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US farmers could help cut greenhouse gas: studies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. farmers can play a significant role in curbing greenhouse gas emissions, but more research and greater incentives are needed to make it cost-effective, ...

HK's bad air linked to childhood asthma
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's bad air may be responsible for a significant jump in children being admitted to hospital for asthma, a six-year study has found.

Peru seeks dog breed status for ancient llama herder
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - An ancient Peruvian culture loved its dogs so much it buried them alongside humans and even tossed in some tasty treats for the afterlife. Now, researchers are ...

Human stem cells help blinded rats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Human embryonic stem cells can partly restore vision in blinded rats, and may offer a source of transplants for people with certain eye diseases, researchers ...

World Heritage sites may soon be off tourism map
LONDON (Reuters) - World Heritage sites such as Australia's Great Barrier Reef or Kathmandu in Nepal could be taken off the tourism map by 2020 due to the effects of climate change and ...

U.S. science education lags, study finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Science education in U.S. elementary and middle schools is overly broad and superficial, according to a government report issued on Thursday that also faults ...

Space shuttle Atlantis glides safely back to Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to its Florida home on Thursday, capping a successful mission to resume International Space ...

China panda "tracking" tours court controversy
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese company is running tours which allow groups of tourists to track pandas, an attraction that has disturbed environmentalists, state media reported on ...

Space tourist enjoying her stay, ISS astronaut says
BERLIN (Reuters) - The first female space tourist is enjoying her stay on the International Space Station (ISS) and is passing her time by taking photos of the view, a German ...

Act now on climate change, business leaders told
BERLIN (Reuters) - Business leaders must tackle climate change now before it is too late and not leave the issue to the environmental lobby, an executive at one of Germany's leading ...

Thaw and storms opened channel to North Pole: ESA
PARIS (Reuters) - A warm summer and late storms in the past few months briefly opened a channel in the Arctic ice big enough to allow a ship to sail to the North Pole, the European ...

Brain stimulation produces creepy shadow feeling
LONDON (Reuters) - Stimulating a certain area of the brain can produce a creepy feeling that someone is watching you when no one is, scientists said on Wednesday.

U.S. sees delay in big rise in alternative motor fuels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration says the United States needs an extra 20 years to meet Congress' goal of having almost a third of U.S. motor fuel supply come from ...

Greenland ice sheet melting faster: study
LONDON (Reuters) - Greenland's massive ice sheet is melting much quicker than scientists had estimated and the pace has accelerated lately, according to research published on ...

U.S. study finds fear on-off switch in brain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. researchers said on Wednesday they had identified an "on-off" switch in the brain that controls the emotional response to fear, and said it might some day ...

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