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   		  <title>Childbirth - A natural function or a grave risk</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Childbirth, although a perfectly natural function, carries a grave risk particularly in the developing world, where chronic global malnutrition can put maternal mortality rates as high as one death for every eleven births.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Childbirth, although a perfectly natural function, carries a grave risk particularly in the developing world, where chronic global malnutrition can put maternal mortality rates as high as one death for every eleven births.<br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:32:38 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Geoengineering: Paint particles plan to fight climate change</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[A geoengineering solution to climate change. Fine titanium dioxide particles transported into the upper atmosphere by giant balloons could help combat climate change, says a UK chemical engineer.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[A geoengineering solution to climate change. Fine titanium dioxide particles transported into the upper atmosphere by giant balloons could help combat climate change, says a UK chemical engineer.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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		 <category>climate</category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:26:16 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>The Grey Whale in the Eastern Pacific</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[The grey whale was once one of the most hunted whales in the Pacific. The present population of grey whales is recovering but shows random genetic diversity.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[The grey whale was once one of the most hunted whales in the Pacific. The present population of grey whales is recovering but shows random genetic diversity.                                                                        <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:51:02 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>West Antarctic ice shelf - a nudge and a push from collapse?</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[An important ice shelf responsible for pinning back much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in danger of collapse, according to new studies out today. Ice-penetrating radar has discovered giant pools of sea-water underneath much of the ice shelf; models suggest that warm waters melting it from beneath may cause the shelf to give way. That could potentially open the gates to the great mass of ice stacked up behind it - and more significant sea level rises.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[An important ice shelf responsible for pinning back much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in danger of collapse, according to new studies out today. Ice-penetrating radar has discovered giant pools of sea-water underneath much of the ice shelf; models suggest that warm waters melting it from beneath may cause the shelf to give way. That could potentially open the gates to the great mass of ice stacked up behind it - and more significant sea level rises.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 20:51:22 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Solar hat-trick for Renewable Energy Corporation (REC)</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Solar company Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has won two prestigious industry awards and has just produced its five millionth solar panel.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Solar company Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has won two prestigious industry awards and has just produced its five millionth solar panel.                                                                        <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 20:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>LED street lights save millions each year</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Eco-friendly LED street lights are saving million of dollars each year in town and city power bills and are reducing carbon emissions.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Eco-friendly LED street lights are saving million of dollars each year in town and city power bills and are reducing carbon emissions.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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   		  <title>First all-electric SUV unveiled: Toyota RAV4 EV</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Toyota has unveiled the first all-electric SUV, the RAV4 EV, at a Los Angeles Electric Vehicle symposium, which features excellent efficiency and performance.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Toyota has unveiled the first all-electric SUV, the RAV4 EV, at a Los Angeles Electric Vehicle symposium, which features excellent efficiency and performance.                                                                                                                              <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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   		  <title>Threatened jaguars prey on endangered green turtles</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Panthera onca versus Chelonia. Threatened jaguars preying on endangered green sea turtles and other marine turtles is giving conservationists a headache in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Panthera onca versus Chelonia. Threatened jaguars preying on endangered green sea turtles and other marine turtles is giving conservationists a headache in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.                                                                                          <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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   		  <title>Great Pacific Garbage Patch plastic particle content up 100-fold</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Plastic particle content has increased 100-fold in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch since the 1970s. Plastic content in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre off the California coast is causing changes to sea creatures like sea skaters, who are laying their eggs on discarded plastic rubbish.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Plastic particle content has increased 100-fold in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch since the 1970s. Plastic content in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre off the California coast is causing changes to sea creatures like sea skaters, who are laying their eggs on discarded plastic rubbish.                                                      <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 10:50:15 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>The Dwarf Mammoth of Crete: Mammuthus Creticus</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[The smallest species of mammoth that ever existed lived on Crete. Fossils of Mammuthus creticus, a dwarf mammoth, were discovered on the Greek island.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[The smallest species of mammoth that ever existed lived on Crete. Fossils of Mammuthus creticus, a dwarf mammoth, were discovered on the Greek island.<br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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		 <category>scitech</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 23:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Saith the Fly to the Spider</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[A species of spider (Cupiennius salei) which actively hunts or 'chases down' its prey, rather than utilising a web, uses airflow generated by flying insects to help guide the final jump onto their prey.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[A species of spider (Cupiennius salei) which actively hunts or 'chases down' its prey, rather than utilising a web, uses airflow generated by flying insects to help guide the final jump onto their prey.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Sewage 'Right to Know' Groundbreaking Legislation</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[An overburdened sewage system may collapse under the strain. This can lead to health and ecological contamination, affecting surface and groundwater resources, essentially our drinking water supplies.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[An overburdened sewage system may collapse under the strain. This can lead to health and ecological contamination, affecting surface and groundwater resources, essentially our drinking water supplies.                  <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Three Score Years and Ten</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Medical Science has extended the length of human life, but not always to the good.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Medical Science has extended the length of human life, but not always to the good.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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         <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Genetics of blond hair in Solomon Islanders</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Blond hair evolution in Solomon Islanders. Researchers investigated the Melanesians on the Solomon Islands and while looking at the genomes of 85 people confirmed that the blonds had a different version (allele) of the TYRP1 locus from the dark-haired individuals.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Blond hair evolution in Solomon Islanders. Researchers investigated the Melanesians on the Solomon Islands and while looking at the genomes of 85 people confirmed that the blonds had a different version (allele) of the TYRP1 locus from the dark-haired individuals.                                                                                          <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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		 <category>health</category>
         <pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 11:27:18 GMT</pubDate>
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   		  <title>Los Angeles voters want more solar power</title>
		 <description><![CDATA[Most Los Angeles voters want more renewable energy to be generated in the city, especially rooftop solar power, according to a new survey.]]></description>
         <content:encoded><![CDATA[Most Los Angeles voters want more renewable energy to be generated in the city, especially rooftop solar power, according to a new survey.                                    <br /><br />© The Earth Times. <br />
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