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*Bolivia Climate Conference: Indigenous Peoples Design Roadmap to New World *By Brenda Norrell Americas Program http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/2183 Indigenous Peoples from around the world, includi...
CONTACT Klee Benally media@savethepeaks.org 928-380-2629 *District Court to Hear Arguments Over Sewage Effluent Snowmaking Scheme on Peaks Concerned Citizens Prepare Events to Protect Public Health *By Kle...
Sharks are intriguing, phenomenal creatures. Not only do they come in 440 species, they have they been around for more than 420 million years -- before the dinosaurs! One thing that surprised me about shar...
A thief stole five paintings from the Paris Museum of Modern Art worth more than half a billion dollars.
The life-sized, robotic butterfly in the video below has proven an aerodynamic principle that could have big implications in the field. Scientists Hiroto Tanaka of Harvard University and Isao Shimoyama of ...
If you were like me growing up, you spent countless hours building all types of structures out of wood blocks and plastic Legos. Researchers at MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology want t...
*Support New Mexico Indigenous Leaders in Protesting the Expansion of Uranium Mining and the Nuclear Cycle of Destruction! *Demand a Clean Up of This Toxic Legacy and Respect for Sacred Lands Wednesday, May...
For more than six years, Opportunity has toiled away on the Red Planet -- and it shows no signs of slowing down.
What makes music sound pleasant? Scientists think they know the answer.
In the lab, researchers are creating artificial, microbial life. Is that playing God? And, if so, is it wrong? Bioethicist Arthur Caplan gives us his take.
A team of scientists create the first real-life "Frankenstein" by injecting man-made DNA into a previously lifeless cell.
A team of European researchers and archivists have buried a digital time capsule deep inside a Swiss mountain. It's all in an effort to ensure that future generations can access your thousands of out-of- f...
A new type of supernova explosion could explain the origin of the calcium in our teeth and bones.
Books and magazine articles suggest that the brains of men and women are very different, but are they?
For the first time, the Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a star 600 light-years from Earth torturing an exoplanet, stripping it of its outer layers, slowly eating it alive.
As new estimates suggest much more oil is spewing into the Gulf, experts outline how broad the future impact could be.
HEALTH - Looking to shed a few extra pounds? #1. Select nonfat or 1% milk instead of whole milk. #2. Use smaller plates and eat less food. #3. Flavour your coffee with cinnamon and nutmeg instead of sugar...
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*Volcano ash or not something is changing* in the European airspace: integration. Merging various sorts of air traffic into a single playing field. The rising interest for light jets, used instead of queui...
According to two Japanese researchers, we might be able to spot an 'aurora' crowning the poles of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. But this isn't your average aurora.
Government and industry attempts to withhold information are delaying our ability to understand and respond to the spill, not to mention hold the parties involved responsible.
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This story was written by Randall Howell and is copyright Native Sun News. http://64.38.12.138/News/2010/019862.asp PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA — The recent fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Oglala Lakota man near ...
As ice recedes, Greenland is popping up at nearly an inch per year. And the rise seems to be accelerating.
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*Sometimes I am as confused as others* about the 'economic crisis', that seems to have engulfed us. Confused by the smalltalk of so-called experts, the half-truths erupting from politicians, disbelief and...
The big blue ocean takes up a large chunk of our planet and yet our understanding of its enormity is shockingly poor. A new study calculates the oceans depth and volume, bringing us one step closer to defi...
TECHNOLOGY - Imagine a job where you can go for a walk, go to the gym, go shopping, etc. and get paid every time your SmartPhone rings and you help out a customer? In the very near future there will be an...
Although they aren't yet advanced enough to replace field combatants, robots can perform routine tasks that would otherwise put troops in harm's way.
As a dog lover, owner and advocate, I can let a lot slide when it comes to dogs behaving badly. But badly behaving owners: they’re another story. One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is when dog owners don’t clean...
Mike Gravel in his political campaign for President gave us a message, about philosophy, art, religion, & politics, that I haven't forgotton. In our modern society,whether proposing marriage, seeking emp...
For centuries, biologists have puzzled over the evolutionary function of the female's delicate off-white casing.
Contact: Simon Ortiz (602) 438-9325 Eric Hardy or Mishuana Goeman *Photo: Acoma Pueblo poet, author and scholar Simon Ortiz* *Double click on protest poster to enlarge * *Indigenous and American Indian Studi...
The mantle under Alaska is moving 20 to 30 times faster than the crust -- reversing the usual order of plate tectonics.
In a test this week inside the Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery, Ala., E-Green Technologies inflated a 235-foot long, 65-foot diameter airship called Bullet 580.
RELIGION - The popular social media website Facebook has been banned in Pakistan for images of the Prophet Muhammad on various Facebook groups. Today Pakistan’s government has ordered internet service prov...
