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Opinion: Six ways to boost electric vehicles
Getting more American drivers into electric vehicles carries both environmental and national security benefits. But to get Americans to really buy EVs, the Obama administration needs to learn from the past and plan better today.
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North Korean missiles: Could US shoot them down? (+video)
The Pentagon has been deploying more missile-defense ground batteries and ships to East Asia. Here's a rundown of the three-tiered system that the US could use to counter North Korean missiles.
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Energy Voices US cars in 2050 could be using 80 percent less gasoline
The US could cut oil consumption for light-duty vehicles and greenhouse-gas emissions, if it adopts policies and encourages key technologies, a new National Research Council report says.
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Lorca 5.1 earthquake: Blame Spain's farmers and their deep wells?
Spain's worst earthquake in 50 years may have been triggered by farmers drilling deep wells to water their crops, says a new study. With the rise in 'fracking,' man-made earthquakes are a focus of seismic study.
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Primary violent space weather concern for next decade: the sun
A new report emphasizes the need for research to better understand the sun, how it interacts with Earth and other bodies in the solar system, and the origins of potentially harmful space weather.
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Arctic drilling: US setting policy to protect environment, indigenous people
With receding sea ice allowing energy exploration in the Arctic, the US is set to unveil a five-year leasing plan that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of the drilling.
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Rising sea levels: Is global warming making the US East Coast a 'hot spot?' (+video)
The pace of sea-level rise along much of the East Coast is accelerating three to four times faster than the worldwide average, a US Geological Survey study says. Global warming is the chief suspect.
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Sea levels rising on US East Coast much faster than global average (+video)
The Atlantic Ocean is rising at an annual rate three times faster than the global average since 1990, according to the US Geological Survey.
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West Coast sea levels: New report estimates greater rise by 2100
The estimates from the National Research Council, taking advantage of more recent research, range from 19 to 55 inches. The study is expected to become a common frame of reference that coastal communities can use in planning.
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Could novel technique to curb global warming also trigger earthquakes?
A report finds that injecting carbon dioxide into underground rock formations, while a potential means of fighting global warming, could increase stresses on faults, leading to earthquakes.
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Militaries vie for Arctic edge as ice cap melts
By Arctic standards, the region is already buzzing with military activity, and experts believe that will increase significantly in the years ahead.
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Astronauts scramble for escape pods as space junk threat gets serious
Some 22,000 chunks of space junk zip around the earth. On Saturday, six International Space Station astronauts scrambled for safety as a piece of a Russian satellite whizzed by.
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Deep-water oil drilling: why Obama is OK with angering left and right
Neither the oil industry nor environmentalists are pleased with President Obama's new deep-water oil drilling plan. But in an election year, that might be a safe position politically.
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NASA launches most sophisticated rover yet to Mars
The Mars Science Laboratory, or Curiosity rover, lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. After an 8 1/2-month journey, the rover is expected to arrive at the Red Planet in August 2012.
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Will crash of hypersonic Falcon HTV-2 set back Pentagon's ambitious plans?
Thursday's test flight of the Falcon HTV-2 ended with signals lost and a crash landing into the Pacific – but not before it sent engineers half an hour of flight data. The Pentagon hopes the design will allow a non-nuclear response to threats anywhere in the world, within one hour.
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Pentagon unveils its new cyberstrategy. Well, some of it, anyway.
The Pentagon – belatedly, perhaps – outlines its 'Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace.' A slim unclassified document emphasizes a defensive posture, leaving many questions unanswered.
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Solar storm delivers a glancing blow to Earth – and a warning
The solar storm caused by a massive eruption two days ago arrived at Earth Wednesday, but it was only a taste of what scientists say might come – and the world is not prepared.
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A US cyberwar doctrine? Pentagon document seen as first step, and a warning.
A yet-to-be-released Pentagon document on cyberwar reportedly lays out when the US would respond with conventional force to a cyberattack: when infrastructure or military readiness is damaged.
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Europa or bust? Maybe not. Top 9 priorities for planetary research missions
The National Research Council has just unveiled planetary scientists' space-mission wish-list for the next 10 years. Tight federal budgets will provide the reality check. Here's a sampler of missions the panel recommends NASA undertake this decade.
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Cyberwar timeline
Tracing the history of cyberespionage and cyberwarfare from the invention of the Internet up to the targeted attacks on US banks by an Islamic hacktivist group.
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Asteroid strikes: Do we need an early-warning system?
A week's advance notice of an incoming rock would cost only $1 million per observatory, and could give people enough time to get out of harm's way.
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New energy: climate change and sustainability shape a new era
A new energy revolution – similar to shifts from wood to coal to oil – is inevitable as climate change and oil scarcity drive a global search for sustainability in power production. But even the promise of renewable energy holds drawbacks.
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Food safety: How to keep our global menu off the recall list
As the food recall list grows and food imports flood into the US, it may be time to revamp America's 70-year-old laws on food safety.
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Report calls obesity a threat to US national security
Obesity among military-aged men and women is on the rise, leaving a smaller pool of people fit to serve.
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