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  • Climate change to affect fruits, nuts

    2011-05-30 07:54

    Climate change is expected to alter the global fruits and nuts industry dramatically as crops such as pistachios and cherries struggle amid rising temperatures, researchers said.

  • Ugly, cheaper fish to rescue threatened species

    2011-05-30 07:54

    Converts to Italy's Slow Food movement can see past a few poisonous spines and bulging eyes: The scorpion fish and needlefish may be ugly but they are cheap, sustainable and taste fantastic.

  • Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes

    2011-05-30 09:50

    When Bob Krause turned 90 last week, it was by virtue of an unflagging determination and a mentality of precision that kept his body humming after being diagnosed with diabetes as a boy.

  • EU health body says German E. coli outbreak serious

    2011-05-29 16:38

    An E. coli outbreak in Germany which has infected more than 270 people and killed at least five is one of the biggest of its kind worldwide and the largest ever in Germany, European health experts said on Saturday.

  • US scientists develop new clean energy technology

    2011-05-27 14:52

    US scientists have developed a new clean energy known as Direct Methanol Fuel Cell for future Pentagon and commercial applications, it was announced on Thursday.

  • Shuttle crew make history on final spacewalk

    2011-05-27 14:24

    One of NASA's most experienced spacewalkers paired with its newest on Friday for the space shuttle program's last servicing call outside the International Space Station.

  • Parts of moon interior as wet as Earth's upper mantle

    2011-05-27 11:19

    Parts of the moon's interior contain as much water as the upper mantle of the Earth - 100 times more of the precious liquid than measured before

  • Google takes wraps off pay-by-phone system

    2011-05-27 07:10

    US shoppers soon will be able to use mobile phones to pay for things at the checkout counter under a system unveiled by Google Inc and other major companies.

  • Farthest explosion found at edge of cosmos?

    2011-05-26 17:45

    A group of researchers claim they've identified the most distant explosion ever detected, an ultrapowerful blast more than 13 billion light years away from Earth.

  • Shuttle crew reinspects ship for damage

    2011-05-26 16:41

    The shuttle Endeavour astronauts scanned their ship on Thursday for damage from micrometeoroid impacts in advance of departing the International Space Station on Sunday for a return to Earth.

  • Another woman dies of mysterious virus in ROK

    2011-05-26 16:12

    A pregnant woman has died of pneumonia related to an unidentified virus, nearly 15 days after the same cause brought about the first fatality in South Korea, local media reported Thursday.

  • Space shuttle commander talks to wife almost daily

    2011-05-26 13:45

    Space shuttle Endeavour commander Mark Kelly says he talks to his wife wounded congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords almost daily by phone.

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