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Tramadol is an odd, unpredictable opioid, scientists say
The Associated Press | Posted Dec 12th - 11:43pm
particularly when combined with other drugs — can cause the respiratory depression that leads to overdose deaths. The United Kingdom, for example, decided to regulate the drug in 2014, after researchers found that as the number of tramadol prescriptions increased, so did the number of times it was mentioned on death certificates. But it has not as routinely caused overdose as more traditional opioids. Users who take too much often first have a side effect different than other opioids: an overload of serotonin that causes seizures.

Forest thinning to stop wildfires as strong as weakest link
Matthew Brown and Christina Larson, Associated Press | Posted Dec 12th - 11:39pm
Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush in the densely forested Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco.

New Zealand recovers 6 bodies from toxic volcanic island
Mark Baker and Steve McMorran, Associated Press | Posted Dec 12th - 7:59pm
As grieving families sang traditional Maori songs, New Zealand military specialists wearing protective gear landed on a small volcanic island on Friday and recovered six bodies of the 16 people who died in an eruption four days earlier.

California considers requiring zero emission truck sales
Adam Beam, Associated Press | Posted Dec 12th - 5:06pm
The country's most populous state could become the first to require a portion of new truck sales be electric or “zero emission” vehicles as California grapples with how to clean up its worst-in-the nation air quality.

US and China near deal that would suspend planned tariffs
Paul Wiseman, Associated Press | Posted Dec 12th - 2:57pm
The Trump administration and China are close to finalizing a modest trade agreement that would suspend tariffs that are set to kick in Sunday, de-escalating their 17-month trade war.

Boeing's crew capsule declared ready for 1st space flight
Marcia Dunn, Associated Press | Posted Dec 12th - 2:03pm
Boeing's Starliner crew capsule finally has a launch date for its first test flight to the International Space Station.

Ghost Imaging Speeds Up Super-Resolution Microscopy
Business Wire, Associated Press | Posted Dec 12th - 12:59pm
a process too slow to capture quickly changing dynamics.

Science Says: Diet plays big role in how huge whales can get
Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press | Posted Dec 12th - 12:02pm
Whales are big, but why aren't they bigger? A new study says it's basically about how many calories they can take in.
iPhones, Switches and toys on the table in US-China trade talks
Katie Lobosco, CNN | Posted Dec 12th - 8:24am
President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs on about $160 billion of Chinese-made goods starting this weekend.

Preservation or development? Brazil’s Amazon at a crossroads
David Biller and Leo Correa, Associated Press | Posted Dec 12th - 8:04am
Night falls in Brazil’s Amazon and two logging trucks without license plates emerge from the jungle. They rumble over dirt roads that lead away from a national forest, carrying trunks of trees hundreds of years old.

UN chief warns against 'survival of the richest' on climate
Frank Jordans and Aritz Parra, Associated Press | Posted Dec 12th - 2:34am
Failure to tackle global warming could result in economic disaster, the United Nations Secretary-General warned Thursday in Madrid, as negotiators at the U.N. climate talks remained deadlocked over key issues.

California commission lists yellow-legged frog as endangered
The Associated Press | Posted Dec 11th - 9:30pm
There’s new hope for an endangered California frog that has vanished from half of its habitat.

Facebook data center under construction in Eagle Mountain will expand by 500K square feet
Liesl Nielsen, KSL.com | Posted Dec 11th - 7:11pm
Facebook will expand the size of a data center under construction in Eagle Mountain from 1 million square feet to 1.5 million square feet.
