TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Haiti's Efforts to Save Trees Falters GRAND COLLINE, Haiti (AP) -- Far from the spreading slums of the Haitian capital, past barren dirt mountains and hillsides stripped to a chalky white core, two woodcutters bring down a towering oak tree in one of the few forested valleys left in the Caribbean country.... hosted.ap.org |
Grand Canyon Still Grand but Older By dating mineral deposits inside caves along the canyon’s walls, geologists now claim the canyon’s formation began 11 million years earlier than previous estimates. nytimes.com |
An Appraisal: For Clarke, Issues of Faith, but Tackled Scientifically Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction was religious in the largest sense of religion: speculating about beginnings and endings, and how we get from one to the other. nytimes.com |
Researchers predict active Atlantic hurricane season A noted hurricane research team warned of a "well above average" storm season in the northwest Atlantic with 15 tropical storms, including eight hurricanes, half of them major, according to media reports Thursday. The University of ... english.people.com.cn |
Hair of the dog keeps children's allergies at bay LONDON (Reuters) - Having a dog in the house reduces the risk that young children will develop allergies, German researchers said on Tuesday. feeds.reuters.com |