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Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand
A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose a risk to ships in the south Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday.
1. Updated at 7:46 p.m.
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Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams
The world's largest atom smasher used its accelerator Tuesday to speed up proton beams for the first time as scientists moved ahead in efforts to learn more about the universe.
1. Updated at 11:57 a.m.
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Shuttle, station crews seal hatches for departure
After nearly a week together, the crews of shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station said goodbye Tuesday and closed the hatches between them.
1. Updated at 2:03 p.m.
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CO2 curve ticks upward as key climate talks loom
The readings at this 2-mile-high (3-kilometer-high) station show an upward curve as the world counts down to climate talks: Global warming gases have built up to record levels in the atmosphere, from emissions that match scientists’ worst-case scenarios.
1. Updated at 12:30 a.m.
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Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn
Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.
1. Updated at 6:27 p.m.
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Grand Canyon to change 'unfair' permit system
Getting one of the roughly 11,500 permits granted each year to backpack overnight in the Grand Canyon has become so competitive and "unfair" that managers at the national park have decided to change the system.
1. Nov. 23, 2009
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Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto
Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated - beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.
1. Nov. 23, 2009
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EU: US should spell out long-term climate goal
The United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European Union said Tuesday.
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Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf
An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.
1. Nov. 22, 2009
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Ukraine’s ‘hot air’ bedevils global climate deal
Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he’s a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.
1. Nov. 23, 2009
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