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   		  <title>Roof rainwater runoff collection urged by experts</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Simple smooth, sloped roofs in the urban landscape could be used to increase water savings in the urban environment. Researchers at Autonomous University of Barcelona have shown that urban planners may wish to incorporate the retro roofs in modern design to realize significant rainwater recovery savings.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Simple smooth, sloped roofs in the urban landscape could be used to increase water savings in the urban environment. Researchers at Autonomous University of Barcelona have shown that urban planners may wish to incorporate the retro roofs in modern design to realize significant rainwater recovery savings.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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		 <category>going green</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Relax guys, the stress will kill you</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[A new long-term study concluded that middle-aged men who experience repeated episodes of moderate to high stress life events over a relatively short period experienced a 50% increase in mortality. Being married and drinking moderately may help reduce risk, however.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[A new long-term study concluded that middle-aged men who experience repeated episodes of moderate to high stress life events over a relatively short period experienced a 50% increase in mortality. Being married and drinking moderately may help reduce risk, however.                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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		 <category>health</category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>New star clusters unveiled by ESO telescope</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory in Chile have announced the discovery of two new rare globular clusters of stars in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The discoveries represent the fruits of an ambitious project to survey the center of the galaxy in infrared light.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory in Chile have announced the discovery of two new rare globular clusters of stars in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The discoveries represent the fruits of an ambitious project to survey the center of the galaxy in infrared light.                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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		 <category>scitech</category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Mystery of dark matter deepens</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[A new study shows that mysterious dark matter is even more mysterious than cosmologists thought. Now scientists will need to come up with new theories regarding the nature of the strange stuff that astrophysicists believe makes up the bulk of the universe.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[A new study shows that mysterious dark matter is even more mysterious than cosmologists thought. Now scientists will need to come up with new theories regarding the nature of the strange stuff that astrophysicists believe makes up the bulk of the universe.                                                                        <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/scitech/mystery-dark-matter-deepens/1526/</link>
		 <category>scitech</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Mammals' heart disease risk may be a quirk of evolution</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Mammals have developed a uniquely efficient blood clotting mechanism, which probably offered a survival advantage. But that same advantage comes at a price: a higher risk of heart disease. The culprits are important components of mammalian blood known as platelets, which helped protect early mammals from injury.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Mammals have developed a uniquely efficient blood clotting mechanism, which probably offered a survival advantage. But that same advantage comes at a price: a higher risk of heart disease. The culprits are important components of mammalian blood known as platelets, which helped protect early mammals from injury.                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/health/mammals-heart-disease-risk-quirk-evolution/1521/</link>
		 <category>health</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Severe drought permanently alters ecosystems</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Severe repetitive drought in the American desert Southwest may cause permanent, irreversible damage to local ecosystems. And things are only expected to get worse.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Severe repetitive drought in the American desert Southwest may cause permanent, irreversible damage to local ecosystems. And things are only expected to get worse.                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
<br /><br />Published on <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/climate/severe-drought-permanently-alters-ecosystems/1517/">The Earth Times</a><br /><br /><br /><h3>Related Articles</h3><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/climate/searing-temperatures-us/2222/" title="Searing Temperatures for the US">Searing Temperatures for the US</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/heat-salamanders/2219/" title=" Heat is on for salamanders"> Heat is on for salamanders</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/climate/drought-consequences-river-life/2170/" title="Drought and its consequences on river life">Drought and its consequences on river life</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/politics/world-day-combat-desertification/2040/" title="World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought">World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought</a><br /><a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/going-green/keeping-garden-growing/1917/" title="Keeping the garden growing">Keeping the garden growing</a><br /><br />]]></content:encoded>
         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/climate/severe-drought-permanently-alters-ecosystems/1517/</link>
		 <category>climate</category>
         <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Nuclear waste from Cold War-era is here to stay</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Cold War-era nuclear waste last forever. Now the U.S. Dept. of Energy is struggling to deal with the fallout. The bulk of the deadly waste was generated during the Cold War era arms race, as the superpowers developed and stockpiled ever-deadlier nuclear weapons and technologies.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Cold War-era nuclear waste last forever. Now the U.S. Dept. of Energy is struggling to deal with the fallout. The bulk of the deadly waste was generated during the Cold War era arms race, as the superpowers developed and stockpiled ever-deadlier nuclear weapons and technologies.                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/nuclear-waste-cold-war-era-stay/1513/</link>
