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		<title>Fertilizing the ocean</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Earth warms, we may need huge geoengineering projects to fight climate change. Would adding iron to fertilize ocean plants withdraw enough carbon dioxide to slow warming? Could the plan backfire?]]></description>
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		<title>Running short of copper, phosphorus, rare elements</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without phosphorus fertilizer, millions would starve. A shortage of copper -- and electricity -- could short-circuit our economy. Without many obscure elements, we would not have LCDs and cell phones. Should we act to prevent future shortages?]]></description>
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		<title>Space Travel: Humans vs. Robots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bush proposes mission to moon and Mars, but how great are the scientific payoffs of this expensive, risky adventure? Would it be smarter – and cheaper – to send robots?]]></description>
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		<title>Homestake Goldmine: Science Lab?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An international team of scientists selected the Homestake goldmine to be the world's deepest underground lab, but the project may sink.]]></description>
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		<title>Zoonotic Disease &#8212; Bugs Jump to People</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2003 14:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monkeypox, AIDS, SARS: Are more diseases jumping from animals to people, or is it just our imagination?]]></description>
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		<title>Particles Get Entangled: Weird Quantum Interaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Austrian researchers show quantum entanglement across the Danube River, providing new promise in cryptography and computing. At the smallest scale, you can throw out the usual rules of engagement. What's up with spooky action at a distance?]]></description>
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		<title>Skyscrapers: Engineering Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As New York City decides about the World Trade Center site, we discuss the significance of a city skyline.]]></description>
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		<title>Photovoltaic Advance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New photovoltaic (PV) cells combine polymer and inorganic semiconductors -- could be cheaper to manufacture.]]></description>
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		<title>Surveillance Today: Sleuth&#8217;s High-Tech Tricks</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/1998/surveillance-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 1998 19:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget Big Brother, your neighbor could be watching you! Newest tricks of the spy game.]]></description>
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