Archive: 02/28/2006
Phoenician temple found in Sicily
Archeologists say they have found the remains of a "unique" ancient Phoenician temple in Sicily.
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Cassini Attempts 12th Titan Flyby
NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns to Titan on Monday for its twelfth flyby since beginning to survey Saturn and its moons on July 4, 2004.
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U.S. greenhouse emissions up 1.7 percent
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says greenhouse gas emissions increased by 1.7 percent during 2004 from the previous year.
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Giant squid displayed in London
One of the largest giant squids ever found is on display at London's Natural History Museum.
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Preparing for a Quantum Leap in Computing
Imagine a place where anything possible always happens, like a TV screen that displays all the channels at once. If that seems beyond imagination, you are not alone. The world of quantum physics is so weird ...
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Optical Device Cancels Starlight So Astronomers Can See Distant Planets
"Some people say that I study darkness, not optics," jokes Grover Swartzlander. But it's a kind of darkness that will allow astronomers to see the light. Swartzlander, an associate professor in The University ...
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Climate scientists to issue dire warnings
U.N. climate experts reportedly fear global warming might cause the Earth's temperature to rise far higher than now predicted.
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Sony Ericsson adds seventh Walkman phone
Sony Ericsson Tuesday released the W300, the latest addition to the company's line of Walkman phones that include MP3 capabilities and a digital camera. The W300 is the seventh cell phone in the Walkman family.
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Utah House rejects evolution measure
Utah state representatives have rejected legislation that would have regulated how the theory of evolution is taught in public schools.
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Founder of creationism dies
The man regarded as the founder of the creationist movement, Henry M. Morris, has died in California at age 87.
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Bioengineers create stable networks of blood vessels
Yale biomedical engineers have created an implantable system that can form and stabilize a functional network of fine blood vessels critical for supporting tissues in the body, according to a report in the ...
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Andromeda's Stellar Halo Shows Galaxy's Origin to Be Similar to That of Milky Way
For the last decade, astronomers have thought that the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor, was rather different from the Milky Way. But a group of researchers have determined that the two galaxies ...
Feb 28, 2006 |
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Poll: Gas tax increase might fly
A New York Times/CBS News poll suggests Americans might OK a gasoline tax hike if it reduced global warming or lessened U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
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Scientists confirm historic massive flood in climate change
Scientists from NASA and Columbia University, New York, have used computer modeling to successfully reproduce an abrupt climate change that took place 8,200 years ago. At that time, the beginning of the current ...
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Four years on, Envisat hailed for its contribution to Earth science
Since its launch in 2002, Envisat, the world's largest and most sophisticated satellite ever built, has been providing scientists and operational users with invaluable data for global monitoring and forecasting ...
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