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April 28, 2009
While doctors do not know why asthma rates are higher in cities, they can treat the disease using medication and allergy shots.
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April 27, 2009
As swine flu appears across North America and various parts of the world, officials are attempting to explain and contain this disease.
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April 20, 2009
Galileo Gelilei’s 400-year-old telescope arrived at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia from its home in Florence, Italy.
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April 20, 2009
Having both experienced serious illnesses, Dana Jennings and his son, Owen, have created a bond that is much different from what they have with the rest of their family.
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March 19, 2009
A submarine volcano near the main island of Tonga is becoming a tourist attraction as it sends smoke and ash high into the sky.
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March 17, 2009
Fifty-nine-year-old Mark Spindel is faced with difficult choices after a diagnosis of prostate cancer.
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March 04, 2009
The mountain gorillas in Eastern Congo stand to benefit from the recent departure of rebels under General Laurent Nkunda.
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February 19, 2009
On the Island of Oahu, the Nature Conservancy has teamed up with the state of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii to create a novel means of algae removal. They call their creation the "Supersucker".
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February 12, 2009
Carl Zimmer visits Dr. Roger Hanlon in his lab at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.
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February 09, 2009
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species," the Times profiles Richard Milner, a singing Darwinian ...
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February 09, 2009
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species," the Times profiles Richard Milner, a ...
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February 03, 2009
The latest version of Google Earth gives a new look at the oceans, which cover 66 percent of the planet. (Courtesy Google)
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February 03, 2009
A look at the Aral Sea over time, using Google Earth. (Courtesy Google).
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January 26, 2009
Scientists from the U.S., Canada and Russia race to map the Arctic Ocean under the looming deadline of a UN treaty. Adapted from a one hour documentary on CBC-TV.
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January 17, 2009
A new generation of scientists are using is using their own children in their research.
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December 15, 2008
Carol M. Browner, was named on Monday to the new position of White House coordinator for energy and environment. Barack Obama also said that he was nominating Steven Chu as Energy secretary.
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November 25, 2008
The environmental strategist Michael Shellenberger gave up working with activist groups to campaign for a new, market-oriented and technology-driven environmentalism.
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November 25, 2008
The U.S.S. Oriskany was sunk in 2006 as an artificial reef. Despite environmental issues, it is now a popular diving spot.
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November 25, 2008
Scientists from the Atlantis Marine World aquarium in Riverhead, New York, collect tropical species along the shores of Long Island.
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November 25, 2008
Times science reporter John Schwartz and Rutgers University physics demonstrator Dave Maiullo explain the power of standing waves.
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