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Video: New road threatens wildebeest migration The annual wildlife spectacle is under a cloud thanks to plans to construct a road across the Serengeti
The Guardian | 55 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Plant and Spider Compete for Food
LiveScience.com - Wolf spiders and carnivorous plants called sundews may compete with each other for food in the wild, a new study finds.
Yahoo! | 1 hour, 16 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Yahoo! | 1 hour, 16 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Victoria Way Outwood Development: Greenfield under threat
Housing development threatens greenfield site adjacent to a small, quiet cul-de-sacName of projectDescribe the site currently, including details of protected or threatened habitat or speciesVictoria Way is a small cul-de-sac comprising of approximately 72 dwellings. The cul-de-sac was built in appro ... more »
The Guardian | 1 hour, 18 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
The Guardian | 1 hour, 18 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
U.S. reiterates commitment to 2020 climate goal
Reuters - The United States reiterated on Friday that it was committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 even though the Senate has failed to pass legislation.
Yahoo! | 1 hour, 33 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
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Hurricane Earl Brushes North Carolina Hurricane Earl pounded North Carolina on Friday as it sped up the U.S. East Coast, threatening dangerous waves and riptides across the eastern seaboard.
Discovery Channel | 1 hour, 45 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Oil spill will not impact Florida tourism: poll
Reuters - The BP oil spill that spewed millions of barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico is unlikely to deter travel to Florida and Louisiana for the rest of the year, a new poll showed.
Yahoo! | 1 hour, 46 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
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BP says offshore oil limits could hurt payouts in spill AFP - Proposed US limits on offshore oil drilling could hurt BP's ability to pay for damages stemming from the huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a company executive said in an interview Friday.
Yahoo! | 1 hour, 59 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
School of Underwater Turbines Swim to Fast Currents
An autonomous turbine swarm in the works could tap the power potential in the Gulf's underwater currents. But should we even go there?
Discovery Channel | 2 hours, 14 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Discovery Channel | 2 hours, 14 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

NASA images detailing 50 years of space exploration launch on Flickr A photograph of Shuttle Columbia launching from the Kennedy Space Center on April 12, 1981, is just one of the 180 images now online.
Mail Online | 2 hours, 20 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Why your brain flips over visual illusions
What happens in your brain when you view illusions in which two separate images can be seen?
NewScientist.com | 2 hours, 28 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
NewScientist.com | 2 hours, 28 minutes ago | comment? | recommend

