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- Tech
Some comfort about broken CFLs
My night-owl daughter woke me in a panic at around 2 a.m., a couple of weeks back. While swatting at a fly, she’d just broken the compact fluorescent light illuminating her closet. Having heard me warn endlessly of how we should be careful in handling these bulbs — since they contain mercury — she wanted to know what kind of damage control was called for. I only wish I knew then what I do now.
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- Earth
Greenland’s ice sheets face new threat
Subsurface ocean warming is likely to be dramatic in that region, a new study finds.
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- Earth
Sulfur stalls surface temperature rise
A new study shows how pollutants helped balance out the effects of greenhouse gases from 1998 to 2008.
- Physics
Rare earth elements plentiful in ocean sediments
The economically vital metals could be mined from the deep sea, Japanese geologists propose.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Electrifying ink, superelastic alloys, knotty molecules and more in this week's news.
- Earth
Earth/Environment
Airplanes knock rain from the sky, plus a quick-melting glacier and BPA's diabetes link in this week's news.
- Life
Genes & Cells
A sticky E. coli outbreak, clues to pancreatic cancer and a double whammy that leads to cancer in this week's news.
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- Health & Medicine
The Power of D
Sunshine vitamin’s potential health benefits stir up, split scientists.
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