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A display of the northern lights in Erikslund, Medelpad in Sweden. Explosions of magnetic energy between Earth and the moon are behind the sparkles and wavy glows of the Northern Lights that color the night sky, NASA said Thursday.

Magnetic energy blasts make Northern Lights 'dance': NASA

AFP - Friday, July 25 12:12 am

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Explosions of magnetic energy between Earth and the moon are behind the sparkles and wavy glows of the Northern Lights that color the night sky, NASA said Thursday. More »

  • This undated photo shows an insect enclosed in an amber discovered by scientists of the Universities of Jena and Rostock in 2005. The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain, researchers said Thursday.

    Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old amber in Spain

    AFP - Thursday, July 24 09:35 pm

    MADRID (AFP) - The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain, researchers said Thursday. More »

  • The town Novy Urengoi just below the arctic circle. Within the Arctic circle there are 90 billion barrels of oil and vast quantities of natural gas waiting to be tapped, most of it offshore, the government-run US Geological Survey has said.

    Arctic 'holds 90bln barrels of oil, mostly offshore'

    AFP - Thursday, July 24 06:03 pm

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Within the Arctic circle there are 90 billion barrels of oil and vast quantities of natural gas waiting to be tapped, most of it offshore, the government-run US Geological Survey said. More »

  • A view of the cooling towers of the French Tricastin nuclear plant taken on July 17, 2008 in Bollene, southern France. French environmentalists sounded the alarm Thursday after the third incident this month at a nuclear plant left 100 employees contaminated.

    French environmentalists alarmed after fresh nuclear incident

    AFP - Thursday, July 24 05:06 pm

    PARIS (AFP) - French environmentalists sounded the alarm Thursday after the third incident this month at a nuclear plant left 100 employees contaminated. More »

  • This photo taken in 2000 from the website of Advance Cell Technologies shows six cows produced by US researchers through cloning. Cloning can threaten the health of livestock, but there is

    EU reserved about cloning: study

    AFP - Thursday, July 24 05:04 pm

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - Cloning can threaten the health of livestock, but there is "no clear evidence" that consuming meat and milk from cloned animals is a risk to humans, an EU scientific report suggested Thursday. More »

  • A harp seal pup lies on an ice floe in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Charlottetown, Canada in March 2008. The European Commission has proposed to ban products made from seals killed in inhumane ways in a measure fuelling tensions with major seal skin exporter Canada.

    EU proposes ban on seal products

    AFP - Wednesday, July 23 04:39 pm

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to ban products made from seals killed in inhumane ways in a measure fuelling tensions with major seal skin exporter Canada. More »

  • Hurricane Dolly swirls toward US-Mexico border

    AFP - Wednesday, July 23 08:32 am

    WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Hurricane Dolly churned over the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday toward the US-Mexican border, forcing thousands in Mexico to evacuate as US oil rigs put staff ashore and the US Navy sheltered aircraft. More »

  • The world's first IVF baby Louise Brown (2nd right) with her son Cameron, her mother Lesley and IVF pioneer Professor Robert Edwards. The world's first IVF baby wants to keep her 30th birthday on Friday low-key

    World's first IVF baby marks 30th birthday

    AFP - Wednesday, July 23 02:42 am

    LONDON (AFP) - The birth of Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby, hit headlines around the globe three decades ago -- but the married mother-of-one wants to keep her 30th birthday Friday low-key by contrast. More »

  • Los Angeles Airport police. The city of Los Angeles announced it will ban all plastic bags from retail stores as of July 1, 2010, following similar anti-pollution regulations already enforced in San Francisco

    Los Angeles bans plastic bagging in stores

    AFP - Wednesday, July 23 01:35 am

    LOS ANGLES (AFP) - The city of Los Angeles announced it will ban all plastic bags from retail stores as of July 1, 2010, following similar anti-pollution regulations already enforced in San Francisco. More »

  • A cafe in Brittany. Retailers' belief that customers like a price ending in a nine rather than a rounded-up zero -- 199.99 instead of 200.00, for instance -- has been borne out by scientific research on a restaurant menu

    Consumer spending: Why nine is the magic number

    AFP - Wednesday, July 23 01:20 am

    PARIS (AFP) - Retailers' belief that customers like a price ending in a nine rather than a rounded-up zero -- 199.99 instead of 200.00, for instance -- has been borne out by scientific research on a restaurant menu. More »

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