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Four US swans die from bird flu virus

Four swans found dead in Massachusetts had the bird flu virus, authorities said Wednesday, stressing that the strain was not dangerous to humans.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First images from the VLT Survey Telescope 268-megapixel camera

(PhysOrg.com) -- The VLT Survey Telescope (VST), the latest addition to ESO’s Paranal Observatory, has made its first release of impressive images of the southern sky. The VST is a state-of-the-art 2.6-meter ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Dancing robot swan triggers emotions

The Dying Swan is sometimes moving smoothly and gently, sometimes in a dramatic and fiery manner, as Tchaikovsky´s majestic music from the ballet Swan Lake is playing. Yet this is no ordinary ballet dancer, ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New ways of measuring catastrophic risks may enhance Air Force efforts

Noted Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded researcher, Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky is pioneering a new approach for measuring, anticipating and managing catastrophic risks, sometimes called "Black ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New portrait of Omega Nebula's glistening watercolors

The Omega Nebula, sometimes called the Swan Nebula, is a dazzling stellar nursery located about 5500 light-years away towards the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). An active star-forming region of ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

What limits the size of birds?

Why aren't birds larger? Fifteen-kilogram swans hold the current upper size record for flying birds, although the extinct Argentavis of the Miocene Epoch in Argentina is estimated to have weighed 70 kilograms, the size of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Japan quail farm bird flu 'not H5N1': govt

The Japanese agriculture ministry said Sunday an outbreak of bird flu at a quail farm was not H5N1, the form of the disease that can be deadly to humans.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0