		 <category>pollution</category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:03:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Birds like it sweet, bees like it sweeter</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[MIT mathematicians delved into the arena of biology recently to explore optimization in nature. It turns out, bees are 'dippers' who feed by probing flowers with their tongues. For them, a thicker, sweeter fluid is best. But birds and butterflies draw nectar through thin tubes, and that's easier when flowers supply a thinner, less sugary fluid.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[MIT mathematicians delved into the arena of biology recently to explore optimization in nature. It turns out, bees are 'dippers' who feed by probing flowers with their tongues. For them, a thicker, sweeter fluid is best. But birds and butterflies draw nectar through thin tubes, and that's easier when flowers supply a thinner, less sugary fluid.                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/birds-sweet-bees-sweeter/1507/</link>
		 <category>nature</category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Chocolate may well be a girl's best friend</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Chocolate consumption has been linked to a lower incidence of stroke in women. A new study published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology concludes that women who wolfed down the most chocolate were significantly less likely to suffer a stroke than their peers who abstained from the delectable dark stuff.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Chocolate consumption has been linked to a lower incidence of stroke in women. A new study published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology concludes that women who wolfed down the most chocolate were significantly less likely to suffer a stroke than their peers who abstained from the delectable dark stuff.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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		 <category>health</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Restless Legs Syndrome linked to hypertension in women</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is linked to high blood pressure incidence in middle-aged women, according to the results of a new study. Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is an often unpleasant condition characterized by intense pain in the legs and an inability to keep the legs still, especially at night.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is linked to high blood pressure incidence in middle-aged women, according to the results of a new study. Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is an often unpleasant condition characterized by intense pain in the legs and an inability to keep the legs still, especially at night.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/health/restless-legs-syndrome-linked-hypertension-women/1500/</link>
		 <category>health</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Optimistic people wired differently</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Optimistic people's sunny outlook may be due to 'faulty' brain functioning, according to the results of a new study published this week in Nature Neuroscience. The study shows that optimistic people tend to learn only from information that reinforces their sunny outlook. While it may be helpful in trying times, the trait is essentially due to 'faulty' functioning in the frontal lobes of their brains.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Optimistic people's sunny outlook may be due to 'faulty' brain functioning, according to the results of a new study published this week in Nature Neuroscience. The study shows that optimistic people tend to learn only from information that reinforces their sunny outlook. While it may be helpful in trying times, the trait is essentially due to 'faulty' functioning in the frontal lobes of their brains.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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		 <category>health</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Air pollution linked to premature births</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Air pollution exposure has been linked to a 30-percent increase in the risk of premature low-weight births among women living in Los Angeles, California. Air quality information was derived from three separate sources, and included data regarding concentrations of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and fine particulate matter.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Air pollution exposure has been linked to a 30-percent increase in the risk of premature low-weight births among women living in Los Angeles, California. Air quality information was derived from three separate sources, and included data regarding concentrations of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and fine particulate matter.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/air-pollution-linked-premature-births/1487/</link>
		 <category>pollution</category>
         <pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:06:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Venus has ozone layer too</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[The European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft has detected an ozone layer in Venus' atmosphere, much as on Earth. Unlike Earth, however, the ozone is not the result of biological activity.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[The European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft has detected an ozone layer in Venus' atmosphere, much as on Earth. Unlike Earth, however, the ozone is not the result of biological activity.                                                                                          <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/scitech/venus-ozone-layer/1486/</link>
		 <category>scitech</category>
         <pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:49:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Sixty-percent increase in TBIs among US youth athletes</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Traumatic Brain Injuries are up by 60%, but the higher numbers probably reflect better awareness, rather than increased injuries. The higher rates may reflect the effectiveness of an awareness campaign, the Heads Up Initiative, launched about a decade ago to promote awareness about TBI among coaches, parents, clinicians and educators.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Traumatic Brain Injuries are up by 60%, but the higher numbers probably reflect better awareness, rather than increased injuries. The higher rates may reflect the effectiveness of an awareness campaign, the Heads Up Initiative, launched about a decade ago to promote awareness about TBI among coaches, parents, clinicians and educators.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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		 <category>health</category>
         <pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>NIH to examine how climate change may affect public health</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[The U.S. National Institutes of Health is sponsoring extensive research to determine the potential ill effects of climate change on public health. Examples of potential climate related illnesses include asthma and other respiratory illnesses, gastrointestinal diseases, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, and deaths related to extreme weather, such as hurricanes, tornadoes and floods.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. National Institutes of Health is sponsoring extensive research to determine the potential ill effects of climate change on public health. Examples of potential climate related illnesses include asthma and other respiratory illnesses, gastrointestinal diseases, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, and deaths related to extreme weather, such as hurricanes, tornadoes and floods.                                                                                                            <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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