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How Smart Animal Shelters Aim For ‘Zero Kill’

When Tracey Durning first met her dog, Fred, in an animal shelter in New York City in 1995, he looked underfed and was shaking uncontrollably. A five-year-old terrier mix w...

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Health

In Developing World, Cancer Is A Very Different Disease

In the United States the median age at which colon cancer strikes is 69 for men and 73 for women. In Chad the average life expectancy at birth is about 50. Children who sur...

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Environment

The Obama Administration Just Made It Virtually Impossible For Hunters To Import African Lion Trophies

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has placed two African lion subspecies under its protection, declaring one type in west-central Africa endangered and the other, found in e...

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Environment

No, Bacon Isn't Better For The Environment Than Lettuce

That surprising claim was featured prominently on the press release for the study, which also included a statement from one of the study's authors, Paul Fischbeck: "Eating ...

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Environment

You Can Blame Climate Change For Making The Days Longer

Scientists have known for about 30 years that the additional water would flow toward the Equator from the poles, adding mass to the planet's middle and a bit of drag to its...

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Cinema’s Daring Ventures

We all want to or have at some point wanted to cast aside the veil that shrouds questions pertaining to sexuality. Put the patriarchal hold on gender along with its ascribe...

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Environment

A Big Earthquake Just Hit Oklahoma — And It Might Be the Oil Industry’s Fault

The quake struck at?1:42am?and was centered just southwest of Cherokee, Oklahoma, the US Geological Survey reported. It was the biggest to hit the area this year, but there...

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Steven Tyler Gets Celebrity Support For New Charity Initiative

Steven Tyler has announced the launch of his new signature philanthropic initiative to help girls who have been abused and neglected: Janie’s Fund. A partne...

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Environment

The Dispersants Used After The BP Blowout Did More Harm Than Good

Chemical dispersants were supposed to make it easier for undersea bacteria to digest the oil that poured into the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Read More

Environment

Even Glaciers Near The North Pole Are Melting

Jeremie Mouginot and his team reconstructed the shape and movements of the glacier to track how it has changed in geometry due to melting from below caused by warm water in...

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