Elizabeth Tsurkov, the Russian-Israeli researcher who has been kidnapped in Iraq, took risks in pursuit of knowledge, understanding and doing what she felt was right.
Tag: Research
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Search for a Century-Old Shipwreck Turns Up One Even Older
Researchers and a television crew were looking for two naval ships lost in Lake Superior a century ago. Instead, they found a tugboat that mysteriously sank in 1879.
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Aspartame is Possibly Linked to Cancer in Humans, the WHO Says
The F.D.A. and the powerful beverage industry protested the new findings, and a second W.H.O. group stood by its standard that the sweetener is generally safe.
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Leaks Can Make Natural Gas as Bad as Coal for Climate, Study Says
The findings cast doubt on the idea that natural gas can serve as a transitional fuel to a future powered entirely by renewables like solar and wind.