Science
Robot jellyfish pulls hydrogen fuel from water
March 22, 2012An underwater robot has been modeled after a jellyfish, and will be used in rescue efforts and surveillance.
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Sugar: the toxic spoonful
March 16, 2012The people who make Sugar Frosted Flakes were on to something when they dropped "sugar" from the name of their product.
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Size matters re school classes, scientists find
March 8, 2012The class size issue is better given a scientific consideration than a political one.
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Republicans and the corporate attack on science
March 1, 2012Fedoroff and other scientists are positively amazed at the hostility towards scientific proposals put forth to solve many of the problems facing the world today.
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Billionaires back controversial geoengineering methods
February 21, 2012A small unit of climate scientists, supported financially by notable billionaires, is lobbying governments and international organizations to back experiments in geoengineering
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