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Nobel Prize Winner John Nash Dies
Nobel Prize-winning US mathematician John Nash, who inspired the film “A Beautiful Mind,” was killed with his wife in a car crash.
Half of Mozambique’s Elephant Population Gone
Poachers have killed nearly half of Mozambique’s elephants for their ivory in the past five years, the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society said Tuesday.
Why do we Torture?
The release of a damning congressional report on CIA torture programs during the "war against terror" from 2002 to 2008 has raised questions about this practice.
Why do we Torture?
The release of a damning congressional report on CIA torture programs during the "war against terror" from 2002 to 2008 has raised questions about this practice.
Inactive Volcano Booms to Life in Chile
A volcano in Chile that had been inactive for over 50 years suddenly erupted twice in the space of hours, blasting huge clouds of ash into the air and forcing the evacuation of around 5,000 people.
Latest in Bicycle Safety Technology
When Volvo recently launched a new product aimed at making bikers more visible to vehicles, some in the bike world barked, saying that Volvo was blaming the victims instead of the drivers of their cars
Evidence of Pre-Columbus Trade in Alaska
Bronze artefacts discovered in a 1,000-year-old house in Alaska suggest trade was occurring between East Asia and the New World centuries before the voyages of Columbus.
Zombie Bacteria
Bacteria killed with silver can destroy living bacterial strains through a novel mechanism dubbed the zombie effect, a new study has found.
Weight Loss Maybe in the Genes
Some women may get more benefit than others from doing the same type of exercise, and genes are part of the reason why, a new study finds.
Medieval Nightmare of Scurvy
A Medieval teenage girl found buried face-down last year in northern Italy suffered from scurvy and was rejected by her community, according to new study of her burial.
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