Online travel sites' report released
Jul 27, 2006 |
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While Travelocity had the highest sponsored click-through rate for April 2006 among the most-visited online travel agencies, according to a recent report from comScore Media Metrix, Orbitz received the highest percent of ...
Archaeologists Hot on the Trail of Columbus' Sunken Ships
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 27, 2006 |
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As luck would have it, time ran short, and the silt and mud in La Isabela Bay on the north coast of the Dominican Republic ran deep. Despite these setbacks, Indiana University archaeologists are confident they ...
Fossilized frogs yield bone marrow
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 27, 2006 |
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Scientists say they've extracted bone marrow from fossilized frogs and salamanders that died 10 million years ago in the swamps of northeastern Spain.
San Francisco to insure uninsured
Jul 27, 2006 |
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously in favor of a plan to provide universal health insurance for San Franciscans.
Intel unveils energy-saving Core 2 chips
Jul 27, 2006 |
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Intel Thursday unveiled its Core 2 line of processors, which are aimed at reducing energy consumption by personal computers.
'Superbug' found in Scottish neonatal unit
Jul 27, 2006 |
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Four premature infants at one of Scotland's leading neonatal units carried a drug-resistant type of bacteria known as MRSA, health officials said.
Russian Rocket Fails Shortly After Launch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2006 |
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A Russian Dnepr rocket failed 86 seconds after liftoff Wednesday, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported. The rocket, a former Soviet RS-20 intercontinental ballistic missile, carried 17 micro-satellites - as well as the first ...
Genes involved in wound healing identified
Jul 27, 2006 |
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Scottish scientists say they have identified two of the genes essential for wound healing mediated by endogenous electrical currents.
Study: Behavior affects infectious disease
Jul 27, 2006 |
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British scientists have used a mathematical model to show the coexistence of multiple infectious disease strains result from monogamous populations.
Birthplace of Hurricanes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2006 |
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"Winds will grow soon to storms in Africa," laments Irish singer Enya in her song, Storms in Africa. She might have added "And hurricanes in the Americas."
Methane storms might occur on Titan
Jul 27, 2006 |
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University of the Basque Country researchers in Spain say they believe methane storms are common on Saturn's moon Titan.
Study: Violent videos desensitize people
Jul 27, 2006 |
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U.S. psychologists say they have proven, for the first time, exposure to violent video games can desensitize individuals to real-life violence.
Home DNA kits have questionable results
Jul 27, 2006 |
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Federal investigators in Washington say consumers shouldn't plunk down hundreds of dollars for do-it-yourself DNA tests.
Worker ants store fat for lean times
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Jul 27, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists found ants have the ability to store excess fat and pass it to colony members through lipid-rich oral secretions or unfertilized eggs.
How the world watched Huygens
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2006 |
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As Huygens parachuted to the surface of Titan in January 2005, a battery of telescopes around the world were watching or listening. The results of those observations are now being collected together and published ...
