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- Safety seemed to be an afterthought before the BP oil spill
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-15-2011 12:00 AM -0800
In the years leading up to last year's Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, the petroleum industry and federal regulators put exploration and production first, according to an...[more]
- Teen drinking, smoking continue to decline, but pot use is up
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-15-2011 12:00 AM -0800
A Monitoring the Future survey finds that alcohol and cigarette use among teens is at its lowest point in 30 years, but the availability of medical marijuana seems to be boosting pot use.Fewer...[more]
- Lessons of 'Arborgeddon'
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-15-2011 12:00 AM -0800
Angelenos' desire for an urban forest is sweet but unrealistic, as the recent Big Blow showed. Let's rethink our approach to L.A. trees.There's a part of us that secretly likes disasters. Well,...[more]
- Bullet train's travel-time mandate adds to ballooning of costs
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-15-2011 12:00 AM -0800
The ballot measure for the project required that the L.A.-to-San Francisco trip take no more than two hours, 40 minutes. Achieving that would mean building more viaducts and tunnels, which are...[more]
- Federal use of aerial sharpshooters to kill wolves draws fire
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-14-2011 05:10 PM -0800
A 2006 photo shows a U.S. agency plane covered with decals marking the number of wolves killed to protect other animals. With the practice set to resume soon, wildlife advocates cry foul. For...[more]
- Federal use of aerial sharpshooters to kill wolves draws fire
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-14-2011 05:10 PM -0800
A 2006 photo shows a U.S. agency plane covered with decals marking the number of wolves killed to protect other animals. With the practice set to resume soon, wildlife advocates cry foul.For years,...[more]
- Teen drinking, smoking at lowest point in 30 years
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-14-2011 09:45 AM -0800
Although a Monitoring the Future survey found declining use of alcohol and cigarettes among teens, it said marijuana use is growing.Fewer teens drink and smoke cigarettes than in any time in the...[more]
- Scientists home in on missing link of physics
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-14-2011 08:06 AM -0800
GENEVA (Reuters) - International scientists said on Tuesday they had found signs of the Higgs boson, an elementary sub-atomic particle believed to have played a vital role in the creation of the...[more]
- The Higgs boson: What has God got to do with it?
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-14-2011 08:05 AM -0800
GENEVA (Reuters) - "We don't call it the 'God particle', it's just the media that do that," a senior U.S. scientist politely told an interviewer on a major European radio station on Tuesday.
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- South Africa desert town battles for radio telescope
Category: Science
Publish Date: 12-14-2011 06:13 AM -0800
CARNARVON, South Africa (Reuters) - The occasional sheep seeks respite from a sun that has scorched rocks black in this semi-desert region that South Africa hopes will host the world's most...[more]
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