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Predicting system crashes in nature and society

The world can deliver sudden and nasty shocks. Economies can crash, fisheries can collapse, and climates can pass tipping points. Providing early warning of such changes currently requires the collection of enormous and often ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Students discover millisecond pulsar, help in the search for gravitational waves

A special project to search for pulsars has bagged the first student discovery of a millisecond pulsar – a super-fast spinning star, and this one rotates about 324 times per second. The Pulsar Search ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mouse to elephant? Just wait 24 million generations

Scientists have for the first time measured how fast large-scale evolution can occur in mammals, showing it takes 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an elephant.

Biology / Evolution

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 46 | with audio podcast

Stranded baby seals concern Dutch rescuers

A month ago, a young seal named Marco washed up on a beach on the northern Dutch Frisian island of Ameland, one of a growing number of recently stranded pups that has left his rescuers worried.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cruise ship threatens marine paradise

(AP) -- Stone fortresses and watchtowers which centuries ago stood guard against against marauding pirates loom above pristine waters threatened by a new and modern peril: fuel trapped within the capsized ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russian space probe to crash to Earth within hours

(AP) -- A failed Russian probe designed to travel to a moon of Mars but stuck in Earth orbit will come crashing down within hours, likely in a shower of fragments that survive the fiery re-entry.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 15, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Russian spacecraft to crash soon, risks unclear

(AP) -- A Russian space probe designed to burnish the nation's faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars' moons has turned into one of the heaviest, most toxic pieces of space junk ever.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Research promises smaller, cheaper therapy machines that could revolutionise cancer treatment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Landmark technology that could revolutionise cancer therapy and pave the way for cleaner, safer nuclear reactors in the future, has been published in Nature Physics today. The pioneering EMMA ( ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vietnamese man 'stable' after giant tumour removed

A Vietnamese man was in a stable condition in hospital Friday after doctors removed a giant tumour from his right leg that weighed more than the rest of his body, hospital officials said. ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neglected tropical diseases: A new handle on old problems

‘Neglected tropical diseases’ is a new name for old diseases that cause long-term suffering among the world’s poorest people. The Wellcome Trust and others have funded research into these diseases ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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