Earth: Past the point of no return
Jan 16, 2006 |
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Renowned scientist James Lovelock says he believes the world has passed the point of no return for climate change, and civilization is unlikely to survive.
Nokia launches latest handset: Nokia 6125
Jan 16, 2006 |
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Nokia launched Monday its latest handset Nokia 6125 with phone, Bluetooth and MP3 player. Equipped with digital zoom, video recording and Internet capabilities, the phone can be used for entertainment and information ...
Scientists dig toward center of the earth
Jan 16, 2006 |
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A Japanese ship is setting sail on a mission to reveal the origin of life on earth.
Stardust parachutes to soft landing in Utah
Jan 16, 2006 |
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Nearly seven years after setting off in pursuit of comet Wild 2, the Stardust return capsule streaked across the night sky of the Western United States early Sunday, making a soft parachute landing in the Utah ...
Apple's new direction takes foothold
Jan 16, 2006 |
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For anyone who's watched a nature documentary as a mother bird nudges her young out of the nest or a parent who's fielded calls from a nervous child they just sent away to college, the underlying logic is the ...
Survey gauges teens' view of tech future
Jan 16, 2006 |
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Gasoline-powered automobiles, compact discs and desktop computers are headed toward the technology scrap heap, according to a recent survey of American teenagers.
Bring On the Bran: Study Shows Whole Grain is Better at All Ages
Jan 16, 2006 |
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It doesn't matter how old you are, whole grain bread is better for you than white bread.
UQ researchers reach the outer limits of space
Jan 16, 2006 |
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If you've just come back from holidays and think it was a long trip, spare a thought for Dr Kevin Pimbblet. Dr Pimbblet, an astrophysicist with The University of Queensland's School of Physical Sciences, has been traveling ...
Tidal Tales of Minor Mergers: Young Stars Where They Shouldn't Be
Jan 16, 2006 |
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Arizona astronomers have discovered a population of what appear to be young star clusters where they aren't supposed to be. The newborn stars appear to have formed in the debris of the NGC 2782 galaxy collision ...
Consumers vulnerable to phone data theft
Jan 16, 2006 |
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The political site AMERICAblog announced Thursday that for only $89.95 it had purchased the cell-phone records of 100 calls over three days in November 2005 made or received by former presidential candidate General Wesley ...
New species of mountain triton discovered
Jan 16, 2006 |
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A team of scientists has just discovered a new species of mountain triton in the Montseny Nature Reserve. The species has been given the scientific name Calotriton arnoldi. It is the only endemic vertebrate species curren ...
A step forward for footwear
Jan 16, 2006 |
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Tired of resigning yourself to wearing uncomfortable footwear or hunting for hours in search of the right shoes, but think a made-to-order pair will be prohibitively expensive? Think again. A European project ...
APS X-rays reveal the real chemistry behind mercury mixed in mustard agent
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Jan 16, 2006 |
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The U.S government's effort to dispose of mustard agent from the 1940s by incinerating it was halted when workers discovered that hundreds of containers of the agent were contaminated with mercury. Researchers ...
Type 2 diabetes gene discovered
Jan 16, 2006 |
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Scientists say they have discovered a variant gene that increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
NASA to send spececraft to Pluto
Jan 16, 2006 |
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NASA is all set to launch its $700-million New Horizons spacecraft from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a nearly nine-year journey to Pluto.
