North Pole's ancient past holds clues about future global warming
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A treasure trove of scientific data is revealing detailed information about conditions of subtropical warmth at the North Pole about 55 million years ago while also providing a window into the future, when ...
Unique Underground Ecosystem Revealed by Hebrew University Researchers Uncovers Eight Previously Unknown Species
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 31, 2006 |
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Discovery of eight previously unknown, ancient animal species within “a new and unique underground ecosystem” in Israel was revealed today by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers.
Voyager data may reveal trajectory of solar system
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 31, 2006 |
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Nearly 30 years after launch, the two Voyager spacecraft are still operational and returning useful data. In their early years they produced some of the first close up images of the large outer planets. Now ...
Tech File: NXT plc makes audio waves
May 31, 2006 |
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UPI recently caught up with Graham Ryan, chief commercial officer of NXT plc, a publicly listed company on the London stock exchange. For those who don't know, NXT is a provider of unique sound solutions, best known for its ...
3-D insulator loses a dimension to enter magnetic 'Flatland'
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In a scrambled Rubik's cube, colorful squares clash without order. As pieces click into place in the hands of a skilled puzzle solver, the individual characters of squares dissolve as solid faces of uniform color emerge. ...
Scientist: I don't talk to creationists
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One of Britain's leading biologists says he has given up trying to debate creationists because his views are misstated or he is called names.
Japan creates Asimov-like robotic laws
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Japan is creating "robotic laws" along the lines envisioned by scientist Isaac Asimov in the Laws of Robotics he presented in a 1940 science fiction novel.
Taking evolution's temperature: Researchers pinpoint the energy it takes to make a species
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Comfortable living is not why so many different life forms seem to converge at the warmer areas of the planet.
When galaxies collide: Supercomputers reproduce fluid motions of cosmic duet
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A wispy collection of atoms and molecules fuels the vast cosmic maelstroms produced by colliding galaxies and merging supermassive black holes, according to some of the most advanced supercomputer simulations ever conducted ...
Turkish scientists find new disease
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Turkish scientists say they have discovered a new immune deficiency disease and are calling for more research to stop what could be a serious problem.
Bush administration cuts energy plans
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Conservationists are reportedly upset by a Bush administration plan to reduce the budgets of several energy-efficiency research programs.
European cardiologists urge smoking bans
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Wednesday is "World No Tobacco Day," and the European Society of Cardiology is observing the event by urging governments to ban smoking.
UAB Researchers Discover HIV-1 Originated in Wild Chimpanzees
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An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), has discovered a crucial missing link in the search for the origin of HIV-1, the virus responsible for ...
Discovery May Speed Tree Breeding, Biotechnology
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Researchers have discovered the genetic controls that cause trees to stop growing and go dormant in the fall, as well as the mechanism that causes them to begin flowering and produce seeds – a major step forward in understanding ...
3,000-year-old skeleton found in Rome
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 31, 2006 |
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Italian archaeologists say they have found a well preserved, 3,000-year-old skeleton of a woman during a dig in the Roman Forum in central Rome.
