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Invading black holes explain cosmic flashes
Sep 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Black holes are invading stars, providing a radical explanation to bright flashes in the universe that are one of the biggest mysteries in astronomy today.
Swift makes best-ever ultraviolet portrait of Andromeda Galaxy
Sep 16, 2009 |
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In a break from its usual task of searching for distant cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift satellite has acquired the highest-resolution view of a neighboring spiral galaxy ever attained in the ultraviolet. The ...
President's opinion of Kanye West sparks debate
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama's candid thoughts about Kanye West are provoking a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age.
Genome of Irish potato famine pathogen decoded
Sep 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A large international research team has decoded the genome of the notorious organism that triggered the Irish potato famine in the mid-19th century and now threatens this season's tomato and ...
Risky schemes may be only hope for cooling planet: scientists
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Sci-fi proposals to cool the planet are laden with risk but may be Earth's only hope if politicians fail to tackle global warming, scientists said on Tuesday in their biggest evaluation to date of "geo-engineering" ...
Beatles, Stones, Super Mario: big autumn for games
Aug 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- With a little help from the Beatles, Super Mario and price cuts from Sony and Microsoft, the slumping video game industry is hoping for a sales resurrection this fall.
WHO predicts 'explosion' of swine flu cases
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The global spread of swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in coming months and governments must boost preparations for a swift response, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Professor says current meteor shower proves theory of calendar's origin
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stargazers are in for a unique treat tonight: the planet Earth will pass through the debris train of the Swift-Tuttle comet this evening which astronomers call the Perseid meteor shower. ...
Tweeting Shooting Stars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Amateur astronomers across the UK are preparing to tweet the world’s first mass participation meteor star party, as part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009). Led by Newbury Astronomical Society, the Twitter ...
The Perseids are Coming
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Splat! There goes another bug on the windshield. Anyone who's ever driven down a country lane has seen it happen. A fast moving car, a cloud of multiplying insects, and a big disgusting mess.
Research reveals how science changed methods of execution
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2009 |
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A University of Cincinnati sociologist combed through newspaper accounts of 19th and 20th century Ohio executions to understand how executions became more "professional and scientific" in character. Annulla Linders, an associate ...
Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday, Aug. 12
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's time once again for nature to put on its late-summer fireworks show: the Perseid meteor shower. This year's best viewing will be before dawn on Aug. 12, with a second chance after sunset ...
More than half of Texas physicians do not always recommend HPV vaccine to girls
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 06, 2009 |
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends the human papillomavirus vaccination for all 11- and 12-year-old girls, but results of a recent survey showed that more than half of Texas physicians do not follow ...
The Perseids are Coming
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Earth is entering a stream of dusty debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, the source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Although the shower won't peak until August 11th and 12th, the show is already getting underway. ...
Drug-resistant malaria has emerged in Cambodia
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Malaria parasites in western Cambodia have become resistant to artemisinin-based therapies, the first-line treatment for malaria, according to a study published in the New England Journal of ...
