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in August.    

Op-Ed Contributor: Our Genes, Their Secrets

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 18:00
Why the Supreme Court’s ruling on gene patents is only a partial victory for DNA-data sharing.    

Op-Ed Contributor: Surviving the Next Gulf Oil Spill

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 17:58
A nickel of every dollar from the BP-oil-spill fines should be used to protect coastal marshes and wetlands to help the gulf survive the next oil spill.    

Square Feet: Making Energy Efficiency Attractive for Owners of Older Seattle Buildings

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 17:45
A program in Seattle maps a way to make expensive retrofits pay off for all involved — building owners, investors and utilities.    

New Effort to Quantify ‘Social Cost’ of Pollution

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 17:25
The Obama administration is making a second attempt to systematically account for the dollar damage from greenhouse gas pollution, even with no consensus on how to forestall global warming or whether to do so.    

Baikonur Journal: Russian Space Center in Kazakhstan Counts Down Its Days of Glory

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 15:16
Baikonur, Kazakhstan, is set to be replaced as the Russian space launching center, and ethnic tensions and economic challenges are already creeping into the city.    

Dot Earth Blog: A Reality Check on a Plan for a Swift Post-Fossil Path for New York

Tue, 06/18/2013 - 09:29
A journal that published an ambitious plan for New York State to go fossil free in a few decades now runs a critique.    

For Its Latest Beer, a Craft Brewer Chooses an Unlikely Pairing: Archaeology

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 17:20
With help from a University of Chicago group, a craft beer maker has been working for more than year to replicate a 5,000-year-old Sumerian beer.    

The Week: An Invisibility Cloak, a Melting Continent and Angry Legos

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 15:17
Recent developments in health and science news. This week: bending light, disappearing icebergs and emoting figurines.    

Once Tallest Standing, Then the Tallest to Come Down

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 15:04
While it’s no longer a silhouette on the New York skyline, the Singer Building holds the record for tallest building to ever be peacefully demolished.    

Observatory: Rickets Plagued Children of the Medicis

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 14:07
The bone disease, resulting from vitamin D deficiency and typically associated with the inferior diet and living conditions of the poor, may have been a consequence of the family’s vast wealth.    

Observatory: Dwarf Galaxy May Be Answer to Predictions

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 13:52
Known as Segue 2, the galaxy consists of just 1,000 stars.    

Tricky Ways to Pull Down a Skyscraper

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 13:13
Engineers in Japan are perfecting more efficient, and stealthier, demolition methods.    

After the Fact: Depicting the Colors of Space

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 13:11
The hues assigned to distant cosmic bodies that are telescopically photographed in black and white are not just a matter of artistic license.    

Dot Earth Blog: Global Warming and Our Inconvenient Minds

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 12:59
A fun chat on humans’ inconvenient minds and why they make finding consensus on climate hard, but consensus on some smart energy steps easy.    

Books: In ‘What Doctors Feel,’ Pain Is Not Just the Realm of Patients

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 12:29
Dr. Danielle Ofri delves into the ways doctors’ emotions can exert a strong influence on a case, particularly when it grows complicated, frustrating or unyielding.    

‘How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick’ Can Be Harder Than It Sounds

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 12:29
Supporting friends in times of serious trouble, like during an illness, can be difficult.    

H.I.V. Tests Urged for 800 Million in India

Mon, 06/17/2013 - 12:13
A statistical study suggests that testing all sexually active adults and treating those infected would save lives and be cost-effective.    

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