A visionary moved by the earth's plight
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Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison stretch the boundaries of photography with eerie, beautiful images.
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The tale of how Mario Capecchi, this year's Nobel medicine laureate, survived heartbreak and poverty in wartime Italy to go on to academic glory in America inspired the world in a way that resonated beyond his scientific triumphs.
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By Mashhor Mansor  GLOBAL warming plus environmental degradation spell trouble for all life on earth. These pressing environmental issues are difficult to overcome, especially since environmental awareness is superficial and environmental knowledge is limited among the public.
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Calling humanity a threat to the planet,  Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai urged democratic reform  and an end to corporate greed after becoming the first African  woman to collect the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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An eco-entrepreneur says climate control will be very expensive and a new approach is required to spread the costs of action.
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One day, climate change could  cost the earth. For now, it is a nice little earner for Russian  hunter Alexander Vatagin.
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Environmentalists around the world are holding their heads a little higher. Wangari Maathai is being honored for her work in preserving the earth.
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The Nobel Peace Prize has been given a new and important meaning for the 21st century. For the first time, the honor has gone to an African woman, and to an environmentalist.
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YASSER Arafatâs death is a development of monumental dimensions. The void it has left in one of the worldâs most disturbed and disturbing regions would be hard to fill, but filled it has to be.
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Environmental activist Maude Barlow believes the world is poised to experience a freshwater crisis of "monumental proportions." The Canadian author shares her views on global water use and abuse with National Geographic News.
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For the past 30 years scientists have scoured the most inhospitable environments or life. Just about everywhere they look, they find it thriving in microscopic form.
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The former V.P. has amassed an army of a thousand, from scientists to celebs, in his fight against global warming
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Philosopher Glenn Albrecht has coined the term "solastalgia" -- pining for a lost environment --  to describe effects of climate change that erodes your sense of home, despite ever leaving it.
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Jeroen van der Veer, Royal Dutch Shellâs chief executive, offers his views on the energy challenge facing the world and the challenge posed by global warming.
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Often dismissed as a quirky pipe dream, it took a thrill-seeking mogul to energize one of mankind's oldest desires. By James Lee from Wired magazine.
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A comic book hero mounts a comeback in the footsteps of many others.
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âWe were saddened to hear of the death of Christopher Reeve. He has been such an effective advocate of stem cell research, as well as being an extremely courageous individual who never lost hope that the