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Professor: We have a 'moral obligation' to seed universe with life
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Eventually, the day will come when life on Earth ends. Whether that’s tomorrow or five billion years from now, whether by nuclear war, climate change, or the Sun burning up its fuel, the last ...
Climate 'Tipping Points' May Arrive Without Warning, Says Top Forecaster
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of California, Davis, study by a top ecological forecaster says it is harder than experts thought to predict when sudden shifts in Earth's natural systems will occur -- a worrisome finding ...
A new 3D map of the interstellar gas within 300 parsecs from the Sun
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing new 3D maps of the interstellar gas in the local area around our Sun. A French-American team of astronomers presents new absorption measurements toward ...
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38 percent of world's surface in danger of desertification
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Russia wants to charge more for rides to space: report
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URI researcher calls for global effort to monitor marine pollutants
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New international satellite observations help assess future earthquake risk in Haiti
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Soil contributes to climate warming more than expected
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Physicists investigate structural properties of spider webs,
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Exploring the characteristics of viscoelastic fluids,
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Artificial magnetic fields for light could illuminate correlated quantum systems,
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Creating a quantum gas,
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Physicists Investigate Possibility of an 'Unhiggs',
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(AP) -- Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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UB geographers help map devastation in Haiti
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Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet fire water cannons
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Scientists find signs of liquid water in Saturn's moon
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists working on the Cassini mission to Saturn have found evidence of liquid water on the planet's icy moon Enceladus, suggesting the possibility of life below its surface.
New federal climate change agency forming
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(AP) -- The Obama administration is forming a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.
Space shuttle blasts off on last night flight
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(AP) -- Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on what's expected to be the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space ...
The Shoulders of Giants
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America’s ambition to explore space has not come without a human cost. The decisions being made today about our future in space depend on lessons learned from past tragedies.
NASA to Study Seeds in Space to Understand Plant Growth
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists hope to better understand exactly how and why plants grow differently in space in an experiment named, Tropi. Future astronauts may be able to grow plants as part of life support systems on ...
Node-3 and Cupola: European technology to complete the ISS
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14:08 CET today and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. ...
Groundwater Cleanup at Superfund Site
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A chain of chemical reactions between organic waste and naturally occurring chromium appears to explain the long-standing elevated levels of the chemical chromium-6, a human carcinogen, in groundwater at ...
Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water
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(AP) -- The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.
Drought in SW Australia linked to snowfall in Antarctica
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Feb 07, 2010 |
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A drought that has gripped the southwestern corner of Australia since the 1970s is linked with higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be rooted in global warming, scientists reported on ...
Whalers, activists clash again off Antarctica
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(AP) -- Anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in icy Antarctic waters in the second major clash this year in increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists ...
India successfully tests nuclear-capable missile
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Feb 07, 2010 |
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(AP) -- India again successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile Sunday that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, a defense ministry statement said.
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Clouds force space shuttle delay, next try Monday
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Urban growth, farm exports drive tropical deforestation
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US shuttle to bring Tranquility to space station
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Netherlands adds to UN climate report controversy
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3 Questions: David Mindell on Obama's NASA proposal
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Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission
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X-Ray Emission from Young Stars
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Carbonate veins reveal chemistry of ancient seawater
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Space shuttle Endeavour cleared for Sunday launch
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First journey for Alphabus spacecraft
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Russian cargo ship arrives at space station
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Understanding past and future climate
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Space Station Primed for New Era of Scientific Discoveries
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NASA Radar Studies Continue in Central America, Hispaniola
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Oceans reveal further impacts of climate change, says UAB expert
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New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes (w/ Video)
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Penn State clears climate researcher on 3 charges; 1 still pending
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According to new survey, Americans support strong climate, energy policies
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Forming the present-day spiral galaxies
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First Internet, now bay window at space station
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