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Sep 20

"If we don’t raise the debt ceiling, we’ll be deadbeats"

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Ecuador Exposes Rain Forest and its Inhabitants to Oil Extraction Effort

Ecuador Exposes Rain Forest and its Inhabitants to Oil Extraction Effort…

Apr 18

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Helping a Small Town Recover After a Texas Plant Explosion

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World Mar 09

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Fukushima Survivor: ‘I’ve Hardly Smiled This Whole Year’

Carl Pillitteri was one of 38 Americans at the Fukushima plant when the earthquake hit. Describing the "demonic" sounds he heard and the pit of fear he felt inside the turbine building that day, Pillteri recently spoke with Alex Chadwick,…

Health Jul 26

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A Day in the Life of Japan’s ‘Nuclear Gypsies’

More than 2,500 contract workers, lured by the promise of guaranteed work during an economic downturn, brave dangerously high radiation at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant.

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Jul 20

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Indonesian Plant Shows Promise for Male Birth Control

A plant that reduces fertility, long used by Indonesian men, is being tested as a possible daily male birth control pill.

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Mar 29

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Revisiting Chernobyl: A Nuclear Disaster Site of Epic Proportions

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The nuclear crisis in Japan has renewed interest in the 1986 nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl in Ukraine. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien travels to the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, which is approaching its 25th anniversary.

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Mar 23

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After Japan Crisis, What’s Next for U.S. Nuclear Policy, Plants?

As Japan struggles to bring the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor under control, new questions are surfacing on where U.S. nuclear development stands. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports.

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Mar 23

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Elevated Radiation Levels Detected in Tokyo Tap Water

Japanese officials warned Tokyo residents to avoid giving tap water to infants after tests revealed radiation levels exceeded safe limits. Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on the latest problem stemming from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.

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Mar 18

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Japan’s Crises: A Critical First Week

Review of the events following the devastating earthquake that struck Japan a week ago.

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