European rocket hoists biggest-ever telecoms satellite (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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A European rocket placed the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite into geostationary orbit, launch operator Arianespace said.
Who wants to pay more for green electricity?
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A research report in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution suggests that individuals prefer to be involved in a collective contribution to green electricity that involve everyone paying more, rather than h ...
Many characteristics of Mars, including ice, are similar to Earth
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Jul 02, 2009 |
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Mars gets as far as 250 million miles away, but many parts of it closely resemble places on Earth, including its landscape, history of water, soil and even its weather, says a Texas A&M University researcher ...
Free Spirit: Rock Under the Belly
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Jul 02, 2009 |
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Engineers placed a rock underneath the test rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., on July 1, 2009, to more closely simulate Spirit's predicament on Mars.
Forest service carves new experimental forest out of Tongass NF
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The USDA Forest Service established a new experimental forest in Alaska on June 25. The 25,000-acre Héen Latinee Experimental Forest is located inside the Tongass National Forest, and is easily accessible ...
Ancient hunting site may rest under Lake Huron
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Jul 02, 2009 |
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Deep beneath Lake Huron, signs of the Great Lakes' first human settlers are emerging.
Federal probe finds problems with chelation study
Medicine & Health / Medications
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(AP) -- A federal investigation has found problems with a controversial study of an alternative medicine treatment for heart attack victims.
Pacific Northwest forests could store more carbon, help address greenhouse issues
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The forests of the Pacific Northwest hold significant potential to increase carbon storage and help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in coming years, a recent study concludes, if they are managed primarily for that purpose ...
Britain faces 100,000 swine flu cases a day: minister
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Britain could have more than 100,000 cases of swine flu a day by the end of August, the government said Thursday, while stressing there was no need for alarm.
Idaho F&G plan to kill pelicans hits obstacles
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(AP) -- Federal officials have told the Idaho fish and game officials that their plan to halve the number of pelicans nesting in southern and eastern Idaho by 2013 to boost fisheries is an "eradication program" that needs ...
Secrets revealed about how disease-causing DNA mutations occur
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A team of Penn State scientists has shed light on the processes that lead to certain human DNA mutations that are implicated in hundreds of inherited diseases such as tuberous sclerosis and neurofibromatosis ...
Probing Question: How do Ponzi Schemes work?
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Imagine the shock, the horror, and the sheer panic that would come with learning that the financial plan you’d sunk your life savings into was a sham, the financial experts you trusted were crooks, and all your money was ...
Clownfish provide clues to animal conflicts
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Animal societies are hotbeds of conflict and cooperation, with creatures helping each other one moment and fighting the next. Biologist Andrew Zink has developed a new theoretical framework ...
Mars data published in Science this week
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Four papers in the journal Science this week offer new details about the history of water on Mars, gleaned from the 2008 NASA Phoenix Mars Mission that was operated from The University of Arizona.
Researchers unite to distribute quantum keys
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Researchers from across Europe have united to build the largest quantum key distribution network ever built. The efforts of 41 research and industrial organisations were realised as secure, quantum encrypted information ...
