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Scientist: World's helium being squandered
Washington (UPI) Aug 23, 2010
The world is running out of helium, a resource that cannot be renewed, and supplies could run out in 25 to 30 years, a U.S. researcher says.
Nobel-prize winning physicist Robert Richardson warns that the inert gas is being sold off far to cheaply - so cheaply there is no incentive to recycle it - and world supplies of the gas, a vital component of medical MRI scanners, spacecraft and ... more
Swine flu continues to spread in New Zealand, 10 dead
Wellington (AFP) Aug 23, 2010
Swine flu is continuing to spread in New Zealand, health officials said Monday as the death toll rose to 10 and some areas reported more people in hospital than during last year's pandemic.
Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the global pandemic over, H1N1 "is the most common strain of influenza circulating" in New Zealand, director of public health Mark Jacobs said. ... more
Outside View: Deflation and Obama's legacy
College Park, Md. (UPI) Aug 17, 2010
Deflation is coming and Americans should be alarmed.
Many, though hardly all, prices are falling.
Government regulations, subsidies and sanctioned monopolies make some price increases inevitable - the world may end before doctors' visits, prescription drugs, college tuition, and cable TV rates stop rising. For now, U.S. President Barack Obama has legislated higher car prices and ... more
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NASA Opens Space Station For Biological Research From NIH Grants
