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Slovenian adventurer embarks on eco-friendly world trip

Slovenian adventurer Matevz Lenarcic flew out of the capital Ljubljana on Sunday at the start of an eco-friendly trip around the world in an ultra-light plane boasting super-low fuel mileage.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Space mountain produces terrestrial meteorites

When NASA's Dawn spacecraft entered orbit around giant asteroid Vesta in July, scientists fully expected the probe to reveal some surprising sights. But no one expected a 13-mile high mountain, two and a half ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New reports identify impacts of climate change on world's highest mountains

Findings from the most comprehensive assessment to date on climate change, snow and glacier melt in Asia's mountainous Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region -- site of Mount Everest and many of the world's tallest peaks -- highlight ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 04, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Italy: 3 brothers suffer heart attacks on same day

Three Sicilian brothers had heart attacks on the same day which killed two of them, while the third was saved because was visiting his mother in hospital, the Corriere della Sera daily said Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Earth from space: Aegean islands

(PhysOrg.com) -- This Envisat image is dominated by the island of Crete separating the Aegean and Libyan Seas in the eastern Mediterranean.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mount Royal reveals its archeological secrets

History tells us that Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve erected a cross atop Mount Royal in 1643 to thank God for sparing the city from flooding. However, according to 18th century archival documents, the cross ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Environmentalists call for toilets on Everest

An environmental group is asking the Nepal government to consider installing portable toilets on Mount Everest for climbers caught short at the roof of the world.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Everest expedition suggests nitric oxide benefits for intensive care patients

The latest results from an expedition to Mount Everest that looked at the body's response to low oxygen levels suggest that drugs or procedures that promote the body's production of a chemical compound called nitric oxide ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World's highest webcam brings Everest to Internet

The world's highest webcam has been installed in the Nepalese Himalayas, beaming live images of Mount Everest back to scientists studying the effects of climate change on the planet's tallest peak.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Dream is over for Virgin Galactic space tourist

Venture capitalist Alan Walton has trekked to the North Pole, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and skydived over Mount Everest. A hop into space to enjoy a few minutes of weightlessness would have been the ultimate ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 23

Sony shows wearable 3-D personal theater

Sony says it will start selling a head mounted display that provides a 3-D theater of music videos, movies and games, targeting people who prefer solitary entertainment rather than sitting in front of a TV ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 9

SETI's telescopes to go back online, resuming hunt for alien life

This week the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute announced that it had raised more than $200,000 from a crowd-sourced fundraising effort that launched earlier this spring. The money, which came from ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 27

Injured soldiers’ Kilimanjaro climb could boost psychological recovery

A group of soldiers recovering from serious injury as a result of their service in Afghanistan are to take part in a psychological study as they hike to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's next Mars rover to land at Gale Crater (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet's Gale crater.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Nepal will measure exact height of Mount Everest

Nepal has ordered a new measurement of Mount Everest to determine exactly how high the world's highest mountain is.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0