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Illegal Loggers Suspected In Death Of Peruvian Activist

9:47am September 19, 2014

Geographer David Salisbury talks about his friend Edwin Chota, a Peruvian activist who advocated that land being illegally logged should be given to indigenous groups. Chota was murdered on Sept. 1.

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Half the land in the city of Satellite Beach is only 6 feet above the waterline.

A Coastal Paradise Confronts Its Watery Future

6:59pm September 18, 2014

by Jon Hamilton

With rising seas, cities like Satellite Beach, Fla., are debating options: defend the shoreline to avoid destruction, or retreat, withdrawing homes and businesses from the water's edge.

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Krispy Kreme and Dunkin' Donuts have pledged to source palm oil from suppliers who are not clear-cutting rain forests.

Sweet: Dunkin' Donuts and Krispy Kreme Pump Up Pledge On Palm Oil

5:57pm September 18, 2014

by Allison Aubrey

Two major doughnut chains have bowed to consumer pressure to better police their palm oil purchases. Environmentalists say it's a win for consumers, trees and animals.

A full-grown male chimpanzee carries a stick at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Kenya. The sanctuary is the work of primatologist Jane Goodall.

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Killing Comes Naturally To Chimps, Scientists Say

1:09pm September 18, 2014

by Scott Neuman

A new study bolsters the theory that chimpanzees kill rivals as an adaptation to their natural environment and not as a result of human impact.

Top Scientists Suggest A Few Fixes For Medical Funding Crisis

8:02am September 18, 2014

by Richard Harris

The answer, this time, isn't simply more cash, says Dr. Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute. Instead, changing the way research money is distributed might fix systemic problems.

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Should we drink diet soda or not? The latest study doesn't really clear things up.

Diet Soda May Alter Our Gut Microbes And Raise The Risk Of Diabetes

5:43am September 18, 2014

by Allison Aubrey

There's a new wrinkle to the old debate over diet soda: Artificial sweeteners may alter our microbiomes. And for some, this may raise blood sugar levels and set the stage for diabetes.

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This skull, from the Swedish archaeological site called Motala, is thought to have come from a hunter-gatherer who died there about 8,000 years ago.

Europe's Family Tree Gets A New Branch

5:26pm September 17, 2014

by Alison Bruzek

Genetic evidence from ancient humans and modern people suggests that travelers from northern Eurasia moved south several thousand years ago. They stuck around to have kids with early European farmers.

Maps of connections in the brain are helping researchers better understand attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Key Brain Connection Slow To Develop In Kids With ADHD

8:57am September 17, 2014

by Alison Bruzek

A network in the brain that helps control daydreaming seem to be slower to develop in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

In an image provided by NASA, astronaut Randy Bresnik prepares to enter Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft for an evaluation at the company's Houston Product Support Center. NASA awarded Boeing with a $4.2 billion contract Tuesday.

Boeing And SpaceX Win $6.8 Billion In NASA Contracts

7:29pm September 16, 2014

by Bill Chappell

By 2017, the two American companies are expected to take over a job that NASA has relied upon Russia to perform: shuttling astronauts to the International Space Station.

U.S. To Send 3,000 Troops To West Africa To Aid In Ebola Epidemic

5:33pm September 16, 2014

On Tuesday, President Obama announced that the U.S. will send more military personnel and resources to Africa to fight the deadly virus.

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