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Why deep sea fish contain more toxic mercury than shallow water fishA new paper explains why deep sea ocean fish are loaded with more mercury than are their counterparts in shallower waters.
Farmers' Almanac: Prepare for cold winter, stormy Super BowlFarmers' Almanac predicts colder-than-normal winter and heavy snow for Midwest, New England. Scientists are skeptical, but Farmers' Almanac claims to be about 80 percent accurate.
Crocodile attack leads to fatality in AustraliaCrocodile attack occurred during a birthday party at the Outback's Mary River, notorious for the salt-water reptiles. Eyewitnesses said the man was swimming when the crocodile attacked.
National Zoo panda gives birth to second stillborn cub, first cub doing wellMei Xiang, the National Zoo's panda gave birth to a second cub Saturday night, which wasn't fully formed and was stillborn. The stillborn's twin, born Friday night, seems to be healthy, though zoo officials have yet to examine it.
National Zoo has new baby pandaNational Zoo panda Mei Xiang gives birth Friday afternoon. Gender and size of the new National Zoo panda are not yet known.聽- Radioactive groundwater at Fukushima: Will Japan dump at sea?Radioactive groundwater: Why are steel tanks at Fukushima leaking radioactive water after only two years? There's too much radioactive water to store, some will have to be dumped in the sea, say officials.
Sinkhole closes lane of traffic in TennesseeA sinkhole caused by heavy summer rains created voids beneath the surface of a highway in Tennessee. But once called in by a motorist, the I-24 sinkhole grew rapidly from shallow depression to a hole that took a day's work to fix. 聽
Hail storm: Colorado weather brings taste of winter to summerHail storm: Colorado storms brought torrential downpours, flash flooding and, in some parts, hail. The hail storm in Colorado left yards southwest of Denver looking like it had just snowed.
Can a pipeline save Greece?Greece is set to receive a huge boost as two thirds of a major natural gas pipeline will be built on its land, providing an estimated $1.5 billion injection into the economy. Can it turn around the country's economic decline?
Downside from boom in the energy patch: fatalitiesJob growth in the oil and gas sector is vastly outpacing total private sector growth, but so too are the sector鈥檚 work-related fatalities. Have safety practices slipped in the energy industry?
New Fukushima leak puts spotlight on plant operator - againTepco, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant operator has a complex battle ahead as it navigates global concern about making聽the plant and surrounding area safe.
Wildfire near Yosemite spreads to 99 square milesYosemite area wildfire destroys two homes and sends tourists, residents packing. Although officials haven't closed Yosemite, wildfire has forced the closing of one of three entrances to the national park.
Largest US oil refinery partially closes after second fireRoyal Dutch Shell's聽Motiva oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas will cut production for at least two weeks after the second fire at the facility in the span of a week.聽
Global air-conditioning: Are we cooling our way to a warmer planet?Global demand for air conditioning is likely to skyrocket as the world鈥檚 emerging economies get wealthier. Many of the largest emerging economies happen to be in some of the world鈥檚 hottest climates.
For nuclear, good things come in small packagesThe days of the behemoth nuclear plants may be numbered, King writes. There is a movement to design and build smaller nuclear reactors that are more affordable and flexible.
Fukushima leak erodes confidence in nuclear powerFukushima leak puts the spotlight back on the cleanup of the nuclear disaster. The Fukushima leak is a blow to nuclear power, which a few years ago appeared to be on the upswing.
Climate change: Scientists now 95 percent certain we are mostly to blameA draft summary prepared for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that more than half of global warming is caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases.
Hyperloop: Some caveats to Elon Musk's vision for future transportSince Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk released his designs for the Hyperloop transport system, the idea has been spreading across the internet. Some are not as convinced the Hyperloop is within the realm of possibility.
Tesla crash test: Does record safety rating mean electric cars are safer?Tesla crash test for Model S gives upstart car company something to rave about. The Tesla crash test by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed it to be among the safest cars ever.
The oil industry hype machineBuzz is building around a deposit of oil in Texas that some in the oil industry say is the largest deposit in the world. It's no surprise then that the industry is trotting out the America-as-the-new-Saudi-Arabia theme once again, Cobb writes, a theme that many have shown to be pure bunkum.
