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Some species proposed for bioenergy have the potential to become invasive
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The issue is more complex than recent headlines have indicated
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These accumulations of sand aren't permanent but are home to whole communities
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Flood debris may circulate in ocean gyres for years
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There are satellites orbiting overhead, powerful computers and plenty of scientists to make sense of a wealth of data
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Katharine Hepburn's Connecticut beach house and 8,900 other homes were swept into the sea
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A Smithsonian geologist offers her expertise on the seismic event that shook much of the mid-Atlantic this week
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Today's shaking may have been unexpected, but Washington isn't the only unlikely location for an earthquake in the United States
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Deflection could be our best bet if an asteroid is headed towards Earth
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Other than the human tendency for imitating magpies, gold really isn't all that special
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Getting this close to a bubbling cauldron of lava is not just dangerous; it's stupid enough that even other volcanologists will yell at you
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When it comes to diamonds in jewelry, perfection is everything. But imperfections are a clue to the past
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Despite the heat waves across the country, no one is screaming "climate change is real" because of them. Why?
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What does a music teacher do when he ends up teaching science?
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Iceland is pretty much the least habitable of all the places that people have inhabited. But visiting it is like hiking through a geology textbook
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The first tropical storm of 2011 is a reminder to prepare for potential disasters
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Scientists are beginning to analyze sewage to track the use of illegal drugs
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Which of these images from the European Space Agency's Flickr stream would you consider hanging as art in your home?
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A group of Italian scientists may go to trial for allegedly playing down the risk of the quake that struck the Abruzzo region of Italy in April 2009
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NASA's Voyager spacecraft have found a foamy layer at the edge of the heliosphere
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