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Recipes for Health: Grilled Eggplant and Pepper Salad
This somewhat spicy dish is the North African version of a salad made throughout the Mediterranean.
Video: BP: New Well Cap Fully Closed
By closing the new containment cap completely, BP engineers stopped the oil leaking into the Gulf. But as Mark Strassmann reports, this cap is in no way the permanent fix...
High pressure forcing Tropical Storm Conson farther south to Hainan Island
NASA satellites are keeping an eye on the changing track of Tropical Storm Conson and the conditions within the storm as it changes in strength on its track through the...
Pictures: Giant Undersea Volcano Revealed
More than 11,500 feet tall, the newly explored peak off Indonesia is home to odd creatures, spewing vents, and a potentially new squid. ...
Russia to look for oil off Cuban coast
MOSCOW, July 15 (UPI) -- Russian oil company Zarubezhneft has plans to start drilling for oil off the Cuban continental shelf next year, the company's chief executive said from...
Iran looks to domestic production for fuel
ISFAHAN, Iran, July 15 (UPI) -- New production capacity in Iran could help meet domestic demands for aviation fuel in the wake of new sanctions, Iranian executives said in...
Greenland iceberg could be Canada-bound
A giant chunk of ice that has broken from a glacier off Greenland's west coast could end up in Canada's eastern waters.
Senate Eyes Bush Plan on CO2
Senate leaders desperate for a climate bill close in on the Bush plan of a decade ago.
Study Finds Amazon Storm Killed Half a Billion Trees
In 2005, scientists saw a spike in tree deaths in the Amazon, which was attributed to drought. Now a NASA-funded study finds a single, massive thunderstorm was also to blame.
EU states say no to more fusion money
BRUSSELS, July 13 (UPI) -- The European Union says no new funds will be provided for an over budget fusion reactor project, a decision that could threaten other research,...
Ancient Italian artefacts get the blues
Scientists accuse officials of neglect as chemicals discolour stored relics.
New oil uncovered off Angola's coast
SAN DONATO MILANESE, Italy, July 13 (UPI) -- An oil discovery in shallow waters off the coast of Angola exceeded initial expectations for the area, oil companies working...
Biodiversity Inches Up on Corporate Agenda
More companies are making noteworthy efforts to minimize damage to the environment from their activities, according to a report on business and biodiversity issued on Tuesday.
Status Of The "Find The Higgs" Plot
The CDF experiment has just released their new average of top quark mass measurements, obtained with analyses that use up to 5.6 inverse femtobarns of proton-antiproton collisions provided by the...
Lancaster hopes to outshine all others
The Antelope Valley city has its sights set on becoming the alternative energy capital of the world. A big step is a deal with a firm to promote the use...
Scientists Quantify Global Warming's Threat to Public Health
Extreme weather induced by climate change has dire public health consequences, as heat waves threaten the vulnerable, storm runoff overwhelms city sewage systems and hotter summer...
Q & A: Diagnosing a Tornado
How does the weather service determine whether it was a tornado that caused the kind of destruction that recently occurred in Bridgeport, Conn.?
Ultrasound puts water back in the Murray Darling
You may not be able to squeeze blood out of a stone but, by applying the right amount of ultrasound during processing, Jianhua (Jason) Du and colleagues from the Cooperative...
Paradise for Fishermen Becomes One for Scientists
Scientists exploring a canyon, three-quarters of a mile below the Hudson River seabed and teeming with marine life, have discovered a potential reason for its riches.
Doom Feared as Asian Carp Advances
For state and local officials in the Great Lakes region, the arrival of the Asian carp on the doorstep of Lake Michigan is an environmental crisis of the first order.
Tests to Determine if Well Cap Will Halt Oil Flow
BP said on Monday that the installation was going smoothly and that the new cap could effectively end the gusher in the gulf.
PHOTOS: 2010 International Conservation Photography Awards
Images can connect people to their environment and inspire them to protect the places they care about. See this year's best, as chosen by the International Conservation...
Mangrove forests could combat tsunamis
WASHINGTON, July 12 (UPI) -- Coastal mangrove forests could substantially reduce the damage from tsunamis like the 2004 disaster that struck Indonesia, researchers say. ...
North Pacific: Global backup generator for past climate change
Toward the end of the last ice age, a major reorganization took place in the current system of the North Pacific with far-reaching implications for climate. About that time, the...
Can science explain everything?
The experience of consciousness seems incommunicable and ineffable. Yet science can hope to explain how it arisesThe question: Can science explain everything?When Andrew Brown first posed this week's question to me he asked...
Cash for Conservation: Threats and Promises of Paying Communities for Their Biodiversity
EDMONTON, Alberta--Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda is one of the largest expanses of montane rainforest in East Africa. It is also one of the most endangered: poaching, forest fires, mining...
Economy good for South Stream, Sofia says
SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 12 (UPI) -- Early investments in the South Stream gas pipeline will deliver long-term benefits to the Bulgarian economy, the prime minister said in Sofia. ...
Iran, India explore gas ties
NEW DELHI, July 12 (UPI) -- Iranian and Indian officials raised the issue of an underwater natural gas pipeline during high-level economic talks, sources said. ...