May 6, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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When one marine paleoecologist was mining through vast amounts of genetic data from the Black Sea sediment record, he was amazed about the variety of past plankton species that left behind their genetic makeup (i.e., the plankton paleome). Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 6, 2013
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Neutron stars, the ultra-dense cores left behind after massive stars collapse, contain the densest matter known in the Universe outside of a black hole. New results have provided one of the most reliable determinations yet of the relation between the radius of a neutron star and its mass. These results constrain how nuclear matter – protons and neutrons, and their constituent quarks – interact under the extreme conditions found in neutron stars. Continue reading
December 16, 2012
by Andrew Wetzler
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Andrew Wetzler, Director, Land & Wildlife Program, Chicago
Now that the world’s delegates have returned home from climate negotiations in Doha, many ministries are turning their attention to other international environmental agree… Continue reading
December 6, 2011
by Reduce
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Mattresses, dining chairs, cell phones and even a small red guitar with its neck snapped – these were just a few of the items that made up the 25 tons of debris left by Occupy Los Angeles protesters who were evicted from their encampment last week, the LA Times reported. None of the discards, which [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 4, 2010
by Kaid Benfield
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Not long ago I had the honor of appearing on a panel with Angela Glover Blackwell, the founder and CEO of PolicyLink. I think we had met briefly before, and I had long been a fan, but we really hadn’t had a chance to get to know each other…. Continue reading
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