As scientists try to plot where the spill is going, officials struggle to contain the impact of where the oil has already been.
Thanks to the efforts of modern-day supporters, Alonzo Cushing will be honored 147 years after he stood his ground at Gettysburg.
POLITICS - The Thai military overran the Red Shirt protestors, arresting hundreds but scattering an unknown number across the city of Bangkok last night. The military used armoured personnel carriers and b...
CANADA - An anarchist group called the FFFC has posted a video and a message on YouTube claiming responsibility for firebombing a Royal Bank of Canada branch in Ottawa on Tuesday and is now ramping up to d...
In a 2007 article entitled "The *Conference of Defence Associations* gets $100,000 a year from the Department of Defence", CDA executive director Alain Pellerin told Maclean's John Geddes : "We also have ...
The scraps of ancient bandages -- some with dirty fingerprints of Tut's embalmers -- had been contained in long forgotten jars at a museum.
A common chemical found in antibacterial soaps is turning up in lakes and streams and could potentially harm wildlife and human health.
Pirates of the Caribbean use a paper map, beach bums use metal detectors and now the Boy Scouts are using GPS devices to find hidden treasure. Just in time for its 100th Anniversary, the Boy Scouts are rol...
In defiance of a UN edict making it illegal to hire Abousfian Abdelrazik and to put pressure on our government to get him off that 1267 terrorist blacklist, the Canadian Labour Congress will hire Abdelra...
Kurt Sonnenfeld : Exclusive interview voltairenet.org 22 June 2009 From Buenos Aires (Argentina 9/11 FEMA videographer at Ground Zero goes public As official videographer for the U.S. government, Kurt...
The USGS just launched a nifty free and customizable service for water alerts so you can arrange to be texted when conditions are ideal for kayaking, or if a local river is flooding.
After a short cameo appearance on Iron Man 2, how else is the SpaceX CEO connected to the sci-fi action thriller?
The years are not kind to George and Abraham. The erosive forces of wind, rain, heat and cold constantly badger the granite and other metamorphic rock from which the Mount Rushmore National Monument was ca...
For over 500 days, six men will live in isolation, simulating a full-duration flight to Mars.
Among the team of geologists monitoring Mt. St. Helens at the time of its violent eruption 30 years ago, Don Swanson recounts his experience with poignant clarity.
Airplanes are notorious polluters. They're as noisy as a rock concert, spew poisons like volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides into the air as well as dump millions of pounds of carbon dioxide int...
Antibiotics kill both harmful and helpful bacteria. Plus, over time and prolonged use of antibiotics, some bacteria develop a resistance to these drugs. That's causing new and life-threatening strains of b...
Who says you can't ride out doomsday in comfort and luxury?
What a difference a bit makes. NASA engineers believe they have traced the cause of Voyager 2's gibberish to single bit in the spacecraft’s memory.
Azendohsaurus just got demoted. Find out how and why this animal lost its dinosaur status.
Bill Nye... yes... THE Bill Nye the Science Guy is on this week's show, talking about everything from the Large Hadron Collider to his "green-off" with Planet Green's Ed Begley, Jr. Listen to him on this w...
Rising temperatures spell trouble for fish and the million people who depend on the lake for their livelihood.
CANADA/ENVIRONMENT - Canada has some of the biggest geothermal companies in the Pacific Rim, but none of them have a geothermal facility inside of Canada. They're all built in other countries as far south ...
As political fallout from the spill spreads, oil is starting to travel further along the shoreline of the Gulf Coast.
CARS - Chrysler and General Motors are already predicting huge profits due to the market rebound in automotive sales which are up 16.7% in the last 4 months. That should do well for General Motors which s...
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have almost three spaces for every car. That means more urban heat and less runoff.
The 2,700-year-old grave held a dignitary, aged around 50, buried with the remains of a one-year-old child over his body.
*From Ecological Disaster to Constitutional Crisis: the Long Struggle Over the Xingú Dams Comes to a Climax at Belo Monte *By TERENCE TURNER CounterPunch Once again, the indigenous peoples of the Xingú vall...
An eland at California's Oakland Zoo recently gave birth, at first surprising zookeepers there. The mother has lived exclusively with females since November.
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy The cost of Bush's war on Iraq, left to Obama to 'finish' and clean up, passed the one trillion dollar mark some time ago but has yet to support or prove the old lie...
*Canadian First Nations and Investors draw line in the tar sands with Shell at Annual General Meeting **Press statement * *Photo: Ben Powless, Mohawk, Copenhangen* * *Today, Shell executives will face ques...
