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Census Bureau News - Census Bureau Reports World's Older Population Projected to Triple by 2050
The world's 65-and-older population is projected to triple by mid-century, from 516 million in 2009 to 1.53 billion in 2050, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In contrast, the population under 15 is expected to increase by only 6 percent during...
Thai Navy Launches Sea Turtle Conservation Program
The Thai navy is protecting thousands of baby sea turtles from being killed by humans before they can swim out to sea. When the sun sets at Khram Island, dozens of mature green sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs.
Murata: Robot Unicyclist's First Visit to Europe
Unicycling robot MURATA GIRL will visit Europe for the very first time from her home in Japan to perform at the ARS Electronica Centre in Linz, Austria from June 20. She will perform alongside her cousin, cycling robot MURATA BOY, at demonstration...
NASA Successfully Launches Lunar Impactor
NASA successfully launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, Thursday on a mission to search for water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's south pole. The satellite lifted off on an Atlas V rocket from C...
Study: Pollution killing rare Irrawaddy dolphins
Pollution in the Mekong River is putting the rare Irrawaddy dolphin in danger of disappearing from Cambodia and Laos, according to a study by an environmental group released Thursday.
Evidence found of lightning on Mars
U.S. scientists say they have detected the first direct evidence of lightning occurring on Mars.
Shuttle launch derailed again by hydrogen leak
After a lengthy fueling delay because of stormy weather, launch of the shuttle Endeavour on a space station mission was scrubbed Wednesday when a presumably repaired hydrogen vent line umbilical began leaking potentially dangerous vapor for the se...
Saturday’s launching of the space shuttle Endeavour was called off because of a hydrogen leak similar to one that delayed a space shuttle launching in March.
Japan, a major emitter of greenhouse gases and an important player in the global warming debate, announced Wednesday that by 2020 it intended to reduce emissions 15 percent from 2005 levels — a goal immediately criticized as inadequate by environm...
Senior U.S. and Chinese officials began three days of talks in Beijing Monday in hopes of making a breakthrough on climate change, but they remain far apart on the basic issue of who is to blame for carbon emissions and should shoulder the biggest...
Songkhla Zoo in southern Thailand displayed a newborn male orangutan for the first time on Wednesday. Songkhla Zoo had previously been successful in natural breeding of the ape, but the latest cub was the zoo's first in four years.
Shuttle touches down in California after Hubble repair mission
As Atlantis glided safely home today the vehicle and its crew likely closed several chapters in the space shuttle program's history.
Weather delays Atlantis return for another day: NASA
Heavy cloud cover and crosswinds forced the US space agency to put off the space shuttle Atlantis' return to Earth for at least another day, extending an otherwise successful mission to repair the Hubble telescope.
US Astronauts Begin Marathon Spacewalk to Repair Hubble Telescope
Two astronauts aboard the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis have started a marathon spacewalk to begin making complicated and unprecedented upgrades and repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Climate conference urges world to protect oceans
MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — Rising sea levels, warming waters and spiraling acidity caused by global warming are threatening the world's oceans and the communities they support, governments warned Thursday, as they sought to include protection for th...
Vital coral reefs 'face collapse'
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One of the world's most ecologically and economically important coral reef systems could be a dead wasteland by the end of the century without urgent action to tackle climate change, scientists have warned.
Obama orders manned space program review
The Obama administration's fiscal 2010 NASA budget request includes $630 million in additional near-term funding for development of follow-on rockets and spacecraft needed for the agency's post-shuttle moon program, officials said Thursday. But mo...
Afghanistan's only pig quarantined in flu fear
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and goats, because people are worried it could infect them with the virus popularly known as swine flu.
Obama vows major investment in science
WASHINGTON - President Obama promised a new era of science and technology for the nation, telling the National Academy of Sciences yesterday that he wants to devote more funds to research and development.
Scientists Make History, Find New Way To Create Stem Cells
Washington (dbTechno) - Scientists in the U.S. have made history as they have found a brand new, safer way to create embryonic stem cells.