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Undoing Your Daily Damage to the Earth, for a Price - New York Times

Driven by rising concern over climate change, the consumer market for carbon offsets has been growing significantly.

Giving to Charity, Through Real Estate - New York Times

A way to help a cause, save on taxes and maybe still get a monthly check.

Cars - Internet Service - Web Browsing - New York Times

While the mobile route to the information superhighway has some detours, surfing the Web as a passenger in a car may someday become second nature.

Oil Spill Spreads in San Francisco Bay - New York Times

Challenged by strong winds and tides, cleanup crews struggled Friday to contain the spill as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for the area.

Experts Discuss Engineering Feats, Like Space Mirrors, to Slow Climate Change - New York Times

At a conference on “geoengineering,” scientists examined artificial techniques to cool the earth, a subject that many experts have been reluctant to discuss.

In DNA Era, New Worries About Prejudice - New York Times

Research is exploring how DNA explains racial differences, but it could give discredited prejudices a new potency.

Cell phone jammers raise question: who controls the airwaves?

PhysOrg news: Cell phone jammers raise question: who controls the airwaves?

Researchers successfully simulate photosynthesis and design a better leaf

PhysOrg news: Researchers successfully simulate photosynthesis and design a better leaf

The world's smallest double slit experiment

PhysOrg news: The world's smallest double slit experiment

Do-Gooders Gather Tech Museum Awards

Get the latest in science news, including space, physics, planet earth, discoveries, NASA, satellites, and space travel from Wired.com

Pentagon Forecast: Cloudy, 80% Chance of Riots | Danger Room from Wired.com

The Pentagon is paying Lockheed Martin to try to predict insurgencies and civil unrest like the weather. It's part of a larger military effort to blend forecasting software with social

Greenup of the Planet Is Not Black-and-White

Get the latest in science news, including space, physics, planet earth, discoveries, NASA, satellites, and space travel from Wired.com

Wired News - AP News

Read the latest AP Technology News and how the digital world is shaping business, entertainment, communications and culture on Wired.com.

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The uninvited guest: Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise, leaving military chiefs red-faced | the Daily Mail

American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board

Ming Dynasty Meets Soda Can

Great porcelain pieces created by Lei Xue to look like soda cans. Chinese middle ages artistry meets modern time beverage. Source: Detterer ...

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Russia to create new spacecraft: Roskosmos chief | Science | Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has launched a project to create a new generation of spacecraft and boosters, the head of national space administration said on Friday, making clear that they would not appear