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鈥淚s President Obama, who has pledged to restore science to its rightful place in decision-making, now prepared to curtail the scientific analyses needed to determine whether a proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca mountain in Nevada would be safe to build?鈥�
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Recycling Crew members on the International Space Station tasted the first drinking water produced by their urine recycling facility and declared it 鈥済reat鈥�
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Gas guzzlers President Obama announced tough targets on fuel efficiency that will raise the price of a new car by $1300