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William Sanford Nye, better known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, has gone from TV host to fierce defender of scientific issues that have been polemicized for religious, political and even economic reasons.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has tried to curb soda consumption, ban smoking in parks and encourage bike riding, is taking on a new cause: requiring New Yorkers to separate their food scraps for composting.
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This Retro Report video examines how an effort to rescue the herds of wild horses in the West created an unexpected, and unwieldy, surplus.
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Edinburgh marine biologists discover a deep-sea shark spawning ground on Scotland's only inshore coral reef.
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Naked mole rats produce a compound that appears to render them immune to cancer, and researchers say the discovery may lead to treatments for humans.
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Mars' atmosphere could have been rich in oxygen four billion years ago - well before Earth's air became augmented with the gas.
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Meteorologists and scientists meeting at the Met Office say the UK's damp summers could be caused by a warmer Atlantic Ocean.
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A rodent that never gets cancer could hold the key to preventing or treating malignant tumours, say scientists.
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Engineers in Japan are perfecting more efficient, and stealthier, demolition methods.
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A China-based supercomputer has been ranked the world's fastest, offering nearly double the processing speeds of the US's most powerful system.
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