Biologists want to save trout with poison
Jun 19, 2006 |
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For the fifth time, biologists are reportedly proposing to poison a remote Sierra stream to restore what might be America's rarest trout.
Pace Quickens for NASA Spacecraft Orbiting Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 19, 2006 |
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NASA's newest spacecraft at Mars has already cut the size and duration of each orbit by more than half, just 11 weeks into a 23-week process of shrinking its orbit. By other indicators, the lion's share of ...
Irrelevant sounds automatically ignored
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Canadian researchers say overexposure to irrelevant sounds can cause the brain to ignore them in favor of other auditory stimuli.
Study: Predicting actions starts young
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Swedish scientists say children as young as 1 year can learn to predict the outcome of another person's actions as well as adults can.
Virginia Tech, Naval Research Lab co-host international workshop on dusty plasma physics
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Most of the universe exists in a state called "dusty plasma". In the solar system, dusty plasma forms with the interaction of dust particles with gases and may appear as tails of comets or as planetary rings.
NASA assigns crew for shuttle mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 19, 2006 |
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NASA has assigned crew members to the space shuttle flight that will launch an Italian-built U.S. module for the International Space Station.
Workplace drug use declines in 2005
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Drug use among U.S. workers declined to a 17-year low last year a report released Monday by a New York drug-testing company says.
Mapping a glacial path of destruction
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 19, 2006 |
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The dangerous power of glacial outburst floods - or jokulhlaups - will be easier to predict thanks to new models developed by a Leeds researcher and presented at the International Glaciological Society symposium in Iceland ...
Climate change may threaten species of amphibians and reptiles in southwestern Europe
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Projected climate change could trigger massive range contractions among amphibian and reptile species in the southwest of Europe, according to a new study published in the Journal of Biogeography.
In Brief: Fusion offers free VoIP to subscribers
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Fusion Telecommunications International is offering free Internet phone services for all its global clients.
More questions than answers over the Net
Jun 19, 2006 |
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As Congress debates whether to adhere to network neutrality, the consensus within the technology realm is as elusive as a definition of the issue itself.
In Brief: Spansion designs Flash cell-phone barrier
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Silicon Valley's Spansion Inc. Monday announced a new cell-phone security system that wards off viruses and other wireless threats.
In Brief: IBM out with paperless contract platform
Jun 19, 2006 |
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IBM has developed a system that allows small and medium-sized businesses to switch to a Web-based paperless contract system.
Recreation Of Butterfly Speciation Event
Biology /
Jun 19, 2006 |
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In a matter of months, butterflies sporting the yellow and red wing color pattern of a wild species were created through simple laboratory crosses of two other wild species, researchers report in the June 15, 2006 edition ...
In Brief: Global Bluetooth sales surging
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Bluetooth sales worldwide have nearly tripled in 2005, according to research group Strategy Analytics.
