Water is a scarce resource in the desert regions of the Middle East. Though disputes over water have come close to triggering wars between nations of the region in the past, diplomats intervened to keep tensions to a minimum. Now a new study suggests...
Annie Leonard grew up in Seattle, Washington, spending her summers in the forests of the Cascade Mountains. With her school promoting environmental issues, she grew concerned about the increasing numbers of clear cuts - areas where all the trees have...
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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? If you're too tired to think straight, it might be because parts of your brain are already asleep at the wheel. A team of neuroscientists from Washington State Unive...
President Obama welcomed Haitian President Rene Preval at the White House today. Preval is in the US thanking Americans for their help after Haitis devastating earthquake in January. Mr. Obama says the quake was one of the most devastating incidents...
Back from the weekend and ready to bring you the headlines, this is CNN Student News and I'm Carl Azuz. Let's get started. First up, parts of northern California shake off the effects of an earthquake that struck over the weekend. The tremor had a ma...
North Korea says it may be ready to talk again, but not in the six-nation format it has taken part in over the last five years. This time, Pyongyang says it will only talk with the United States. The United States is rejecting North Korea's offer to...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 24 August 2006 The MacArthur Foundation, better known for offering so-called genius grants each year to individuals, will now recognize small non-profit organizations. The groups are diverse and are in different countries,...