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Ug99: Will Wheat Rust Cause A Catastrophic Global Famine? view story

• Submitted by Revelation1217
• about 16 hours ago
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Will a wheat rust that the vast majority of Americans have never heard of lead to a catastrophic global famine?

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Scientists Tour the Creationism Museum view story

• Submitted by VioletPlanet
• about 21 hours ago
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• Became popular about 5 hours ago

"And there was a feeling of unhappiness, too, about the extent to which mainstream scientists and evolutionists are demonized -- that if you don't accept the Answers in Genesis vision of the history of Earth and life, you're contributing to the ills of so

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R.I.P Michael Jackson | Facebook view story

• Submitted by jolinarodriguez
• about 14 hours ago
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Welcome to the official Facebook Page of R.I.P Michael Jackson. Get exclusive content and interact with R.I.P Michael Jackson right from Facebook. Join Facebook to create your own Page or to start connecting with friends.

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15 European companies and institutes partner on efficient OLED lighting in a 30M$ project view story

• Submitted by mertero
• about 10 hours ago
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• Became popular about 8 hours ago

The OLED100.eu project is a 30M$ European 3-year OLED lighting project. The project manager presents updates, new lamp prototypes and info on this new tech.

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Gizmodo - Kindle DX Review - kindle dx view story

• Submitted by elwin
• about 21 hours ago
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Kindle DX is the true heir to the Kindle throne, but whether Amazon's ebook kingdom is growing or shrinking depends on the next wave of books—textbooks. In the meantime, bigger screen, cool new tricks...

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The Magic Frog view story

• Submitted by vladimirovac
• 1 day ago
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• Became popular about 11 hours ago

One day in the great forest a magical frog was walking down to a water hole. This forest was so big that the frog had never seen another animal in all his life.

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Environment Groups Find Less Support on Court view story

• Submitted by lellingw
• about 23 hours ago
• (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04...)
• Became popular about 14 hours ago

Environmental groups lost all five of their cases before the Supreme Court last term, a trend scholars see continuing as the court moves to the right.

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Fears for the world's poor countries as the rich grab land to grow food view story

• Submitted by adrian67
• about 23 hours ago
• (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environ...)
• Became popular about 17 hours ago

The acquisition of farmland from the world's poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size of Europe's farmland targeted in the last six months, reports from UN officials and...

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NJ man says bear mugged him for sandwich view story

• Submitted by calinazaret
• 1 day ago
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A northwestern New Jersey man says he was mugged in his driveway by a sandwich-craving bear.

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Loss of World's Seagrass Beds seen Accelerating view story

• Submitted by VioletPlanet
• 1 day ago
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• Became popular about 21 hours ago

MIAMI (Reuters) - The world's seagrass meadows, a critical habitat for marine life and profit-maker for the fishing industry, are in decline due to coastal development and the losses are accelerating,

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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Honeybee mobs overpower hornets view story

• Submitted by gbudavid
• 1 day ago
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Bees smother hornets in a "bee ball" that kills the giant predators with heat and carbon dioxide.

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Animals taking pictures view story

• Submitted by GerryBot
• 1 day ago
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A set of photos of cute animals with cameras - a light-hearted, fun gallery.

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Vitamin D Deficiencies view story

• Submitted by pffffffth
• 1 day ago
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Research has linked low levels of vitamin D to cancers of the colon, ovaries, prostate, and breast among other maladies.

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A requiem to Louder Than Words… view story

• Submitted by gpsea
• 2 days ago
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China mulling new air quality regulations view story

• Submitted by jcscher
• 2 days ago
• (http://www.reuters.com/article/en...)
• Became popular 1 day ago

By Emma Graham-Harrison BEIJING (Reuters) - China is considering new air quality regulations as it looks to build on its success clearing Beijing's skies during the Olympics, environmental officials from the capital said on Friday. Beijing's claim...

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