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BWCA: As technology spreads, how hard is it to call for help in remote areas?

BWCA: As technology spreads, how hard is it to call for help in remote areas?

A communications safety net has been spreading across the 2.5 million acre wilderness for a decade. That net is enabling more rescues but officials warn it should not give people false confidence they can explore the wilderness area without proper preparation.
by John Enger

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Scientists say the moon is hiding a lumpy middle

Scientists say the moon is hiding a lumpy middle

Like many an Earth-bound observer, it turns out that our nearest neighbor in space is hiding a slight bulge around the waist.

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Enlisting smartphones in the campaign for campus safety

Enlisting smartphones in the campaign for campus safety

These apps for the most part target sexual assault and rape, amid growing national concern about the prevalence of incidents and criticism of the ways colleges and universities are handling them.
by Juana Summers

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Climate Cast: Western US battling large wildfires

Climate Cast: Western US battling large wildfires

We discuss what we know - and don't know - about what climate change means for the number and intensity of wildfires in the U.S.

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David Epstein on the science behind athleticism

David Epstein on the science behind athleticism

While technology has helped improved athletic performance, the gene pool also plays a role.

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3 things humans can learn from the bee colony collapse

3 things humans can learn from the bee colony collapse

Mark Winston, a biologist at Simon Fraser University, draws a parallel between the stressors that cause Colony Collapse Disorder and the harmful side effects of pharmaceutical interactions in humans.

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The future of mobile technology, privacy

The future of mobile technology, privacy

Recent changes in cell phone and mobile technology rules could alter the future of the technology.

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Massoud Amin explains how a solar storm could knock out the world's power

In the next ten years there is a twelve percent chance that a solar storm could knock out the world's power grids resulting in a "post-apocalypic nightmare," according to NASA scientists.
by Tom Crann

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BBC: Why are we fascinated by the moon?

BBC: Why are we fascinated by the moon?

Mike Williams explores the moon in culture, how it affects life on Earth and he asks Alan Bean - one of the handful of people who have walked on it - what the moon is really like.

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