Ageing population to limit growth in BRIC countries
Ageing and shrinking labour pools are also poised to curb expansion across the other so-called BRIC nations that contributed almost half of global growth in the past decade. With fewer youths keeping factories going and more pensioners to support in …
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Mars rover seeks perfect suntan spot to survive winter
By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author NASA's ageing Mars exploration rover Opportunity is heading for Greeley Haven for the winter – a site with a sun-facing slope to catch the meagre rays of our star on its solar panels. …
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Telomere length in birds predicts longevity
The relationship between normal ageing and telomere decline has long been suspected — and even asserted by some companies that measure customers' telomere length — but the link remains unproven in humans (see 'Spit test offers guide to health'). …
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Spain ageing nuclear plant may stay open: report
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain's incoming centre-right government may allow an ageing nuclear plant to stay open beyond a 2013 deadline for closing set by its Socialist predecessors, a newspaper report said on Monday. Environmentalist groups have protested …
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