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Rare Look Inside Baghdad Museum - New York Times

Four years after being stripped by looters, the vast halls of the Baghdad Museum remain dark and deserted.

Gas Terminal Proposed Off New Jersey - New York Times

Exxon Mobil said it plans to build a $1 billion floating natural-gas terminal about 20 miles off the New Jersey coast, a move it thinks could help deflect potential opposition to the project.

China and U.S. in Food Safety Accord - New York Times

The agreement calls for a greater U.S. role in certifying and inspecting Chinese food exports, including an increased presence of American officials at Chinese production plants.

China Said to Block U.S. Films - New York Times

China has stopped granting permission for American films to be shown in its cinemas in an apparent trade dispute with the United States, according to several Hollywood executives and U.S. officials.

Natural Selection - Evolution - Genetics - New York Times

Researchers analyzing variation in the human genome have concluded that human evolution accelerated enormously in the last 40,000 years under the force of natural selection.

Heroin Addiction - Treatment - Naloxone - Medicine and Health - New York Times

Naloxone has lately become a tool for states and cities struggling to reduce stubbornly high death rates among opiate users.

anesthesia Awareness - Awake the Movie - Medicine and Health - New York Times

A new movie brings anesthesia awareness, a rare phenomenon that doctors are still struggling to understand, to life.

Malaria - Vaccine - Mosquitoes - Research - Medicine and Health - New York Times

A controversial effort to stop malaria zeroes in on mosquitoes and the parasites that live inside them.

Whales - Feeding - Dive Deep, Stop Short, Open Wide - New York Times

Scientists are tracking the ocean’s biggest whales to figure out how exactly they get enough food to build their giant bodies.

Alcohol - An Ancient Medicine (Enjoy in Moderation) - Natalie Angier - New York Times

If we humans are congenitally inclined to drink, researchers caution, we are designed to do so only in moderation.

Shinya Yamanaka - Stem Cells - Science - Risk Taking Is in His Genes - New York Times

After years of searching, Shinya Yamanaka found a way to turn adult skin cells into the equivalent of human embryonic stem cells without using an actual embryo.

Scientists develop new measure of 'socioclimactic' risk

PhysOrg news: Scientists develop new measure of 'socioclimactic' risk

Researchers Find New Deep Water Coral

PhysOrg news: Researchers Find New Deep Water Coral

Honda Robots Pair Up to Lend a Hand

PhysOrg news: Honda Robots Pair Up to Lend a Hand

Toshiba Introduces New 10 Year--Quick Charge Industrial Battery

PhysOrg news: Toshiba Introduces New 10 Year--Quick Charge Industrial Battery

New Tibetan Ice Cores Missing A-Bomb Blast Markers; Suggest Himalayan Ice Fields Haven't Grown In Last 50 Years

PhysOrg news: New Tibetan Ice Cores Missing A-Bomb Blast Markers; Suggest Himalayan Ice Fields Haven't Grown In Last 50 Years

Caught in the act: The dynamic dance of enzymes

PhysOrg news: Caught in the act: The dynamic dance of enzymes

Explosives at the microscopic scale produce shocking results

PhysOrg news: Explosives at the microscopic scale produce shocking results

Gallery: Gallery: Time Hackers Tinker With Their Atomic Toys

With home laboratories that rival some national labs, amateur time nuts are using salvaged atomic clocks to get insanely precise time. Take a peek at their collections of clocks, old and new.

Gallery: Up Close and Personal With Future Green Car Tech

Wired News scopes the latest in petroleum-free motoring at the EVS Expo, including a modded Cobra, Mustang and the high-tech parts that make these green cars work.

Amateur Time Hackers Play With Atomic Clocks at Home

Throw out your cuckoo clock! Serious geeks are finding yesterday's super-precise timekeeping gear on the surplus market, and building home laboratories that rival some government labs.

PopSci's Best of What's New 2007

European Automakers Likely to Build Plants in United States - New York Times

The dollar’s falling value is making European automakers eager to build more vehicles in the United States, even as American car companies continue to shift production to other, lower-cost countries.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hold back the geo-engineering tide

Geo-engineering schemes, such as ocean fertilisation, to curb climate change will do more harm than good.

Flabber | Weblog: A Girl Like Me

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