Green Blog: Did Global Warming Contribute to Hurricane Sandy's Devastation?

Was the bizarre storm called Sandy a product, in whole or in part, of human-induced climate change?That may not be a top-of-mind issue for the millions of people who will spend coming weeks recovering from the damage. But it is an important scientific...

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Green Blog: Nuclear Plants Get Through the Storm With Little Trouble

The nuclear reactors in Sandy's path mostly handled the storm well — better than other parts of the region's electric system.But one reactor, on the New Jersey coast, declared a low-level emergency because rising water threatened to submerge pumps it...

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Hurricane Sandy Barrels Region, Leaving Battered Path

Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Keith Klein and Eileen Blair among homes destroyed by fire in the Breezy Point section of Queens. More Photos » The New York region began the daunting process on Tuesday of rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy,...

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Scientists Move Closer to a Long-Lasting Flu Vaccine

As this year's flu season gathers steam, doctors and pharmacists have a fresh stock of vaccines to offer their patients. The vaccines usually provide strong protection against the virus, but only for a while. Vaccines for other diseases typically work...

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In Theory: A Weak Spot in H.I.V’s Armor Raises Hope for a Vaccine

The search for a vaccine against AIDS has been long and fruitless — mostly because the virus mutates so fast. As is well known, flu vaccines have to be reformulated every year because influenza viruses mutate so steadily. But the human immunodeficiency...

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Profiles in Science Peter G. Neumann: Rethinking the Computer at 80

Jim Wilson/The New York Times Peter G. Neumann MENLO PARK, Calif. — Many people cite Albert Einstein's aphorism "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." Only a handful, however, have had the opportunity to discuss the...

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Hurricane Sandy Predicted to Bring ‘Life-Threatening’ Surge

Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times Ricky Rojas, 27, right, and his family, from left, wife Rene, 27, daughter Katie, 12 months, and Rachel, 2, settled in at an emergency shelter in Woodbine, N.J. More Photos » Hurricane Sandy, a menacing...

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A Third Day of Protests in China Against Refinery

Ng Han Guan/Associated Press Protesters faced off against the riot police on Sunday in Ningbo, China. Many said they were wary of the government's about-face. BEIJING — Officials in the coastal city of Ningbo, China, promised on Sunday night to...

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Shallow Waters and Unusual Path May Worsen the Surge

Robert Stolarik for The New York Times Watching for the power of the storm yet to come in Long Beach, N.Y. More Photos » Like a hand pushing water in a bathtub, the winds of a hurricane push the water of the Atlantic Ocean. When the windblown water...

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Some Exhibits at Natural History Museum Are Only Seen by Researchers

Michael Nagle for The New York Times COLD STORAGE At the American Museum of Natural History, George Amato reached into a vat, cooled by liquid nitrogen, holding vials of tissue samples. George Amato climbs a step and lifts the lid on a shiny stainless...

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Rachel Carson’s Lessons, 50 Years After ‘Silent Spring’

SHE was a slight, soft-spoken woman who preferred walking the Maine shoreline to stalking the corridors of power. And yet Rachel Carson, the author of "Silent Spring," played a central role in starting the environmental movement, by forcing government...

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Casualties of Toronto’s Urban Skies

Ian Willms for The New York Times DEADLY TOWERS Each year buildings in and around Toronto prove deadly for migratory birds that crash into their gleaming facades. More Photos » TORONTO — In the shadow of the massive black towers of a bank's downtown...

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The Agenda: Nearly Absent in the Campaign: Climate Change

Left, Eric Thayer for The NYT; right, Doug Mills/ The NYT At left, Mitt Romney during campaign event at a coal mine in Beallsville, Ohio in August.  In March, President Obama, at right, spoke at the Copper Mountain Solar Project in Nevada. ...

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Poor Sanitation Found at Pharmacy Linked to Meningitis Outbreak

Bryce Vickmark for The New York Times The building housing the New England Compounding Center and the nearby recycling center. WASHINGTON — A federal inspection of a company whose tainted pain medicine has caused one of the worst public health...

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Dying Satellites Could Lead to Shaky Weather Forecasts

WASHINGTON — The United States is facing a year or more without crucial satellites that provide invaluable data for predicting storm tracks, a result of years of mismanagement, lack of financing and delays in launching replacements, according to several...

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Green Blog: A Multitude of Oysters? Looks Can Be Deceiving

Watching a professional  shuck oysters is hypnotic. With thick-gloved hands, he steadies the mollusk on a cushion of cloth stained  with gray juice and grit. Next he drives a stubby blade into the valve that separates the two shells, wiggling...

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Fish Off Fukushima, Japan, Show Elevated Levels of Cesium

TOKYO — Elevated levels of cesium still detected in fish off the Fukushima coast of Japan suggest that radioactive particles from last year's nuclear disaster have accumulated on the seafloor and could contaminate sea life for decades, according to...

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