TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Wal-Mart Picks Blu-ray Over HD DVD Blu-ray, the emerging popular choice for the HD DVD market, got another boost when Wal-Mart decided to sell only Blu-ray DVDs in its 4,000 stores. feeds.cbsnews.com |
Irritating odors set off alarms in nose: study CHICAGO (Reuters) - Smells so irritating they make you cough or gag may act upon a single type of cell in the nose that senses caustic chemicals and warns the brain of potential danger, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. feeds.reuters.com |
Rising sales of bottled water trigger strong reaction from U.S. conservationists The U.S. market for bottled water is the largest in the world, worth $11.7 billion last year. Campaigners against the bottling industry accuse it of a multitude of ecological and social sins. iht.com |
Polar Bear Cub Flocke Makes Zoo Debut BERLIN (AP) -- Never mind the burly polar bear Knut, here's the cute new cub Flocke. With all the fanfare of a movie premiere or record release, Nuremberg city and zoo officials on Tuesday introduced Germany's latest winsome polar bear cub to a public eager for its first live glimpse of her.... hosted.ap.org |
In the Garden: Humming Praises for the Wild Bee The bumblebee and other native wild bees are all the more important in the garden now that the population of honeybees is in such decline. nytimes.com |