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Florida to Buy Sugar Maker in Bid to Restore EvergladesClewiston, Fla. - In a deal that environmental groups said would be the largest ecological restoration in the country’s history, a plan for the state to buy the nation’s largest producer of cane sugar was announced Tuesday by the governor and officials of U.S. Sugar Corporation. |
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Virgin unveils spaceship designsEngland - Virgin Galactic has released the final design of the launch system that will take fare-paying passengers into space. |
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Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the SkyGrenoble, France - Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from falling raindrops into electricity that can be used to power sensors and other electronics devices. |
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GM to make biofuel out of garbageDetroit, MI - General Motors is planning on making biofuel with garbage at a cost of less than a dollar a gallon, the company's chief has said. |
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Moon Probe Captures ‘Earth-rise’ in High DefinitionJapan/Moon - A Japanese moon probe has replicated the famous Apollo-era "Earth-rise" photograph with modern high-definition imaging. |
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I touched a UFO: ex-air force pilotUSA - A group of former pilots who have recounted seeing strange phenomena in the sky has demanded the US government reopen an investigation into UFOs. |
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Cloning Could Save Ancient RedwoodsSAN GERONIMO, California - An arborist on a mission to preserve and restore Northern California's towering redwoods has begun taking cuttings that he hopes can be used to make genetic clones of the ancient trees. |
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Europe floats future space ideasEurope/USA - A mission could be launched before the end of the next decade to put a balloon on Titan, the hazy Saturnian moon. |
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Fall Foliage: Why Leaves Change ColorUSA - For years, scientists have studied how leaves prepare for the annual show of fall color. The molecules behind bright yellows and oranges are well understood, but brilliant reds remain a bit of a mystery. |
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Torture Has a Long History … of Not WorkingWisconsin and Oregon, USA - From the dingy dungeons of the Dark Ages to today's shadowy holding facilities, the use of torture as an interrogation tactic has evolved little and possibly yielded even less, in terms of intelligence. |
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Chatty cavemen? Me Neanderthal, talk goodLeipzig, Germany - Neanderthals might have spoken just like humans do now, new genetic findings suggest. |
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Make electricity from rubbishNew Zealand - A company promoting using the contents of household rubbish bins to generate electricity says it can make a contribution to the Government's energy strategy. |
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