Hubble provides spectacular view of ongoing comet breakup
Apr 27, 2006 |
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is providing astronomers with extraordinary views of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 as it disintegrates before our eyes. Recent Hubble images have uncovered many more fragments than have ...
Research: How should countries best respond to a flu pandemic?
Apr 27, 2006 |
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The letter published today in Nature shows how the team from Imperial College London, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and RTI International used computer modelling to predict how a variety of int ...
In Brief: Seagate's whopper 750 GB hard drive
Apr 27, 2006 |
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Tech analysts were buzzing Thursday over the Seagate Barracuda, a computer hard drive with a dazzling 750 gigabyte storage capacity.
Net neutrality provision dumped
Apr 27, 2006 |
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Telecom companies won a round in Congress late Wednesday when the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted down the Democratic-backed Net neutrality amendment to a telecom-reform bill in a 34-22 vote.
Ontario township to get gasification plant
Apr 27, 2006 |
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Southgate Township officials in Canada's Ontario Province say a company has agreed to build a gasification plant that can turn garbage into electricity.
Archaeologists search Olympic site
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 27, 2006 |
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Archeologists are flocking to East London and the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics, making the area Britain's largest archaeological dig in history.
Human role in megafauna extinction: study
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 27, 2006 |
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The case is mounting for a human role in the mass extinction of giant animals that once ranged across Australia according to new research which challenges results from a site long claimed to clear people as the main cause ...
In Brief: Five arrested on copyright infringement
Apr 27, 2006 |
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Five people were arrested for copyright infringement as the federal crackdown against online piracy groups continues.
NASA disassembles, reassembles Gert
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 27, 2006 |
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To figure out how something mechanical works, people take it apart and look at its components, then try and put it back together. That's what NASA researchers are doing with hurricanes, to try to figure out ...
New test touted for Hepatitis C victims
Apr 27, 2006 |
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Rockville, Md.-based Celera Genomics said Wednesday it has developed a genetic test to help determine which Hepatitis C sufferers are at greatest risk.
Online data-broker bill passes in House
Apr 27, 2006 |
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In a unanimous vote Tuesday the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4709, the Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act of 2006.
U.S. states upset over insurance bill
Apr 27, 2006 |
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A proposal before the U.S. Senate to help small businesses buy cheaper health insurance has upset state officials who feel it treads on their turf.
Software allows neighbors to improve Internet access at no extra cost
Apr 27, 2006 |
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Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed software that enables the sharing of high-speed wireless connections without compromising security or privacy. The software can improve ...
In Brief: EU calls for greater Internet freedom
Apr 27, 2006 |
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Ensuring freedom to receive and access information is a top priority for the European Commission when it comes to Internet governance.
Pieces of NASA's Next Mars Mission are Coming Together
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, the next mission to the surface of Mars, is beginning a new phase in preparation for a launch in August 2007.
