China Issues Plan On Global Warming
The plan served at least partly as a rebuff to separate efforts by President Bush and European nations to draw China and other developing countries into a commitment to reduce emissions....
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Showtime’s New Slogan Speaks The Way It Could Only On Cable
Showtime is known for content that is too racy for network television, so it is perhaps fitting that its latest slogan should be inappropriate for the networks, too....
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Bits: A Light Bulb Went Off: Print The Lights
General Electric has reduced the cost of making O.L.E.Ds, the electronics that might one day enable flexible and energy-efficient TVs that can be rolled up and carried around....
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World Briefing: Vatican City: Sudan Leader Vows Cease-Fire
Meeting with Pope Benedict XVI and Italian leaders, President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan promised a cease-fire with rebels before a peace conference next month in Darfur....
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Bee In Macquarie’s Bonnet Loses Sting
A Macquarie-owned BBC spin-off company in Britain has averted industrial action days before the close of its first strike ballot, as private equity investors come under renewed pressure from unions an...
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Science News

Long Ago, a Rodent as Big as a Bull Lurked in South America
2008-01-18 05:30 - Uruguayan scientists have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, more than eight feet long and weighing between 1,700 and 3,000 pounds.

Pope Cancels Speech After Protest at University
2008-01-17 05:30 - Pope Benedict XVI has canceled a speech at the prestigious La Sapienza University in Rome amid opposition by professors and students who say he is hostile to science.

Global Advances Challenge U.S. Dominance in Science
2008-01-17 05:30 - The United States remains the world leader in scientific and technological innovation, but its dominance is threatened by economic development elsewhere, particularly in Asia.

The White House and the Whales
2008-01-17 05:30 - President Bush has exempted the Navy from environmental laws designed to protect whales from potentially harmful sonar.

Monkey’s Thoughts Propel Robot, a Step That May Help Humans
2008-01-16 06:01 - For the first time, brain signals have been used to make a robot walk.

NASA Spacecraft Gets a Peek at Mercury
2008-01-16 06:01 - The Messenger spacecraft dashed past Mercury on Monday, getting a glance at the solar system’s innermost planet, which it will eventually orbit for detailed studies.

Off Yemen, a Storied Stand Is Vulnerable
2008-01-16 06:01 - One of the last stands of dragon’s blood trees may soon succumb to the harsh environment.

Shell of New Species of Land Snail Coils Its Own Way
2008-01-16 06:01 - One snail’s shell is more like a rocket engine than a natural formation.

Star Power
2008-01-16 05:32 - The Sun is a big ball of hydrogen, the lightest element. Why doesn?t it have a core of heavier elements that sank to the center?

Sightless Parent Fish Don?t Produce Just Sightless Hybrids
2008-01-16 05:32 - When two species of blind fish breed, shouldn?t their offspring be blind as well?


 
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