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United Nations to Adopt Asteroid Defense Plan
10/31/2013Earth is not prepared for the threat of hazardous rocks from space, say astronauts who helped formulate the U.N. measures
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Futuristic LED-Lit Hovenring Bicycle Path Hovers Over Eindhoven Car Traffic
10/31/2013Not only a community-centric solution to the city’s transportation issues, the Hovenring is also a true architectural novelty.
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Barnacles Eating Plastic A Sign Of Our Synthetic Times
10/30/2013“There is a little tiny piece of plastic spread out over thousands upon thousands of miles of the open ocean really far away from land. It is really an enormous problem.”
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Adidas Becomes First Collegiate Outfitter to Sign Bangladesh Accord
10/30/2013Adidas’s announcement is all the more surprising because of its strained relationship with labor-rights activists.
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As China’s demand for grain rises, its water tables drop
10/29/2013“Throughout our lifetimes irrigated areas were increasing, but now they’re beginning to decline.”
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Sailor’s discovery: ‘The ocean is dead’
10/29/2013“They just trawled that reef day and night and stripped it of every living thing.”
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Arctic Warming Unprecedented in Last 44,000 Years: Scientific American
10/28/2013Moss and other indicators suggest the current Arctic meltdown is unique in recent geologic history
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Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung Volcano Erupts, Villages Covered In Thick Ash
10/28/2013A volcano in western Indonesia erupted on Thursday…
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Sealeaf: Floating hydroponic system could provide food for coastal megacities
10/25/2013London-based designers believe the sea is where urban food should be grown.
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Hurricane Raymond Forces Some Mexicans To Evacuate
10/25/2013Authorities moved hundreds of people from isolated mountain communities and low-lying shore areas as a strong Hurricane Raymond loomed off Mexico’s already storm-battered southern Pacific coast.
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