Earth's Ozone Layer: Good News and a Puzzle
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 26, 2006 |
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Think of the ozone layer as Earth's sunglasses, protecting life on the surface from the harmful glare of the sun's strongest ultraviolet rays, which can cause skin cancer and other maladies.
In Brief: Chocolate increases cognitive performance
May 26, 2006 |
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A West Virginia professor has good news for chocoholics -- eating chocolate improves memory, reaction time and cognitive ability.
Mystery shrouds loss of migrant birds
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May 26, 2006 |
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Mystery is surrounding the huge declines of birds that migrate thousands of miles from Africa to the UK and Europe each spring. Scientists fear that their dwindling numbers – well over 50 per cent down in some cases – may ...
Nature offers guidance on organising dynamic networks
May 26, 2006 |
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Today, for many, computer networks are an indispensable infrastructure that interconnects people, places and organisations. But increasingly they are beginning to creak as their complexity grows. Biological ...
Highlands and mare landscapes on the Moon
May 26, 2006 |
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These two images, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, show the difference between lunar highlands and a mare area from close by.
Study urges early emphasis on science
May 26, 2006 |
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What do you want to be when you grow up? Eighth-graders asked this question in 1988 were two to three times more likely to earn science and engineering degrees in college if their answer was a science-related career. The ...
River streamflow reconstructed to 1490
May 26, 2006 |
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A tree-ring-based study of 508 years of the U.S. Colorado River streamflow confirms droughts have occurred that were more severe than those of 2000-04.
Precision weather service tells you exactly when it will rain
May 26, 2006 |
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When planning a summer wedding, it does not really help to hear that "the probability of showers is increasing". A precision weather forecast will predict when the sun comes out or when the rain stops - or foretells if there ...
Experts discuss MySpace issues
May 26, 2006 |
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MIT and University of California experts recently discussed the role of social networking sites like MySpace, the forces fuelling proposed new restrictions for such youth sites and the effects of limiting participation in ...
China, India winning the piracy war
May 26, 2006 |
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Although software piracy refuses to go down globally and even continues to thrive in the rest of Asia, efforts by China and India to fight their computer users' desire for using stolen software are yielding positive results ...
Obesity concerns result in milk ban
May 26, 2006 |
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Whole milk is to be banned from British schools in the campaign against childhood obesity, allowing for the serving of only skimmed or semi-skimmed milk.
PC game industry continues to grow, expand
May 26, 2006 |
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The video-game market for personal computers continues to grow into a key market in the computer industry.
DNA: Bacteria's survival ration
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May 26, 2006 |
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The ubiquitous bacteria E. coli rank among nature's most successful species for lots of reasons, to which biologists at the University of Southern California have added another: in a pinch, E. coli can feast on the DNA of ...
Gambling bill moves to full House
May 26, 2006 |
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In a 25-11 vote Thursday the House Judiciary Committee passed a bill banning gambling over state lines and Internet technologies.
Globe Talk: Intel's WiMax push
May 26, 2006 |
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From being able to go online at the local Starbucks to surfing the World Wide Web from an airport, there's no denying that once you get connected wirelessly, there's no going back.
