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Scientists discover minimum mass for galaxies

Scientists discover minimum mass for galaxies

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (27) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- By analyzing light from small, faint galaxies that orbit the Milky Way, UC Irvine scientists believe they have discovered the minimum mass for galaxies in the universe – 10 million times the ...





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China cracks down on online games: report

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China has placed more than 4.65 million computers at some 80,000 Internet cafes under watch in a bid to crack down on violent or pornographic online games, state media reported Friday.


CDC: Swine flu has sickened 22 million in 6 months

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Government health officials say swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April.


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US newspaper circulation slide accelerates

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Daily circulation figures for US newspapers released on Monday provided more bad news for an industry battling the flight of readers to the Web and battered by a steep decline in advertising revenue.


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Major layoffs loom at Time Inc.: reports

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Time Inc., publisher of Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, People and other magazines, plans to lay off some 540 employees starting next week, or six percent of its workforce, The New York Post reported Friday.


Ethiopia's climate 27 million years ago had higher rainfall, warmer soil

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Thirty million years ago, before Ethiopia's mountainous highlands split and the Great Rift Valley formed, the tropical zone had warmer soil temperatures, higher rainfall and different atmospheric circulation patterns than ...


New Urbanspoon app digs into restaurant reservations

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Something big is shaking at Urbanspoon, the Seattle company behind a hugely successful iPhone restaurant-finding application.


Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO (AP)

Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.


China Joins Thirty Meter Telescope Project

China Joins Thirty Meter Telescope Project

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) has joined the Thirty Meter Telescope Project (TMT). As an Observer, China will participate in planning the ...


CDC: About 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu (Update)

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by federal health officials on Thursday.


Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel

Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of ...



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