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LONDON – The United Nations will conduct its own investigation into e-mails leaked from a leading British climate science center in addition to the probe by the University of East Anglia, a senior U.N. climate official said Friday. Full Story »
A massive volcanic eruption that occurred in the distant past killed off much of central India's forests and may have pushed humans to the brink of extinction, according to a new study that adds evidence to a controversial topic. Full Story »
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BEIRUT (AFP) - Pollution and climate change cost Lebanon more than half a million dollars (330 million euros) a year, the environment minister said on Friday ahead of the UN climate talks. Full Story »
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GENEVA (AFP) - The prototype of Solar Impulse, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar power, briefly took off for the first time on Thursday but under battery power, the organisers said. Full Story »
Astronomers say they have taken the first direct image of a planet-like object orbiting a star much like our own sun. Full Story »
THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- New research points to the possibility of a genetic link between vitamin D and heart disease. Full Story »
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With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - A young giant panda who became a major draw after his birth at Washington's National Zoo will return to China next year for breeding. Full Story »
A cluster of ancient stars is likely the relic of a dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way during its early days, scientists now find. Full Story »
KALAPATTAR, Nepal (AFP) - Nepalese ministers equipped with oxygen tanks battled freezing temperatures to meet in the shadow of Mount Everest on Friday to highlight the impact of climate change on the Himalayas. Full Story »
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Snow flurries and cold nights are in store for much of the country Friday. Cool air continues to pour in over the Central and Eastern as a low pressure system continues spinning in eastern Canada and a trough extends over most of the Eastern half of the United States. That means another day of scattered flurries for the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest with snowfall less than an inch. Full Story »
Marvel Comics — where Spider-man and Wolverine hail from — has a long history of injecting science fiction into stories, especially within their line of comic books that take place in the far reaches of space. Full Story »
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Thirteen stem cell lines have been added to the pool that scientists can use for taxpayer-funded research, and many more such lines will soon be made available, U.S. health officials announced Wednesday. Full Story »
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CHANGZHOU, China (AFP) - In Trina Solar's brilliant white factory in eastern China, masked workers in lab coats turn silicon wafers into solar power cells capable of harnessing the sun's clean and limitless energy. Full Story »
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday. Full Story »
Lawmakers have wooed seniors skeptical of the health care overhaul by emphasizing the plan would close the "doughnut hole" — a gap in Medicare drug coverage that can cost thousands of dollars a year. Full Story »
Investors are taking a brighter employment picture as a sign the recovery is picking up momentum. Full Story »
Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows. The point is to give it a position of strength if fewer people sign up for its cable TV services and watch more video online. Full Story »
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