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• Circumcision may not reduce gay male HIV risk
WASHINGTON - There is not enough evidence to say circumcision protects men from getting the AIDS virus during sex with other men even as studies show it protects them when having sex with women, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. A review of 15 ...
• Afghan refugees flee Pakistan war zone
Pakistan has told 50,000 Afghans to leave the Bajur tribal region, accusing them of links to militants that used the remote and impoverished area as a base for attacks on both sides of the frontier. U.S. officials concerned about the escalating ...
• EarthTalk: Painkillers and electric bikes
Meanwhile, rising oil prices have driven up demand for Smart vehicles, and the company began selling them in the U.S. earlier this year. Measuring just a hair over 8 feet long and less than five feet wide, the company’s flagship “ForTwo” model ...
• Geothermal backers say it's their time to shine
Steve Chalk, deputy assistant U.S. energy secretary for renewable energy, said the nation is "at the cusp of an historic movement in renewable energy." "We're going through a renaissance now with geothermal — a rebirth," he said. Huge boost in turnout
• For chocolate lovers: more kinds of cacao
This analysis clearly showed that even the cacao the Mayans used came from South America," said Juan Carlos Motamayor of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Germplasm Repository and lead scientist of cocoa genetics at Mars, Inc. "We can see ...