This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. As you probably know, viruses can jump from animals to people, we've gotten flu from birds and pigs, and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is thought to ha

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Bladeless Wind Generator Safe for Birds Wind turbines are tall structures with large blades used to produce electricity. They are useful sources of low-cost, renewable energy. But they can also be deadly to birds and bats. The turbines large blades t

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Bird-friendly Bladeless Wind Turbine Mimics Nature Energy created by conventional three-blade wind turbines is cheap, sustainable and pollution-free. But according to current estimates, the devices' fast-moving blades kill up to 300,000 birds annuall

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Ridley Scott's science fiction film Blade Runner was a modest hit in theaters in 1982 and a massive one later on video. Scott's punk noir dystopia initially got mixed reviews, but the director kept re-cutting his film. And by 200

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The European Union says manipulating a benchmark interest rate in London should be a criminal offense. The EU called Wednesday for its 27 member states to set criminal penalties for rigging interest rates to affect the LIBOR [London Interbank Offered

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It will be the first mock submarine rescue drill in the history of the RIMPAC, a biennial war game which has been held since 1971. China's newest submarine rescue ship, the Changdao, is making its debut at this year's exercises, which will last until

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