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Venus makes rare trek across Sun

Planet Venus puts on a show for skywatchers worldwide, moving across the face of the Sun in a transit that […]

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Ben Franklin to Invest $342,547 In Regional Economic Development

(1888PressRelease) The Ben Franklin program was created by the state of Pennsylvania to play a leadership role in strengthening regional economies, […]

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Selexis SA and Fusion Antibodies Services Form Partnership to Speed Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Development

(1888PressRelease) Selexis SA, a global life sciences company for drug discovery, cell line development and scale-up to manufacturing of therapeutic proteins, […]

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More Austinites drilling private wells to water lawns

American-Statesman: On a serene street in the Pemberton Heights neighborhood, the pneumatic hammer with its rock-pulverizing bit slams into bare […]

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Exotic diseases from warmer climates gain foothold in the US

ClimateWire: Diseases once thought to be rare or exotic in the United States are gaining a presence and getting new […]

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Fifa alarm at painkiller ‘abuse’

Fifa’s chief medical officer says that players in tournaments are putting their long-term health at risk by taking too many […]

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Rapid Protect Boosts Collaboration Features in Its Industry Leading Mobile Applications For Family Tracking, Safety and Security Monitoring

(1888PressRelease) Rapid Protect announced availability of many new features to its industry leading Rapid Protect and Rapid Tracker mobile applications for […]

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iGoDigital to Showcase New Innovations in Personalization at Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition 2012

(1888PressRelease) Guided selling and product recommendation provider to highlight new products, Guided Search and Segment Builder, at the upcoming conference.

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Nathan Jurczyk of Merchant Services Irvine Announces $500 Donation to the American Cancer Society

(1888PressRelease) Founded in 1995, Merchant Services Irvine is a leading provider of e-commerce solutions to businesses throughout the United States. Recognized […]

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Power plants affected by climate change

United Press International: Nuclear and coal-fired electrical plants are vulnerable to climate change, U.S. researchers say, as water used to […]

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Open Tree of Life Project Draws In Every Twig and Leaf

New York Times: In 1837, Charles Darwin opened a notebook and drew a simple tree with a few branches. Each […]

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Venus to put on Sun spectacular

Planet Venus is set to move across the face of the Sun as viewed from Earth – a very rare […]

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Race to Map Africa’s Forgotten Glaciers Before They Melt

Climate Central: Ptolemy thought they were the source of the Nile and called them theMountains of the Moon because of […]

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Even our electricity is vulnerable to climate change

Washington Post: Most modern power plants have a hidden weakness. They need water to stay cool. Lots of water. In […]

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How tiny insects survive the rain

Mosquitoes are so tiny that they become combined with raindrops as they fall and are left unharmed, footage reveals.

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ProjStream participates in Chase and LivingSocial "Mission: Small Business" Grant Program

(1888PressRelease) “ProjStream’s programs and services benefit the community with business activities that perfectly fit Chase and LivingSocial’s specific mission”.

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Xybion Corporation has been selected to present at the Conference for Management and Use of Electronic Systems in Pre-Clinical Studies in Beijing

(1888PressRelease) Carlos Frade, Vice President of R&D Solutions, will be presenting, and participating as a session panelist at the Conference for […]

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Australia: Queensland dismisses UN report that reef is ‘at risk’

Independent: Across the globe, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is recognised as one of the world’s natural wonders. But in Queensland, […]

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United Kingdom: Ghastly, lethal to birds – but a necessary evil

Independent: There aren’t that many genuine hard cases in the environment, where both sides have right on their side, but […]

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Clarity urged over green policies

Ministers must send clear signals that they believe in new forms of green technology if they want firms to invest […]

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Battered by erosion and facing global warming, some places are moving back from the sea

Associated Press: Years of ferocious storms have threatened to gnaw away the western tip of a popular beachfront park two […]

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Preserving the remainder of Ghana’s dwindling rain forests

Ghana Web: Years ago, some of us predicted that if urgent steps weren’t taken to protect the remainder of Ghana’s […]

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United Kingdom: Poorer neighbourhoods better for bees

Telegraph: The findings show suggest that the tendency to keep up appearances in richer neighbourhoods by carefully manicuring lawns and […]

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Boston Cosmetic Surgery center introduces ChestSculpt for treatment of Gynecomastia

(1888PressRelease) Edwin Ishoo, MD, a cosmetic surgeon in Marshfield and Brookline, Massachusetts area, is pleased to offer ChestSculpt, a new Real […]

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Rio closes its massive garbage dump

Associated Press: One of the world’s largest open-air landfills, a vast, seaside mountain of trash where thousands of people have […]

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EU aviation carbon spat seen unlikely to reach World Trade Organization

Reuters: Countries that oppose the European Union’s move to include airlines in its scheme to control carbon emissions would find […]

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In Louisiana, rising seas threaten Native Americans’ land

Public Broadcasting Service: MARGARET WARNER: Now: Coping With Climate Change. In this edition of our series, Hari Sreenivasan reports from […]

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New Mexico’s record-setting wildfires deepen trend of devastating ‘megafires’

Guardian: The first Shane Wolfe saw of the wildfire now raging through the New Mexico wilderness was from a helicopter […]

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Warwick, New York Designated An Appalachian Trail Community

(1888PressRelease) The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) will celebrate the official designation of Warwick, New York as its newest Appalachian Trail Community™ […]

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Localscope Now Supports Yelp

(1888PressRelease) Localscope, the location browser for the iPhone, in its newest version is adding the much awaited source, Yelp to its […]

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