May 2013 archives
- EU to ban pesticides in bee scare
- ‘Most Earth-like’ planets discovered
- New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage
- New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
- U.N. overwhelmingly approves global arms trade treaty
- Safer vaccine created without virus
- China, world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, will tax carbon
- New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in Australia
- Lenses found to ‘cure colour-blindness’
- Gorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National Park
- From the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comeback
- Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Totally blind mice get sight back
- Obama triples area of protected California coastline
- Asahi’s auto glass blocks UV, filters out IR rays
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- Earth’s nearest solar neighborhood has a habitable planet
- Obama ‘backs assault weapons ban’
- Human immune system proteins shown to suppress HIV
- This week, a shark sanctuary the size of Australia has been established
- New Microscopy Technique Can See The Lengths Of Atomic Bonds
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- New radio telescope to watch for solar flares
- Canada introduces new rules to curb future vehicle emissions
- Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
- Mind-controlled helicopter aids concentration
- Australia outlaws illegally-logged wood from abroad
- Fighting cancer with cell phones
- ‘Super-Earth’ exoplanet spotted 42 light-years away
- Amputee Climbs 103 Stories Using Mind-Controlled Bionic Leg
- First liver cancer ‘chemo-bath’ in the UK
- Tokelau islands shift to 100% solar energy
- Victories for Marriage Equality and First Openly Gay U.S. Senator
- Want to be happier? Stay in the moment
- Another city in BC bans shark fins
- Lucas Giving Disney’s Billions To Fund Education
- New opportunity for rapid treatment of malaria
- EU on track to exceed Kyoto emissions goal
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
- Fear can be erased from the brain before its memory has been formed
- Costa Rica’s Shark Finning Ban Signed By President Chinchilla
- Enjoyment of life ‘key to living longer’
- Scientists uncover gene behind skin disease
- Philippines and Muslim rebels sign key peace plan
- New Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to Life
- SpaceX launches station cargo
- Energy from Solar Power now Cheaper than Fossil Fuels in 105 Countries
- Tesla Unveils Solar Powered Charging Stations
- Jaguar conservation gets a boost in North and Central America
- Europe Now Creates Enough Solar Power to Fuel Austria
- Vancouver council makes ‘historic’ move toward shark fin ban
- Robots join the fight against cancer
- U.N. hails 25-year ozone treaty for preventing disaster
- Canada will no longer oppose global fight against asbestos
- New monkey species discovered in Africa
- ‘Stem cell hope’ for deaf people
- Australia Acts To Stop Super-Trawler
- Pakistan and India strike new visa deal easing travel
- Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific bans shark fins as air cargo
- Brazil humpback population on the rebound
- Deaf girl fitted with bionic ear speaks her first word
- Puppet experiment suggests humans are born to be fair
- Obama Hikes Fuel Efficiency to 54.5 MPG by 2025
- Hurdle cleared on total ban on child labour in India
- Bill Nye the Science Guy asks parents not to raise creationist kids
- Pairing ‘angels’ with cancer patients
- Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Saved From illegal Logging
- Myanmar government abolishes direct media censorship
- Johnson & Johnson Announces a Ban on Harmful Chemicals in Products
- Madagascar Gets Biggest Lemur Park
- Male contraceptive pill ‘step closer’ after mice studies
- Nanaimo latest B.C. municipality to ban shark fin
- Spotting Cancer Cells in Blood With a 27-Picosecond Camera
- Community-Owned Solar Power on the Rise in the U.S.
- How Some Food Retailers Are Coming to the Rescue of Pigs
- U.S. carbon emissions lowest since 1992
- Southeast Asia’s largest lowland rainforest spared from new land concessions
- Gale Crater: Geological ‘sweet shop’ awaits Mars rover
- Company Designs Bottle From Great Pacific Garbage Patch Debris
- Human Rights Court Rules in Favor of Community Over Ecuadorian Government
- Turkmenistan to plant huge forest in Aral Sea region
- London’s Eco-Friendly Olympic Games
- Seth Shostak: ET is (probably) out there—get ready
- Google Unveils Ultrafast Web Service
- Conservationists pledge to double number of tiny buffalo
- Quebecers cut plastic bag use in half
- Hope for more effective TB treatment
- Genetic entrepreneur to compete in Genomics X Prize
- Buddha tree alive and healthy at age 2,500
- Gene therapy nears approval in Europe
- Green plants reduce street pollution 8 times more than previously believed
- Scientists Develop Method to Reduce Farmers’ Use of Nitrogen Fertilizer
- ‘Air’ Batteries Could Energize Evs
- City council votes 13-2 to ban sale, possession of shark fins
- KFC-Indonesia suspends purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper due to deforestation
- Portugal commissions world’s first Nissan Leaf electric car police fleet
- A sporting victory for equal rights
- Vaccine and antibiotics stabilized so refrigeration is not needed
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