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Swimming: 8 facts – trivial and not – from 'Swim'
From author and journalist Lynn Sherr's new book 'Swim,' here are 8 facts about the history of humans in the water
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Five outrageously pricey pooches
Malachy the Pekingese won Best in Show at the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday, receiving a silver cup, a raft of media appearance, and the promise of breeding fees. But the crowd-pleasing champion has nothing on these five uber-expensive dogs. Most of us think our furry best friends are priceless (author included). But some dog lovers are willing and able to put their money where their heart is. Here's our list of five pricey pooches. Can you guess which breed took the top spot, and at what price?
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In Pictures: Three Gorges, a huge dam with big troubles
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In Pictures: China floods and landslides
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42 facts about Douglas Adams (+video)
Google's doodle celebrates 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' author Douglas Adams. Here are 42 facts about the humorist, environmentalist, technophile, and all-around hoopy frood who would have turned 61 on Monday.
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Douglas Adams: The hitchhiker's guide to humor and science (+video)
Google celebrates Douglas Adams, author of the "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," with a reference-packed doodle.
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Antarctica started warming 600 years ago, study finds
Centuries before fossil fuel emissions began warming the globe, Antarctica was heating up, indicates a new research published in Nature.
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China Heavyweight: movie review
The idealism and heartbreak are universal in this new variant of a timeless theme.
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Swimming: 8 facts – trivial and not – from 'Swim'
From author and journalist Lynn Sherr's new book 'Swim,' here are 8 facts about the history of humans in the water
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Five outrageously pricey pooches
Malachy the Pekingese won Best in Show at the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday, receiving a silver cup, a raft of media appearance, and the promise of breeding fees. But the crowd-pleasing champion has nothing on these five uber-expensive dogs. Most of us think our furry best friends are priceless (author included). But some dog lovers are willing and able to put their money where their heart is. Here's our list of five pricey pooches. Can you guess which breed took the top spot, and at what price?
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Will China become the next major global power? Depends on its rural development.
Economic geography has created two Chinas: the prosperous coast and the undeveloped interior. China's future depends on whether it can reconcile this gap between the haves and have-nots. The city-province of Chongqing provides a model for equitable urbanization.
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China's farmers see hope in effort to stem soil erosion caused by Three Gorges Dam
A project inserting terraces and drainage has boosted production where soil has been severely eroded along the flood-prone Yangtze River, offering a possible solution to the bigger problem of China's Three Gorges.
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China's Three Gorges project: A huge dam with big troubles
After years of denials, China admits its Three Gorges project is destabilizing land around the 400-mile-long reservoir, prompting calls for more costly resettlements.
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In Pictures: Three Gorges, a huge dam with big troubles
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Controversial Three Gorges dam has problems, admits China
The world's largest hydroelectric project was designed to tame the flood-prone Yangtze River and to generate clean energy. But the water is becoming polluted, and regular landslides are making life near the dam dangerous.
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The next 40 years will be the most important in human history
Don't underestimate the significance of China's rise. We are living through the biggest shift in wealth, power, and prestige since the Industrial Revolution catapulted Western Europe to global dominance 200 years ago.
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Three Gorges Dam in China sees maximum water level
Three Gorges Dam reached a milestone this week, recording its maximum water level for the first time. Three Gorges Dam, on the Yangtze River, began operations two years ago.
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In Pictures: China floods and landslides
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China floods leave 30,000 trapped
China floods caused by heavy rains have left 30,000 trapped in their homes.
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Three Gorges Dam flooding turns deadly; dozens missing in China
Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest. Heavy rains in recent days caused flood waters that pushed past the huge dam in China.
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Honda stalled as China workers mull wage increase
Chinese production of Honda automobiles remains stalled as the result of a strike by workers looking for a larger wage increase.
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Glacier melting a key clue to tracking climate change
Glaciers now occupy the center stage in the debate over causes and impacts of climate change.
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Sundance: Take my film ... please!
The annual indie film festival is proving a tough sell for moviemakers as the economy craters and distribution channels shrink.
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Hope for Animals and Their World
Famed naturalist Jane Goodall cries out on behalf of Earth’s animals.
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The winners in the latest garden photo contest
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China hosts world's oldest pottery; no faux fu cauldron here
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Tiananmen Anniversary: Memory of executed poet resonates
Lin Zhao, who was executed in 1968, challenged history and Mao.
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A Single Pebble
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'Foreign devil' on a Chinese pool deck
Her wet suit earned her a nickname at the pool.
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