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Removing CO2 from air not viable technology, study concludes

A committee of 13 experts says that Direct Air Capture can't efficiently remove extra CO2 from the air. But carbon capture and storage might.

Can parsley and celery help fight breast cancer?

Study suggests that parsley, celery, and other fruits and nuts can arrest certain breast cancer tumors.

Arctic now reinforcing own warming

Researchers say feedback mechanisms are now at work in the Arctic to increase warming. In other words, the Arctic is now reinforcing its own warming.

Comet Elenin information from Don Yeomans

Comet Elenin will sweep past Earth in late 2011. NASA's Don Yeomans says its passage is nothing unusual and no dramatic events are expected.

Who knows you best? Not you, say psychologists

Research suggests people create blind spots in their own self-knowledge in order to maintain a high or low self-image. You don't know yourself.

Will paper computers revolutionize smartphones and tablets?

Users interact with the paper computer by bending it into a cell phone, flipping the corner to turn pages, or writing on it with a pen.

Space-time vortex around Earth confirmed

NASA's Gravity Probe B has confirmed an Einstein theory of a four-dimensional space-time vortex around Earth, which twists as Earth spins.

Tribute on Mars to Alan Shepard and the flight of Freedom 7

The Freedom 7 crater on Mars is 82 feet in diameter, matching the height of the Redstone rocket piloted by Alan Shepard.

Will sea-level begin rising more rapidly along U.S. west coast?

After a three-decade hiatus, sea-level rise might return to U.S. west coast, say Scripps Oceanography researchers.

14,000 quasars shine a light on the distant universe

Quasars illuminate ghostly clouds of intergalactic hydrogen, providing view of universe 11 billion years ago.