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- Olympic flame to be lit in ceremony in Greece before 1800-mile torch relay and the London 2012 Games
- 6th Annual Endangered Species Day: Friday, May 18, 2012; one in four of the world's mammals are threatened with extinction
- Hubble celebrates 22nd anniversary in orbit with stunning mosaic space image of several million stars 650 light-years across
- Oceans of trash? >9 million volunteers remove 153 million lbs of trash from >312000 miles of coastline and waterways in 26 years
- "Waddle we look like when we grow up, Mum?" Mother hen hatches baby ducklings and adopts them as her own
- Extreme weather: 2012 kicks off with record heat, tornadoes & drought; 'strange spring' is 'climate change we're seeing'
- Cartoon Walrus to oysters: "the time has come... " ("Poem in Art and Story" Collection 1)
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- "SOS Amazon": every second we lose 1.5 acres of rainforests once covering 14% of earth land surface, now a mere 6%
- Solar system moving 100000 mph faster than thought; 15% speed increase translates to doubling of mass of Milky Way
- Air pollution, lethal to Earth ecosystems. 7 major pollutants...world worst-polluted places: "killer communities"
- Ocean pollution. Climate change. Man-made disaster or nature's "myth"? Seeing's believing: shocking evident photos
- World's tallest buildings (part iii): Taipei Tower 101, Burj Dubai & 1-km High Club (projects under construction)
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- "SOS Amazon": every second we lose 1.5 acres of rainforests once covering 14% of earth land surface, now a mere 6%
- Zoo Atlanta celebrates arrival of baby panda, 2nd cub of mother Lun Lun and only panda born in US in 2008 so far
- Full-body scanner cannot replace diplomacy but imposes indecency on billions. Law says indecent exposure is crime, doesn't it?
- Solar system moving 100000 mph faster than thought; 15% speed increase translates to doubling of mass of Milky Way
- Fuel change breakthrough: biodiesel-powered speedboat Earthrace, around world in 60 days, beats record set in 1998 by 14 days
- Missions of the largest aircrafts: Western H-4 Hercules & Airbus A380, Russia’s Antonov An-225 Mriya & ‘Caspian Sea Monster’
- 10 of the best cities offering quality life measured by traffic congestion, air quality, and personal safety
- World's tallest buildings (part ii): Washington Monument, Eiffel Tower, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building..
- Ocean pollution. Climate change. Man-made disaster or nature's "myth"? Seeing's believing: shocking evident photos
- "SOS Amazon": 1st action of Amazon tribes, sending message "Wake Up, World!" at 2009 World Social Forum in Brazil
- Great sportsman Roger Federer is mortal, but still the man.. Queen Elizabeth II visits Wimbledon for 1st time in 33 years
- Rock-and-roll star Elvis Presley drafted today in 1957 while spending Christmas at Graceland, shipped to Germany
- World's tallest buildings (part iii): Taipei Tower 101, Burj Dubai & 1-km High Club (projects under construction)
- Air pollution, lethal to Earth ecosystems. 7 major pollutants...world worst-polluted places: "killer communities"
- Massive debt, stress, massive heart attack: Michael Jackson, King of Pop. This is IT: lasting legacy. Massive loss
- At sea, the bigger, the better? "Oasis of the Sea", largest cruise ship, tall as a 12-story building, wider than Panama Canal
- Economy in recession, Paris fashion in session - Haute Couture Fashion Week 2009
- Mickey Mouse turns 80 - symbol of optimism, fun, sheer zest for life, a little fellow trying to do the best he can
- Personal Plane flies, folds, tows, swims, and beats SUVs on mileage - ICON A5 amphibious sportsplane completes first test flight
- Jan 6, 1838, Samuel Morse 1st demonstrated electric telegraph. "What hath God wrought!" - 1st formal message sent
- World's tallest animal: Rarest endangered Rothschild giraffes join family breakfast; unlikely bond with short goat at 1st sight
- Mickey & Goofy behind bars? Snow White, Tinkerbell, Peter Pan among those arrested at Disneyland labor protest
- World's tallest buildings (part i): Cheops Pyramid, Lincoln Cathedral, St. Olav, Strasbourg Cathedral, St. Nikolai
- Oldest WWI survivors join commemorations on Remembrance Day, pay tribute to fallen millions in 1st, 2nd World Wars
- "Do I really want that CT scan?" Study shows increased radiation exposure, cancer risks, tests often unnecessary
- Countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - athletes to watch, each with a story of their own
- Amazing photos from Greenland, where unfortunately ice runs away by hundreds of billions of tons a year
- Jolie, Pitt give $1 million to kids impacted by Iraq war
- Stunning: the Earth and Moon hang in space as seen from Mars; Images: NASA's discovery of water ice on Mars. What’s next?
- Dog becomes tigers' momma at Kansas Zoo: labrador retriever adopts, nurses three abandoned white tiger cubs
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