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Australians make Antarctic history

Two Australian adventurers have made Antarctic history by becoming the first team to travel unaided to the South Pole and back, surviving three months of "extreme hardship", they said on Friday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ecologists gain insight into the likely consequences of global warming

A new insight into the impact that warmer temperatures could have across the world has been uncovered by scientists at Queen Mary, University of London.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA finds 2011 ninth-warmest year on record

The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues a trend in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Kodak restructures amid bankruptcy battle

US photography giant Eastman Kodak, fighting to keep bankruptcy at bay, announced Tuesday a major restructuring to speed up its transformation into a digital company.

Technology / Business

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High-tech devices leave users vulnerable to spies

"You could now listen in 100 percent completely undetected" - that's the promise one company makes on its website to anyone who wants to eavesdrop on someone else's cellphone.

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

2011 Britain's second warmest year on record

2011 was the second warmest year on record in Britain, the Met Office national weather service has said, a marked swing from a chillier 2010.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 31, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 78

Football team success throws fall grades of non-athletic college males for a loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- College football bowl season is in prime time, and a new report card is in: Male grades drop relative to female grades when their college football team performs well during the regular season.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

France has had hottest year since 1900

This year was the hottest in France since the start of the 20th century, Meteo France said Tuesday, with average national temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the norm.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 14

New method boosts blood-clotting for hemophiliacs

Symptoms improved significantly in adults with the bleeding disorder hemophilia B following a single treatment with gene therapy developed by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and demonstrated ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Most US presidents live beyond average life expectancy

Contrary to claims that U.S. presidents age at twice the normal rate, a new study finds that most U.S. presidents live longer than expected for men of their same age and era.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

People matter in climate change models

Climate change does not discriminate among regions or their inhabitants, but the continued growth of the human population will most likely contribute to the ill-effects of climate change. US researchers writing in the International Jo ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tree rings document ancient Western megadrought

Researchers say they have found new evidence of prolonged drought in parts of the West, suggesting megadroughts are not the rarity Westerners would like them to be.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Limited options for meeting 2C warming target, warn climate experts

We will only achieve the target of limiting global warming to safe levels if carbon dioxide emissions begin to fall within the next two decades and eventually decrease to zero. That is the stark message from research by an ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 25 | with audio podcast

Science panel: Get ready for extreme weather (Update)

(AP) -- Top international climate scientists and disaster experts meeting in Africa had a sharp message Friday for the world's political leaders: Get ready for more dangerous and "unprecedented extreme weather" ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 10

Swiss exhibition works to help information junkies

The Libyan war, the Greek debt crisis and the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal have all been rich fodder this year for news junkies -- but is today's information overload healthy?

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0