 Exploding asteroid theory strengthened by new evidence located in Ohio, Indiana July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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Geological evidence found in Ohio and Indiana in recent weeks is strengthening the case to attribute what happened 12,900 years ago in North America -- when the end of the last Ice Age unexpectedly turned ... | |
 White House rejects regulating greenhouse gases July 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The Bush administration, dismissing the recommendations of its top experts, rejected regulating the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming Friday, saying it would cripple the U.S. economy. | |
 Researchers reveal widespread, hardworking water on ancient Mars July 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, scientists have theorized – romanticized, even – that Mars has harbored water. The evidence has grown stronger as recent missions to the Red Planet have revealed in stunning detail ... | |
 Phoenix Rasps Frozen Layer, Collects Sample July 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A powered rasp on the back of the robotic arm scoop of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successfully drilled into the frozen soil and loosened material that was collected in the lander's scoop. | |
Measures to help species cope with climate change? July 17, 2008 | User rating: 1.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Many species must move to new areas to survive climate change. Often, this seems impossible. Species stranded on mountain tops in southern Europe that are becoming too hot for them, for instance, are unlikely to be able ... | |
 Germany to start storing carbon dioxide underground June 30, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Germany is due to inaugurate Europe's first underground carbon dioxide storage site on Monday, the country's national geoscience institute said. | |
 Proposed NASA Mission Could Explore Twisted Space Around Black Holes July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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A new NASA mission could discover the shape of space that has been distorted by a spinning black hole's crushing gravity, and explore the structure and effects of the formidable magnetic field around magnetars, ... | |
 First images of solar system's invisible frontier July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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NASA's sun-focused STEREO spacecraft unexpectedly detected particles from the edge of the solar system last year, allowing University of California, Berkeley, scientists to map for the first time the energized ... | |
Acidifying oceans add urgency to CO2 cuts July 03, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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It's not just about climate change anymore. Besides loading the atmosphere with heat-trapping greenhouse gases, human emissions of carbon dioxide have also begun to alter the chemistry of the ocean—often called the cradle ... | |
 NASA sets date for final shuttle mission in 2010 July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Following a detailed, integrated assessment, NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010. | |
 How will the Arctic sea ice cover develop this summer? July 09, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The ice cover in the Arctic Ocean at the end of summer 2008 will lie, with almost 100 per cent probability, below that of the year 2005 – the year with the second lowest sea ice extent ever measured. Chances ... | |
 Helium Balloon in Paris Displays Air Pollution Levels July 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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People in Paris won't have to look far to see the city's air pollution levels. A giant tethered helium balloon will display real-time reports of atmospheric pollution using an innovative lighting system, which ... | |
 Mars bake test hastened after oven short circuit July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Will the Mars lander's next baking test of soil and ice be its last? Scientists worry that it could be, thanks to an electrical glitch that threatens the $420 million quest to find the chemical ingredients ... | |
 Bush lifts offshore drilling ban July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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US President George W. Bush on Monday lifted a White House ban on offshore oil drilling and urged lawmakers to follow suit amid an election-year fight over painfully high gasoline prices. | |
 Tunguska catastrophe: Evidence of acid rain supports meteorite theory July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Tunguska catastrophe in 1908 evidently led to high levels of acid rain. This is the conclusion reached by Russian, Italian and German researchers based on the results of analyses of peat ... | |
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