Sharing the Catch – and Saving the Fish

Sharing the Catch – and Saving the Fish

Some breaking news from our guest blogger Debbie Salamone of the Pew Campaign to End Overfishing in the Southeast: There may be a new catch to the way millions of fishermen are allowed to catch fish. A proposed policy issued …
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U.S. official leaves room for trade steps on climate

U.S. official leaves room for trade steps on climate

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Friday refused to close the door to retaliation against foreign countries if they unfairly take advantage of any international climate pact through cheap exports.

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Gravestones Tell Climate Tales

Gravestones Tell Climate Tales

Have an old graveyard nearby? Than you too can help sort out your local climate history. The Geological Society of America has a study underway called EarthTrek which, among other things, gets volunteer citizen scientists to record the weathering of …
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Hopping Hadrosaurs Could Have Been Fastest Dinosaurs

Hopping Hadrosaurs Could Have Been Fastest Dinosaurs

Computer simulation suggests that hopping hadrosaurs could have moved faster than any other dinosaur, according to a new Palaeontologica Electronica study. (Hadrosaur Images: National Park Service) Hopping isn’t a very comfortable or efficient way for most animals to move, aside …
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Space Fashions Vol. 1: Earth’s Stupidest Looking Space Suits

Space Fashions Vol. 1: Earth’s Stupidest Looking Space Suits

When taking a real life stroll through the airlock, sci-fi fashion generally takes a back seat to, oh, not dying a horrible death in the inky black void of space. Still, there’s nothing stopping us from laughing at some of …
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WiGig? Wi Not?

WiGig? Wi Not?

Yesterday, the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (aka the WiGig Alliance) announced it had completed work on a specification that would enable unprecedented data transfer speeds over a wireless network. And when I say unprecedented, I mean this information moves wicked fast. …
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Giant Panda Cub Takes First Steps

Giant Panda Cub Takes First Steps

The San Diego Zoo’s giant panda cub, Yun Zi, walked on all fours for the first time this week. The 18-week-old, 17-pound cub is said to have a mind of his own. Here he was motivated by a pile of …
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UN talks: Rich nations must make big emission cuts (AP)

UN talks: Rich nations must make big emission cuts
(AP)

AP – Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them — or at least cut them in half — by 2050 under a draft text circulated Friday at [...]

Twin moons above Mars

Twin moons above Mars

Look, up in the sky: It’s Phobos and Deimos, in a duo performance captured for the first time by camera. Europe’s Mars Express orbiter did the legwork last month, snapping pictures at least every second for 1.5 minutes on Nov. …
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Why (Most) Women Like to Shop

Why (Most) Women Like to Shop

How we buy jeans may depend on our gender, according to research that examines shopping behavior through an evolutionary lens.
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