Further, we supported the implementation of actions called for by the Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference in December 2011.

WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting

Brendan Cummings, oceans programme director at the Center for Biological Diversity which has brought several court actions against the Bush administration on climate change, also welcomed the commercial fishing ban but said curbing greenhouse emissions was also vital for the long-term preservation of corals.

BBC: US vows 'huge' marine protection

With the increasing availability of machines that can peer into brains as they function, there has been rapid progress in understanding the biological mechanisms by which people transform information, such as from a golf lesson, first into actions and ultimately into automatic motor skills that don't require conscious thought to enact.

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