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Careful diagnosis helps fracture patients put best foot forward

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Located in areas of the foot that can be hard to visualize with X-rays and other imaging techniques, injuries to the ankle area of the foot are the most frequently misdiagnosed of all foot fractures. Delayed diagnosis can ...





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Bones of T. rex to make museum debut in Oregon

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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(AP) -- The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex will make its museum debut at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry along the banks of the Willamette River.


Governments turn to cloud seeding to fight drought (AP)

Governments turn to cloud seeding to fight drought

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 20 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- On a mountaintop clearing in the Sierra Nevada stands a tall metal platform holding a crude furnace and a box of silver iodide solution that some scientists believe could help offer relief from searing ...


Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great Lakes

Biology / Ecology

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(AP) -- After nearly four decades as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, Pat Chrysler has seen enough damage from invasive species to fear what giant, ravenous Asian carp could do to the nation's largest bodies of freshwater.


Early carnivorous dinosaurs crossed continents

Early carnivorous dinosaurs crossed continents

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Did the first dinosaurs wander across continents or stay put where they first evolved? The first dinosaurs evolved 230 million years ago when the continents were assembled into one landmass called Pangea. ...


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Rare Scottish mineral may indicate life on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (21) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) scientists is looking for clues about life on Mars in an earthy clay mineral found only in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.


3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen

3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (8) | comments 5

The co-director of MIT’s Global Change program discusses what to expect from the U.N. Climate Change Conference, and the effects of 'Climategate.'


Cyclone Cleo has reached its maximum wind speed

Cyclone Cleo has reached its maximum wind speed

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA Satellites noticed that Tropical Cyclone Cleo had reached its maximum strength, and was now moving into areas that will weaken it. Cleo's maximum sustained winds were near 115 mph (100 knots), with gusts ...


UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel

UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than three decades ago, marine scientists in the United States first identified the need for a research vessel capable of bringing scientists to Alaska's icy northern waters.


MIT wins Pentagon prize in social networking contest

MIT wins Pentagon prize in social networking contest

Technology / Other

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won a 40,000-dollar prize for using social networking tools to identify the locations of 10 large weather balloons in a contest sponsored by ...


Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 9

(AP) -- Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine.



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