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VW turns off out-of-hours emailwww.bbc.co.ukVolkswagen is stopping emails being sent to some of its workers when they go off-shift after complaints of work and home life becoming blurred.

Chimp research under scrutinywww.nature.comA landmark report published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) last week has triggered the US government to reconsider what, if any, chimpanzee research should receive funding. First Earth-sized planets spottedwww.bbc.co.ukAstronomers have detected the first Earth-sized planets, which are orbiting a star similar to our own Sun.

North Koreans weeping hysterically over the death of Kim Jong-il (VIDEO)www.youtube.comFootage taken from North Korean state media. Putting Farmland On A Sensible Fertilizer Dietwww.npr.orgWith the release of a new standard, the federal government wants farmers to stop the spread of nutrients outside farm fields into waterways. Essentially, it involves putting farmland on a sensible diet.

What Actually Happened Aboard Air France 447www.popularmechanics.comTwo years after the Airbus 330 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, Air France 447′s flight-data recorders finally turned up. The revelations from the pilot transcript paint a surprising picture of the chaos in the cockpit that led to the crash. Swedish Citizens Now Control @sweden Twitter Accountmashable.comSweden has probably become the first country to hand over its Twitter account @sweden into the hands of its people. Curators of Sweden is based around the idea that no single voice can represent the country, so a slew of guest Swedish curators will do the best job . . . . . .

Soyuz launches satellite sextet (VIDEO)www.bbc.co.ukA Russian Soyuz rocket launches from French Guiana – only the second such vehicle to fly out of the territory’s new Sinnamary spaceport. The Soyuz put six satellites in orbit, including France’s new Pleiades-1 high-resolution imaging spacecraft. Earliest human bedding didn’t let the bedbugs bitewww.newscientist.comAfter a hard day hunting and gathering, humans 77,000 years ago could count on a good night’s mosquito-free sleep on a comfy bed of grass and leaves

Unnatural Landscapes: The Human Impact on the Earth’s Surface (PICTURES)www.scientificamerican.com Whistleblower pays price for voicing nuke safety concerns (VIDEO)video.msnbc.msn.comWalt Tamosaitis, nuclear waste whistleblower and Tom Carpenter, attorney & director of the non-profit group Hanford Challenge, talks with Rachel Maddow about safety concerns at the most contaminated site in North America.