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Serious Blow to Dark Matter Theories?

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New study finds mysterious lack of dark matter in Sun’s neighbourhood The most accurate study so far of the motions of stars in the Milky Way has found no evidence for dark matter in a large volume around the Sun. According to widely accepted theories, the solar neighbourhood was expected to be filled with dark [...]

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Japanese Trying to Stabilize Radioactive Fuel Pools, But are Moving too Slowly … By a Decade

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Via Global Research Scientists say that the big Japanese earthquake last year has increased the chance of a big earthquake near the Fukushima reactors. The Wall Street Journal reported in February:  The heft from last year’s powerful March 11 earthquake shocked a sleeping fault line close to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant back to life, according to a new scientific study. [...]

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Penguin Census, Completed from Space, Offers Surprises

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A new study by the National Science Foundation using satellite mapping technology reveals there are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring the impact of environmental change on the population of this iconic bird, which breeds in remote areas that are very difficult to [...]

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Is the Sting of Bayer Pesticides Responsible for Bee Decline?

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By Blake Deppe via People’s World Gaucho and Poncho – two Bayer pesticides, are responsible for the deaths of bees worldwide, several studies show. The Germany-based Coalition Against Bayer Dangers noted that, despite this fact, the company is refusing to cease its marketing of these hazardous agrochemicals. “Bees are of key importance for the pollination of numerous [...]

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In Bird “Divorce,” Females Seen Having the Advantage

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Via World Science Di­vorce might not be healthy—but at least it may be nat­u­ral, if find­ings from a new study are to be be­lieved. The re­search ex­am­ined what sci­en­tists call “di­vorce” among shore­birds of a spe­cies known as Ca­li­dris al­pi­na, and found that fe­males tend to fare bet­ter in the af­ter­math of the split­ups. Also called [...]

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