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 Solar Variability: Striking a Balance with Climate ChangeThe sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact, changing the character of each hemisphere as Earth's orientation ... |
After Divorce, Stable Families Help Minimize Long-Term Harm To ChildrenMay 07, 2008 | pda version
For children of divorce, what happens after their parents split up may be just as important to their long-term well-being as the divorce itself. |
 A Super Solar FlareAt 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, 33-year-old Richard Carrington—widely acknowledged to be one of England's foremost solar astronomers—was in his well-appointed private observatory. ... |
 Saturn Does the Wave in Its AtmosphereTwo decades of scrutinizing Saturn are finally paying off, as scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years. |
 Harnessing sunlight on the cheapFor a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point. |
 Neil Young to release archive on Blu-ray discs(AP) -- Rocker Neil Young plans to release his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs, a sign that the discs' capabilities are building appeal among musicians as well as movie studios. |
 How to slash vehicle fuel useIt is possible to slash fuel use by all vehicles on U.S. roads to pre-2000 levels within a few decades, but doing so would require immediate action on several challenging fronts, according to a new analysis ... |
Low blood levels of vitamin D may be associated with depression in older adultsOlder adults with low blood levels of vitamin D and high blood levels of a hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands may have a higher risk of depression, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General ... |
 Walking away could turn out best for Yahoo and Microsoft(AP) -- Sure, things look rough for Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. now that they couldn't agree on a deal. Yahoo's stock has cratered, and Microsoft has to figure out another way to catch up in the online ... |
 Trouble in paradise: Warming a greater danger to tropical speciesPolar bears fighting for survival in the face of a rapid decline of polar ice have made the Arctic a poster child for the negative effects of climate change. But new research shows that species living in the ... |
 NASA calls on APL to send a probe to the sunThe Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sending a spacecraft closer to the sun than any probe has ever gone - and what it finds could revolutionize what we know about our star and the solar ... |
Did the solar system 'bounce' finish the dinosaurs?The sun’s movement through the Milky Way regularly sends comets hurtling into the inner solar system – coinciding with mass life extinctions on earth, a new study claims. |
 Solar games at ParanalCerro Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, is certainly one of the best astronomical sites on the planet. Stunning images, obtained by ESO staff at Paranal, of the green and blue flashes, as well as ... |
U.S.-French satellite prepared for launchA U.S.-French spacecraft designed to continue a long-term survey of Earth's oceans has arrived in the United States for its final launch preparations. |
 Sun Microsystems' third-quarter loss stuns Wall Street (Update)May 01, 2008 | pda version
(AP) -- Wall Street expected Sun Microsystems Inc.'s global sales base to help it weather the U.S. economic slowdown and turn a profit in the first three months of the year. |
