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

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• about 5 hours 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
• about 21 hours 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

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• about 15 hours 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

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China mulling new air quality regulations view story

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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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Greenpeace races to reach disintegrating glacier view story

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• 2 days ago
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Our ship, The Arctic Sunrise is currently heading north along the west coast of Greenland in a race against time. It's destination is the disintegrating Petermann Glacier, but to reach the glacier our ship must pass through the Nares Strait, which could b

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U.S. carbon tariffs, still long way off, draw Asia ire view story

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By David Stanway and Krittivas Mukherjee BEIJING/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India lashed out on Friday at the possibility of tariffs slapped on carbon-intensive exports, even though analysts said proposed U.S. measures were years away and would...

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Top 5 Awesomely Bizarre Modern Homes view story

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List includes a cube home, one in a forest, a see-through home, one made from containers and bamboo and another that is situated almost on a river.

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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Climate change is shrinking sheep view story

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Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research.

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Like a Wool Sweater, Scottish Sheep Shrink As Climate Heats Up || Discover Magazine view story

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Don't be alarmed, but on a remote island in Scotland the sheep are shrinking.Instead of gradually increasing in size as expected due to evolution, the average weight of the wild sheep has decreased as average temperatures heat up.

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Mystery Solved About Dangerous ‘Blind’ Faults view story

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It's a mystery of earthquakes that takes a deadly toll on humans: faults buried several miles deep in Earth's crust breed more damaging earthquakes than their surface counterparts. Over the years.

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