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Flue gas stack at GRES-2 Power Station in Ekibastusz, Kazakhstan is the tallest in the world
Climate   Emissions   Energy   Market   Photos
 NZ Herald 
Paying the cost to change the climate
The Huntly Power Station. Photo / Dean Purcell What is emissions trading? It is a market in a new commodity - the right to emit the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming ("carbon" for short). The... (photo: Creative Commons / )
KLdy1 - apr06 - tomatoes - vegetables - vitamins - tomato - farm. (dy1)
Chicago   Food   Nature   Photos   Science
 Scientific American 
Genetic sleuths unmask secrets of big tomatoes
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The secret behind growing large tomatoes lies not in the fertilizer or the perfect soil conditions, but in just a few genetic changes that over time have... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
FARM - CROPLAND - CROPS - PHILIPPINES  Globe and Mail 
FOOD Big Agri starts to wear black hats
Here's something you don't see every day: A $65-billion enterprise, one of the largest in the United States, taking the trouble to write a lengthy news release announcing that it's spending $660.... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)

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 José Manuel Barroso, President of the EC, receives Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft . ula1  Austin American Statesman 
In quest for search-engine dominance, Microsoft is hard-pressed for answers
SEATTLE — Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services... (photo: European Community, 2006)
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platypus Independent online (SA)
Platypus origins finally unravelled
When the first skin of a duck-billed platypus arrived in England in 1799, the keeper of natural history at the British Museum thought it must be an elaborate hoax; how... (photo: creative commons / aruna1)
Animals   Ecology   Photos   Science   Wildlife
Water Canada Dot Com
Canadian doctors detect increased risk of kidney failure, damage to tiny arteries
Published: Friday, January 18, 2008 Canadian doctors are warning drinking too much water may cause loss of kidney function - something they discovered purely by accident.... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Doctors   Health   Kidney   Photos   Water
 KLdy1 - Apr07 - Toshiba. (dy1) The Manila Times
Toshiba launches stylish notebook PCs
Fort Ilocandia, Ilocos Norte: Riding on the wave of fashionably chic notebook computers, Toshiba recently launched a new range of good looking Satellite and Portégé... (photo: WN)

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Air Pollution - carbon emission - environment San Diego
Solar-cooker project could cut air pollution
Veerabhadran Ramanathan tours the globe to conduct experiments and advise world leaders about climate change. K.C. ALFRED / Union-Tribune Climate researcher Veerabhadran... (photo: WN / smita)

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Bottled Water Canada Dot Com
Fluoride in the tap variety helps strengthen enamel, prevent tooth decay
Bottled water is likely a factor in rising rates of tooth decay in preschoolers, says a new report from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Randall... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Disease   Health   Photos   Science   Water
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