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Mobile phone towers a threat to honey bees: study
Aug 31, 2009 |
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The electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phone towers and cellphones can pose a threat to honey bees, a study published in India has concluded.
UK conservation agency launches plastic beehive
Aug 05, 2009 |
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A new plastic beehive was launched in Britain on Wednesday to encourage people to keep bees in their gardens or on rooftoops to help boost declining honeybee populations.
Beehive fence deters elephant raiders
Jun 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A fence made out of beehives wired together has been shown to significantly reduce crop raids by elephants, Oxford University scientists report.
Team approach appears to work best for insect colonies
Mar 27, 2009 |
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The study's findings appear to echo the insect worlds portrayed in the animated films Antz and Bee Movie, in which the characters live in rigidly conformist societies.
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Space Image: A Beehive of Satellites
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2009 |
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The launch of the first artificial satellite by the then Soviet Union in 1957 marked the beginning of the utilization of space for science and commercial activity. During the Cold War, space was a prime area ...
STAR TRAK for November: Mars is prominent again
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pumpkin-colored Mars will return to prominence during November, rising shortly before midnight at the beginning of the month and more than two hours earlier by month's end. The orange planet ...
Why Evolution Drives Some Cells to Altruism
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Sep 18, 2006 |
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Nature has been capitalizing on the benefits of a specialized labor force long before Henry Ford made it popular. New research suggests the same principles Ford used have driven the evolution of complex organisms.
CAGW: Moon, Mars Missions Not A Priority For Taxpayers
Jun 17, 2005 |
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WASHINGTON, June 16 (SPX) -- Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today criticized plans to move forward with missions to the moon and Mars with an impending record deficit, chronic management problems at NASA, and unresolved ...
Goddard Engineers and Divers Multi-Task for Hubble
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Ever wonder how NASA astronauts prepare for Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions? I wish I could say it’s rocket science, but what it really comes down to is lots of preparation. And the astronauts spend ...
Chinese People Were Drinking Wine 9,000 Years Ago
Dec 19, 2004 |
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Our ancestor may raise a toast with the earliest known wine while having a piece of music from the oldest known musical instruments about 9,000 years ago. Physical evidence have recently confirmed that ancient Chinese were ...
Space: Is the final frontier all it used to be?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- On July 22, 1969, barely 48 hours after a human being first stepped onto the moon's surface, a community in Pittsburgh's western suburbs called Moon Township had a parade, as suburban communities ...
HP's Industry-first Linux Notebook, Linux Reference Architectures and Multi-OS Superdome Server
Aug 04, 2004 |
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Enterprise and public sector customers use HP Linux solutions to gain simplicity and value across their infrastructures HP today showcased its leading innovation with new customers Versaterm and VentureLink ...
Colonies in collapse: What's causing massive honeybee die-offs?
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Nov 12, 2008 |
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“To the bee, a flower is a fountain of life, and to the flower, a bee is a messenger of love,” wrote poet Kahlil Gibran. Whether or not love is involved in the exchange, the evolutionary dance between pollen-transporting ...
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