Islands top a global list of places to protect
May 11, 2009 |
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Rare and unique ecological communities will be lost if oceanic islands aren't adequately considered in a global conservation plan, a new study has found. Although islands tend to harbor fewer species than continental lands ...
Astronauts get in shuttle, ready to go to Hubble
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Astronauts strapped into space shuttle Atlantis on Monday for one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, an extraordinarily ambitious mission that NASA hopes will lift the celebrated observatory ...
High human impact ocean areas along US West Coast revealed
May 11, 2009 |
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Climate change, fishing and commercial shipping top the list of threats to the ocean off the West Coast of the United States.
Scientists discover ultrasonic communication among frogs
May 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA scientists report for the first time on the only known frog species that can communicate using purely ultrasonic calls, whose frequencies are too high to be heard by humans. Known as ...
Supercooled and supersized technologies aboard Herschel and Planck
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2009 |
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Away from sunlight it can get very cold in space, but not cold enough for the Herschel and Planck missions, which ESA and European industry have equipped with state-of-the-art refrigeration systems to make ...
Swine flu: Early findings about pandemic potential reported in new study
May 11, 2009 |
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Early findings about the emerging pandemic of a new strain of influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico are published today in Science.
Warriors do not always get the girl
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 11, 2009 |
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Aggressive, vengeful behavior of individuals in some South American groups has been considered the means for men to obtain more wives and more children, but an international team of anthropologists working in Ecuador among ...
Hubble Photographs a Planetary Nebula to Commemorate Decommissioning of Super Camera
May 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical ...
Major funding to help cut CO2 emissions
May 11, 2009 |
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The University of Nottingham is to share in £6.9m of research funding to investigate carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies which could drastically cut CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel power stations. The funding fr ...
Weather looks great for Monday launch to Hubble
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- With a forecast of near-perfect weather, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope scientists and managers were euphoric as they awaited Monday's planned launch of shuttle Atlantis on the final trip to the orbiting ...
Rules proposed to save the world's coral reefs
May 11, 2009 |
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An international team of scientists has proposed a set of basic rules to help save the world's imperiled coral reefs from ultimate destruction.
Research says older people need more sun
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Spending more time in the sunshine could help older people to reduce their risk of developing heart disease and diabetes.
New evidence of how high glucose damages blood vessels could lead to new treatments
May 11, 2009 |
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New evidence of how the elevated glucose levels that occur in diabetes damage blood vessels may lead to novel strategies for blocking the destruction, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Shuttle Atlantis blasts off on last Hubble mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on an extraordinarily ambitious repair mission that NASA hopes will lift ...
Yahoo wins round in Oregon nude photo court battle
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Yahoo has won a legal battle over removing nude photos that an Oregon woman claimed her boyfriend posted on its Web site without her knowledge or permission.
