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  • UN urges collective efforts to achieve water secure world on Day for Biological Diversity UN urges collective efforts to achieve water secure world on Day for Biological Diversity

    22 May 2013 150 Unless greater efforts are made to reverse current trends, the world will run out of freshwater, the United Nations said today marking the International Day for Biological Diversity and urging stronger scientific alliances to understand and protect natural resources. "We live in an increasingly water insecure world where demand often outstrips supply and where water quality ...

  • Vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria

    In a surprising discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug design. TB is caused by infection with the bacterium M. ...

  • Warp Drive and Star Trek Physics of Future Space Travel

    . Another "Star Trek" film just hit the screen - featuring the venerable Starship Enterprise. To enable such fantastical star flight, we need faster-than-light (FTL) flight, control over inertial and gravitational forces, extreme energy prowess, and the societal discipline to harness that much power safely. Between the sensationalistic hype and pedantic disdain, how much progress is ...

  • Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on the moon

    Hundreds of meteoroid impacts on the moon, detected by NASA's lunar monitoring program, are pictured in this undated NASA handout photo. The brightest, detected on March 17, 2013, in Mare Imbrium, is marked by the red square. The explosion on March 17 was the biggest seen since NASA began watching the moon for meteoroid impacts about eight years ago. So far, more than 300 strikes have been ...

  • Gigya grows after space grab

    Gigya just grabbed more space for growth. The company is adding 6,000 square feet to its existing home at 2513 East Charleston Road in Mountain View, pumping the company's space up to 18,500 square feet. Just nine months ago, the company was sitting in 5,500 square feet at 1973 Landings Drive in Mountain View. Gigya is a social infrastructure provider -- essentially, it helps businesses ...

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Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2

It is so rare that a sequel improves upon the original, but that is exactly what Sam Raimi and company have done with the magnificent Spider-Man 2. The movie keeps the same formula of balancing angst-ridden pathos with thrilling special-effects-laden action, but this time aro ... ...

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  • UPDATE 1-U.S. House votes to force approval of Keystone pipeline

    Wed May 22, 2013 7:53pm EDT By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON May 22 (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved a bill as expected on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit was not needed to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move that would take a decision on the project away from the Obama administration. The Republican-controlled House voted 241-175 ...

  • Victim of savage face-eating attack still recovering

    Miami cannibal may have been high on 'bath salts' The Miami man who nearly had his face chewed off in a gruesome attack last May has a message for the public: "Just generally thanks for contributing and helping out. People in my predicament need to be helped out," Ronald Poppo says in a video posted by Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center. Poppo, 65, has been in hospital ...

  • RCMP has toxic work environment Ex Mountie

    RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson made an announcement concerning the RCMP at a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, June 20, 2012. (Chris Roussakis/QMI ...

  • Thief stole purse from dead woman Cops

    Toronto Police released this image of a suspect wanted in connection with the theft of a purse from a dead woman at a subway station. TORONTO -- Toronto Police believe they know the identity of a female who stole a dead woman's purse at a subway station during Wednesday morning's rush-hour. Police investigating the theft at College Station have a suspect "identified but not ...

  • NASA investing in 3-D food printer for astronauts

    View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Tourists take pictures of a NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos ...

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