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  • March 17, 2011
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An electric car being charged

Infrastructure is Challenge for Electric Vehicle Owners

Hybrid vehicles, like the Prius and Volt, are bridging the gap until suitable recharging infrastructure is commonplace for electric cars

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NASA Messenger Probe Set for Historic Orbit Around Mercury

Probe is scheduled to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet closest to the sun.

Swirls of waves approach to a coast in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, March 11, 2011 after a powerful tsunami spawned by the largest earthquake in country's recorded history slammed the eastern coast

Japan Quake Shortens Earth Day

US space agency says tremor made the planet spin a little faster, cutting the day by 1.8 microseconds

US, Japanese Students Use Facebook, Twitter to Map Crisis Points

A group in Boston is undertaking the effort to help the relief effort

Reducing animal protein consumption cuts nitrogen pollution.

Online Tool Shows How What You Eat Affects Pollution

Eat less meat to reduce nitrogen pollution

Swirls of waves approach to a coast in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, March 11, 2011 after a powerful tsunami spawned by the largest earthquake in country's recorded history slammed the eastern coast

Japan Earthquake Alters Coast Line, Changes Earth's Axis

Geophysicist Kenneth Hudnut, who works for US Geological Survey tells CNN that quake moved part of Japan's land mass by eight feet

The source of the new electricity is something Tamkuha has in abundance:  rice

Indian Electricity Initiative Shines New Light on Farm Garbage

Source of new electricity is something Tamkuha, village in Biharhas state, has in abundance: rice

The Fukushima nuclear plant in Fukushima prefecture in northeastern Japan (2008 file photo)

Analysts Debate the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants

Situation prompts analysts to debate whether nuclear power is safe to use in earthquake-prone regions

Brazilian free-tailed bats in flight as they emerge from a cave in Texas.

Weather Radar Tracks Bats, Birds, Bugs

America’s 156-station network provides continent-wide picture of life in the sky

With a tsunami warning in effect for Northern California, a surfer enters the water at Fort Point near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, March 11, 2011

Tsunami Warnings Issued in Pacific From Japan to Peru

One tsunami researcher says tsunami warning system worked well, but it is difficult to predict about how damaging waves will be

Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) lands at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, completing its 39th and final flight, March 9, 2011

'Farewell, Discovery,' as Shuttle's Space Career Ends

US space shuttle Discovery and its crew ended a 13-day mission and a journey of more than 8 million kilometers

U.S. doctors have announced the successful use of an artificial body part in reconstructive surgery. It's the latest example of what is known as tissue engineering.

Scientists Grow Replacement Urethra in Lab

Urinary function continues years after implant

Students learn from Engkey, the robot at the Hagjeong Primary School in Daegu

South Korean Students Learn English from Robot Teacher

Robots used to make up for shortfall in human teachers

Present-day young Botswana Bushmen (file photo)

Modern Humans Traced to Southern African Bushmen

Finding upends a widely-held scientific belief that modern humans originated in east Africa

People Power:  The Game of Civil Resistance

How to Remove a Dictator

Washington DC company produces documentaries, video games on civil disobedience, non-violent tactics for political change