Environment, 11 Sep 12:28
If you're reading this, the Large Hadron Collider hasn't destroyed the world.
The world's largest particle accelerator went online Wednesday morning to much celebration, including in Utah County where BYU professors and high school students looked on.
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Environment, 08 Sep 01:55
The most brilliant minds should be directed to solving Earth's greatest challenges, such as climate change, says Sir David King.
The former UK chief scientist will use his presidential address at the BA Science Festival to call for a gear-change among innovative thinkers.
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Environment, 26 Aug 01:54
An PhD student with the University of Queensland's School of Engineering has won top prize in an international competition for her plan to wrap a giant asteroid with reflective sheeting to prevent a collision with the Earth.
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Environment, 14 Aug 06:26
A low pressure system associated with a tropical wave is passing over the northern Leeward Islands and could become a tropical depression Thursday or Friday but probably won't threaten the oil rich Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) report.
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Environment, 08 Jun 09:38
New Mexico residents aren’t seeing red.
Since food establishments pulled tomatoes due to Salmonella risks on Friday, local restaurants are noticing a visual impact on food, but not much else.
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Environment, 31 May 03:22
A weak tropical storm formed Saturday off the Yucatan Peninsula and quickly made landfall at the Belize-Mexico border, dumping rain and kicking up surf.
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Environment, 27 May 02:00
The National Weather Service reports that thunderstorms may develop over the Cascades later today, and winds are favorable for some of these storms to drift over the foothills and into lower elevations.
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Environment, 23 May 07:06
A fast-moving wildfire in Northern California's Santa Cruz Mountains has covered 3,000 acres Friday, prompting rescues and evacuations in two counties, officials said.
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Environment, 22 May 01:45
The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season could be slightly busier than average, with a good chance of six to nine hurricanes forming, federal forecasters said Thursday in a new way of making predictions.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials also said 12 to 16 named storms and two to five major hurricanes could form.
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Environment, 06 Apr 11:58
The charged and complex debate over how to slow down global warming has become a lot more complicated.
Most of the focus in the last few years has centered on imposing caps on greenhouse gas emissions to prod energy users to conserve or switch to nonpolluting technologies.
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