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Sick cows led to the invention of Warfarin.

How Moldy Hay And Sick Cows Led To A Lifesaving Drug

7:06pm August 29, 2017

by Joe Palca

The blood thinner warfarin, which prevents blood clots, owes its existence to some cows who got very sick after eating spoiled hay — and to a chemist who spent years trying to figure out why.

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Residents of the Galápagos Islands demonstrate outside the court where the crew of the Chinese-flagged ship had a hearing last week. The Ecuadorean navy earlier this month seized the ship, which had been carrying some 300 tons of fish, including several

Fishermen Caught With 6,600 Sharks In Galápagos, Now Headed To Prison

6:22pm August 29, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The dead sharks, mostly endangered hammerheads, were part of a 300-ton haul of fish found on a Chinese boat off the Galápagos Islands. An Ecuadorean judge fined and jailed the crew up to four years.

Warren Buffett Backs Nuclear Fuel Bank In Kazakhstan

4:32pm August 29, 2017

by David Welna

An unusual bank will open Tuesday in Kazakhstan. The deposits will be nuclear fuel, low-enriched uranium. The customers withdrawing low-enriched uranium will be nations which lack enrichment facilities. The idea is to convince such nations not to build their own. Warren Buffett is among the bank's founders.

The ship Steve Irwin, from the fleet of environmental activist group Sea Shepherd, sits at anchor near Perth, Australia, in 2011.

Sea Shepherd Says This Year It Won't Send Ships To Disrupt Japanese Whalers

3:11pm August 29, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The U.S.-based environmental activist group says it will not send ships because Japan has improved technology to avoid the vessels and has toughened its anti-terrorism laws.

Gentrification brings with it new restaurants, businesses and housing but often pushes out longtime residents.

What Does It Take To See Gentrification Before It Happens?

2:57pm August 29, 2017

by Adam Frank

The great hope of urban advocates is to democratize data, allowing residents to see more clearly how a neighborhood is changing — but knowledge of those changes may accelerate them, says Adam Frank.

Louisiana, Texas Prepare For More Rain From Tropical Storm Harvey

6:25pm August 28, 2017

Texas and Louisiana are steeling for more rain from now tropical storm Harvey. Rising temperatures factored into the size and impact of the storm.

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Hurricane Harvey's Size And Impact Points To Climate Change

4:49pm August 28, 2017

by Christopher Joyce

Hurricane Harvey bears the marks of climate change. Warmer waters in the Gulf of Mexico and rising sea levels make rain heavy storms like Harvey more likely in the future.

A person and a dog make their way through a flooded street in Houston after the area was inundated with flooding from Harvey, which has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm.

How A Warmer Climate Helped Shape Harvey

4:28pm August 28, 2017

by Geoff Brumfiel

Rising temperatures factored into making the storm a watery giant, but other factors helped turn it into a catastrophe.

What Should We Be Teaching Young Children?

3:21pm August 28, 2017

by Tania Lombrozo

Many things can be learned just as well later — so the focus should be on ones that really need to be early, like languages, music and communication, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo.

Texas Gulf Coast Braces For Hurricane Harvey

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Harvey Hits Hard

1:12pm August 28, 2017

Gulf Coast residents have been told to evacuate or ready themselves for torrential rain, high winds and flash flooding.