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Ten thousand flowers in spring the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life.

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Lawmakers urge CO2 cut targets for rich nations.

News – Lawmakers from G8 rich countries and five emerging economies including China agreed on Sunday that developed countries should pledge to cut CO2 emissions by 25-40 percent by 2020.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 10:44am

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Can Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crisis?

Science – Scientists at the Department of Agriculture's research campus in Beltsville, Md., are simulating how increased levels of carbon dioxide will affect how weeds grow 30 or 40 years from now.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 10:29am

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Cluster listens to the sounds of Earth

Science – The first thing an alien race is likely to hear from Earth is chirps and whistles, a bit like R2-D2, the robot from Star Wars. In reality, they are the sounds that accompany the aurora. Now ESA's Cluster mission is showing scientists how to understand this emission and, in the future, search for alien worlds by listening for their sounds.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 10:20am

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100 Years of Space Rock: The Tunguska Impact

Science – At around 7:17 on the morning of June 30, 1908, a man based at the trading post at Vanavara in Siberia is sitting on his front porch. In a moment, 40 miles from the center of an immense blast of unknown origin, he will be hurled from his chair and the heat will be so intense he will feel as though his shirt is on fire.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 10:12am

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What's Behind the Crazy Shapes of Fruits and Vegetables?

Science – Crop scientists at Ohio State University have cloned a gene that controls the shape of tomatoes - a discovery that could help unravel the mystery behind the huge morphological differences among edible fruits and vegetables as well as provide new insight into mechanisms of plant development.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 10:09am

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In Search Of A Better Air Conditioner

Gadgets & Tech – In this challenge there is no prize, but there could be a big payoff for big box retailers, utilities and air conditioner manufacturers. It's called the "Western Cooling Challenge" in which University of California, Davis, researchers have enlisted cooling system manufacturers to build a better air conditioner.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 10:04am

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Water Found in Space Rock [pic]

Science – What would you do if it rained blue water from space? On 1998 March 22, no umbrella was needed, as the blue water came attached to a stony meteorite that landed in Monahans, Texas.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 10:03am

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Barefoot Lifestyle Has Its Dangers

Health & Fitness – Going barefoot is one of the simple pleasures of summer, but some who doff their shoes and socks suffer injuries such as cuts and puncture wounds. In some cases, those injuries develop infections that require surgery.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 09:59am

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The hollow boast of the smoking ban

Health & Fitness – Last year a leading health insurance company claimed that the English smoking ban would "enable village and town pubs across the UK to play an even more integral role in community life". Today that boast raises a hollow laugh as village after village and town after town lose their pubs.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 29, 2008 09:52am

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Oak Ridge pegged for national ecological network

Science – Dozens of instruments to be deployed on the Oak Ridge Reservation and other sites around the nation will provide valuable information related to climate change, biodiversity and invasive species, infectious diseases and other areas of interest.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2008 04:13pm

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Scientists to Map Cocoa Genome To Save Chocolate

Science – U.S. government scientists aim to safeguard the world's chocolate supply by dissecting the genome of the cocoa, or cacao, bean in a five-year project that begins today.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2008 04:12pm

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Life Survived Catastrophic Space Rock Impact

Science – The true impact of an asteroid or comet crashing near the Chesapeake Bay 35 million years ago has been examined in detail for the first time. The analysis reveals the resilience of life in the aftermath of disaster.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 26, 2008 04:10pm

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Scientists identify possible Alzheimer's gene

Science – Scientists have identified a gene that may raise the risk of getting the most common kind of Alzheimer's disease by about 45 percent in people who inherit a certain form of it.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 10:32pm

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Liver Drug May Help Exhausted Spacewalkers

Science – Future astronauts might better endure exhausting spacewalks with the help of a handy liver drug. The drug captures free radical molecules produced during heavy exercise that could damage muscle tissue and cause fatigue for spacewalkers already facing the muscle-wasting effect of weightlessness.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 10:31pm

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One in Twelve Americans have Diabetes

Health & Fitness – A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that the number of Americans with diabetes has risen to more than 24 million people, or roughly eight percent of the U.S. population. This data indicates, now more than ever, the growing importance of the management and prevention of diabetes.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 10:28pm

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