Car Bomb Kills A Top Lebanese Terrorism Investigator
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Books Of The Times: Beyond Mandalay, The Road To Isolation And Xenophobia
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Science News

Torrent in Colorado River Is Unleashed to Aid Fish
2008-03-07 05:30 - A torrent of water was released into the Colorado River from the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona, in a disputed effort to improve the environment for fish in the Grand Canyon.

In the Garden: To Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs
2008-03-07 05:30 - As exotic ornamentals out-compete native plants, many creatures are starving to death because they did not evolve with the exotics.

The Energy Challenge: Turning Glare Into Watts
2008-03-07 05:30 - The world appears to be on the verge of a boom in a little-known but promising type of solar power.

Dot Earth: Expanding ?Deserts,? by Land and Sea
2008-03-07 05:30 - Biologically barren regions are expanding around tropical seas.

Study Says Grand Canyon Older Than Thought
2008-03-07 05:30 - Geologists have concluded that the canyon formed 11 million years earlier than previous estimates.

Ideas & Trends: Please Call Earth. We Still Haven?t Found You.
2008-03-06 06:01 - You might think we have made some headway in finding extraterrestrial life since the dawn of the space age. But you would be wrong.

Q & A: Breathing Room
2008-03-06 06:01 - Has the oxygen content of Earth’s atmosphere varied?

Once Polluted, Now Profitable for New Jersey Builders
2008-03-06 05:30 - Developers seem to be taking a second look at ?brownfields,? which are heavily polluted sites ranging from derelict factories to municipal dumps.

Basics: Flapping Past Gravity’s Pull, Bat Has a Vortex at Its Wings
2008-03-05 06:01 - All would-be buoyant beings face the same fundamental challenge: how to generate enough lift to overcome the dour downward force of weight.

Reporter’s Notebook: Cool View of Science at Meeting on Warming
2008-03-05 06:01 - Participants at the gathering organized by the Heartland Institute repeatedly attacked the idea that there was a consensus on the danger of human influence on climate.


 
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