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Texas Tech Librarian 'Proves' Existence of Spider-Man

Yes, Mary Jane, there is a Spider-Man. At least, that’s what pop-culture guru and associate humanities librarian for Texas Tech University Libraries Rob Weiner set out to prove in an article published in the International Jo ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Researchers urge caution when buying noisy toys

While Road Rippers Lightning Rods, Let's Rock Elmo and the I Am T-Pain musical microphone might be sought-after gifts this holiday season, parents should ensure that their children don't risk permanent hearing damage by misusing ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Canon offers new camera for Hollywood filmmakers

(AP) -- Four decades after winning Academy Awards for its cinema lenses, Canon Inc. was back in Hollywood on Thursday, unveiling a new high-end digital video camera before an audience of some of the world's ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Giant kraken lair discovered

Long before whales, the oceans of Earth were roamed by a very different kind of air-breathing leviathan. Snaggle-toothed ichthyosaurs larger than school buses swam at the top of the Triassic Period ocean food ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (39) | comments 66 | with audio podcast

Whither astronauts? Corps shrinks as shuttles stop

(AP) -- NASA's mighty astronaut corps has become a shadow of what it once was. And it's only going to get smaller.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's Final 4: Fate grants them farewell flight

America's longest space-flying streak ends this week with the smallest crew in decades - three men and a woman who were in high school and college when the first space shuttle soared 30 years ago.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 03, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Deep history of coconuts decoded

The coconut (the fruit of the palm Cocos nucifera) is the Swiss Army knife of the plant kingdom; in one neat package it provides a high-calorie food, potable water, fiber that can be spun into rope, and a ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Migration patterns linked to genetic differences in New Zealand seabirds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ground-breaking research by NIWA and The University of Auckland, investigating the annual movements of New Zealand seabirds migrating within the Pacific Ocean, has revealed that populations are genetically ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Landslides: How rainfall dried up Panama's drinking water

To understand the long-term effects of a prolonged tropical storm in the Panama Canal watershed, Robert Stallard, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and research hydrologist at ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Vets oppose bill that raises health care fees

(AP) -- Health care fees for working-age military retirees would increase slightly under a defense bill unveiled Monday that drew fierce opposition from the 2.1 million-strong Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tragic romance eclipses 2nd-to-last shuttle flight

(AP) -- Looking back on the horror of that Saturday in January, this seems miraculous today: that Mark Kelly would indeed command the next-to-last space shuttle flight and that his wounded wife, Gabrielle ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 24, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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