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EPA Proposal on Power Plant Emissions May Be Regulation ‘Launching Point’

EPA Proposal on Power Plant Emissions May Be Regulation 'Launching Point'…

UPDATE: Claims of alien life called into question

Photo by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Updated Sept. 20 at 4:45 EDT: It's looking more and more likely that the 'biological material' the scientists found probably didn't come from outer space. Phil Plait, writing in Slate, calls the…

Should drivers pay a mileage tax for every mile driven? Some Oregonians say yes.

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Super typhoon Usagi bears down on Hong Kong

The strongest storm of the year, with winds of up to 160 miles per hour, is on track to make landfall this Sunday. Super Typhoon Usagi grew from being a tropical storm to a category five hurricane…

How to Live Micro: Home Life in Under 350 Square Feet

By Kristin Miller

While more and more people are living alone, the costs of rent and real estate are soaring. So cities like New York and Vancouver are trying to get the most out of some of the apartment space they do have,…

Study: Antibacterial hand soaps are changing the makeup of life in urban streams

The Chicago river Photo by flickr user yuan2003 Triclosan, the chemical that gives many antibacterial soaps their germ-killing abilities, is collecting in streams and altering the balance of naturally occurring bacteria, according to a study of…

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