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The fastest flights in nature: High-speed spore discharge mechanisms among fungi
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Sep 17, 2008 |
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Microscopic coprophilous or dung-loving fungi help make our planet habitable by degrading the billions of tons of feces produced by herbivores. But the fungi have a problem: survival depends upon the consumption of their ...
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Lufthansa, Panasonic deal for in-flight Internet
Oct 12, 2009 |
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German flag carrier Lufthansa and Japanese electronics giant Panasonic have teamed up to offer passengers wireless Internet on long-haul flights from 2010, the airline said on Monday.
NASA flies to Antarctica for largest airborne polar ice survey
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Oct 08, 2009 |
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NASA begins a series of flights Oct. 15 to study changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. The flights are part of Operation Ice Bridge, a six-year campaign that is the largest airborne survey ever made of ...
Many Britons too lazy to change TV channel: poll
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Britons are so lazy that one in six cannot be bothered to change television channel if the remote control is not working, according to a study Monday.
World solar car race begins in Australia
Oct 25, 2009 |
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A 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) solar car race across Australia's desert heartland began in the northern city of Darwin Sunday, organisers said.
NTU team studies world's fastest satellite Internet connection
Oct 14, 2009 |
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In disaster-struck areas where terrestrial communications may be down, the deployment of rescue teams becomes extremely challenging. A team led by Assistant Professor Lee Yee Hui from the School of Electrical and Electronic ...
Peering under the ice of a collapsing polar coast
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Starting this month, a giant NASA DC-8 aircraft loaded with geophysical instruments and scientists will buzz at low level over the coasts of West Antarctica, where ice sheets are collapsing at a pace far beyond ...
Rockets vie in simulated lunar landing contest
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A privately built rocket vying for NASA prize money lifted off in the Mojave Desert and flew half of a simulated lunar lander mission Wednesday before an engine problem forced its developers to call ...
Half of Euro online travel purchases legally unsafe: EU
Nov 26, 2009 |
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More than half of all people who buy flights, hotel rooms and hire cars online risk being left without compensation if companies fail under outdated law, the EU said Thursday.
Biofuel for commercial flights by 2010: IATA
Oct 23, 2009 |
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Friday it would approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 in a bid to drastically reduce the industry's carbon footprint.
NASA and X Prize Announce Winners of Lunar Lander Challenge
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Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA will award $1.65 million in prize money Thursday to a pair of innovative aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again.
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