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International Year of Forests in 2011
Forests provide people with clean air and water. The 2011 International Year of Forests initiative is designed to celebrate forests and to encourage sustainable use of forest resources.
March 27, 2011
Do trees ever stop growing?
Why aren't all trees as tall as the giant redwoods? In fact, their height is more or less fixed at the same height as other trees of that species.
March 27, 2011
Fennec foxes are all ears
The fennec fox can survive the perils of the Sahara Desert, as well as your living room. And fennec foxes can live as long as 14 years in captivity.
March 26, 2011
Clinpharmpod: Sex and lifestyle drugs
A two-part podcast (Clinpharmpod) from Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics on the challenges, complexities, and change for pressing issues in sexual health.
March 26, 2011
Antarctica mosaic in amazing detail
Scientists have created a mosaic of digital images collected from space showing the frozen continent of Antarctica in amazing detail.
March 26, 2011
Bill Nye explains possible breached core at Fukushima Reactor #3
The Fukushima Reactor #3 in Japan may have suffered a breach. Bill Nye the Science Guy describes the situation and explains the potential dangers to CNN.
March 25, 2011
March 2011 tsunami toll on wildlife at the Midway atoll
The March 11, 2011 tsunami took just 5 hours to travel the 2400 miles to Midway Atoll. There, it dealt a devastating blow to the island wildlife.
March 24, 2011
Snow melt declining in western U.S.
Mote says that from the Rockies all the way to the Cascades, springtime snowpack and snow melt has declined by about 10 percent over the past 50 years.
March 24, 2011
Jeremy Bentham on scenario planning for crucial choices in uncertain times
Corporations and the public and private sectors use scenario planning to help inform decision-making. It's a way of looking at alternate possible futures.
March 23, 2011
Cellphone apps to track our health
Tanzeem Choudhury, a computer scientist, said that within a few years, we'll be able to capture information about our health just by using cellphone apps.
March 23, 2011
