Science
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Disappearing Amazon: Congratulations to Brazil’s Cattle Ranchers
The Amazon rainforest belongs to Brazil and nobody else. That being said, despite the fact that the rate of deforestation has slowed considerably in recent years, fifteen per cent of the area once covered by the rainforest has now disappeared, according to research undertaken by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.
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Chernobyl Effects Could Last for Centuries
Nearly 25 years after the worst nuclear accident in history, new scientific findings suggest that the effects of the explosion at Chernobyl have been underestimated. Experts last month published a series of studies indicating that, contrary to previous findings, populations of animals decreased in the exclusion zone surrounding the site of the...
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The Half-Truths of Evolution
Thanks to Charles Darwin, many have confused natural selection with evolution itself. Yes, Charles Darwin did show that natural selection occurs in nature, but what many don't understand is that natural selection itself does not produce biological traits or variations. Natural selection can only "select" from biological variations that...
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BP Disaster – Are Millions at Risk?
New research by leading scientists points towards the shocking scenario of millions of Americans having been exposed already to serious and dangerous health risks, while the reaction from the authorities was first a media blackout together with threats and now, a wall of silence. What is going on?
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Can Nerves Be Repaired?
For the first time ever, researchers have been able to induce, in rodents, the regeneration of nerve connections that control voluntary movement after a spinal cord injury, reports the University of California-Irvine, USA.