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Fleeing the effects of climate change

Scientists predict climate change could lead to a three-foot rise in sea levels around Bangladesh by mid-century, forcing millions into squalid slums.

Sinking below sea level in Bangladesh

  Dec. 7: With the surrounding waters rising due to global warming, children in Bangladesh are being taught what has become a critical survival skill--the ability to swim. NBC's Ian Williams reports in Part One of The Perfect Storm series.

Talking about the weather—but deciding matters of life and death

  Dec. 7: NBC's Anne Thompson reports from Copenhagen.

















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Cancer Report Card: View the full study

The journal Interscience has published its Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. Read the full report here.

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Cosmic Log: Virgin spaceship bared

Hundreds of paying space tourists and travel agents, rocket geeks and glitterati have gathered in the California desert town of Mojave to see what's likely to be the first commercial suborbital spaceship up close.

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