*Obama administration approved drilling plans for * *Arctic* Drilling critics warn of dangers from a spill in the Arctic SHELL: Company's win in court has it poised to begin. By DAN JOLING The Associated Pr...
*Undocumented youths arrested at protest at McCain's office * *Raw video of protest: *http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=12497415 * *KGUN: Illegal immigrant who takes part in sit-in at Senator McCain's...
*From: The International Tribunal of Consicence* Mexico City, Nov. 4 -- 10, 2010 The International Tribunal of Conscience sends Solidarity Greetings and an Invitation to the ALIANZA INDIGENA SIN FRONTERAS (...
Although we may have to wait for some time until the Large Hadron Collider confirms or denies the existence of the Higgs particle, the quest to find the elusive particle is digging up lots of treasure on t...
A new prototype rocket could give the Air Force a round-trip ticket to space by 2013.
On the surface, algae is an attractive fuel source, especially since it doesn't cut into food crops. The problem isn't that the algae doesn't grow quickly--the high yield is remarkable--it's that productio...
The EPA and the US Coast Guard have authorized BP to use oil-dispersing chemicals from a controversial product line that some believe may harm Gulf wildlife.
Trailer for *Unseen Tears*. *Unseen Tears* documents the impact of Native American boarding/ residential schools on western New York. For More Information Visit Native American Community Services of Erie ...
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*Longevity is something that not most of us would want*, but a healthy longer life-span most certainly. *Dr. Eline Slagboom*, professor of Molecular Epidemiology at the Medical Center of the *University o...
*ACLU and Civil Rights Groups File Legal Challenge to Arizona Racial Profiling Law* *By ACLU *PHOENIX - May 17 - The American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a class acti...
The Higgs boson is theorized to give all matter mass, but in an effort to find this elusive particle, the most powerful and expensive particle accelerator had to be built. How will the quest to find the Hi...
The first results of the long-awaited, 10-year, international Interphone study finds little evidence that cell phones cause either glioma or meningioma, the two most common types of brain cancer.
Both the bride and groom work in robotics, so it was only fitting that a robot bring them together.
Kudzu vines are not only dominating our landscapes with the help of global warming; they're also increasing ozone pollution.
New research finds that people over 50 are happier than their younger counterparts.
*UPDATE MON. May 17, 2010: **** Tucson: Students to be arrested today at 5 pm at Sen. McCain's office* National Media Contacts: Juan Escalante (407) 602-8675 and Flavia de la Fuente (949) 910-6362, media@...
Choice Joyce at *Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada* has researched which MPs are anti-choice, pro-choice, or unknown using their public statements during campaigns, their position on the awarding of th...
Without fundamental restructuring of the fishing industry, our oceans could essentially become barren deserts.
Tornado Alley may have just gotten a little safer, thanks to researchers at a couple of Midwestern universities. For the first time, tornado chasers were able to fly an unmanned aircraft (or UA, for short)...
The Catalogue of Life, which chronicles 1.25 million organisms, is releasing a special edition this week to mark the International Year of Biodiversity.
The adolescent brain is extra sensitive to reward signals when pay-off for a risk is higher than expected.
Astronauts began the first of three planned spacewalks Monday from the shuttle Atlantis.
SUE, the world's largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, is being spruced up for her 10th anniversary celebrations. Watch as The Field Museum vacuums dust bunnies off of her.
Engineers are still exploring options for how to keep oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.
How about a dissolvable wedding gown? As someone who has never been married, I can't imagine for a minute spending the $1,056 that the average woman spends on her wedding dress, according to Brides.com's A...
A massive granite statue of Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom, has been dug out at the site.
Korean researchers find that switching meat for vegetables significantly lowers two kinds of environmental chemicals.
Cell phones and microwaves aren't the only devices to give off radio waves, the electronics in radio telescopes themselves can hamper observations if you're not careful.
Last week I was invited on a CRI English radio show to talk about all things extraterrestrial. Seth Shostak (SETI Institute) and Douglas C. Lin (Peking University) were also there to give an expert opinion.
For five days, NASA will give the Phoenix Mars Lander one last chance to phone home.
Scientists have found evidence suggesting the spill is far larger than official estimates.
*TUCSON: Indigenous Peoples Protest Against SB 1070 and HB 2281* Indigenous Peoples Protest Againt SB 1070 and HB 2281 Date: Friday, May 21, 2010 Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm Location: US Immigration Court Street...
*The Anomaly of Histories: The Masters Narrative and the Wakeup Call from the Nightmare of Manifest Destiny * Coyote Radio on American Indian Airwaves Interview with Tupac Enrique Acosta of TONATIERRA *The...
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*Bolivia Climate Conference: Indigenous Peoples Design Roadmap to New World *By Brenda Norrell Americas Program http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/2183 Indigenous Peoples from around the world, includi...
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