 Huge Texas sinkhole's appetite decreasing, officials say May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole that grew to the length of three football fields over just two days seemed to be slowing down Thursday, but that it could take months before it's clear whether ... | |
 GIOVE-B transmitting its first signals May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Following a successful launch on 27 April, GIOVE-B began transmitting navigation signals today. This is a truly historic step for satellite navigation since GIOVE-B is now, for the first time, transmitting ... | |
 XMM-Newton discovers part of missing matter in the universe May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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ESA’s orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has been used by a team of international astronomers to uncover part of the missing matter in the universe. | |
 Innovative technology provides insight into what’s below the Earth’s surface May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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From oil fields and meteorite impact craters, to potential tsunami triggering submarine landslides, innovative new technology which provides images from below the Earth’s surface has been unveiled. | |
 Amazon under threat from cleaner air May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earth’s climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists in the leading scientific journal Nature. | |
Ponds found to take up carbon like world's oceans May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Research led by Iowa State University limnologist, or lake scientist, John Downing finds that ponds around the globe could absorb as much carbon as the world's oceans. | |
 Artificial reef near Miami is cemetery, diving attraction May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- About 45 feet beneath the ocean's surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches. The Neptune Memorial Reef, which opened last fall, is seen by its creators as a perfect final ... | |
Another Olympic contest -- weather forecasting May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Meteorologists may not always feel appreciated, but at the Beijing Olympics at least they will have their own contest. | |
 Solar Variability: Striking a Balance with Climate Change May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact, changing the character of each hemisphere as Earth's orientation ... | |
 1968 Science Fiction is Today’s Reality May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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The futuristic epic 2001: A Space Odyssey influenced many to fall in love with the limitless possibilities of space exploration. The movie sparked imaginations and provided a realistic preview of what our ... | |
 Chile's Chaiten volcano one of scores of active volcanoes in region May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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The Chaiten volcano now erupting in southern Chile is one of 200 to 300 volcanoes in the "Andean Arc" region of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia considered active by volcanologists, some of which lie in much ... | |
 Fighting global warming — at the dinner table May 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Substituting chicken, fish, or vegetables for red meat just once a week can help combat climate change — even more dramatically than buying locally sourced food, according to scientists in Pennsylvania who ... | |
 Oil powered Norway gradually turns into the wind 22 hours ago | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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As Norway prepares for a future after oil, the gale-force potential of harvesting wind power off its long coastline has become an increasingly attractive proposition. | |
 Phoenix Flying True Enough to Skip One Scheduled Adjustment May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continues on course for its May 25 arrival at Mars. After targeting its certified landing site with a trajectory, or flight path, correction maneuver on April 10, the spacecraft's ... | |
 The Antennae Galaxies move closer May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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The Antennae Galaxies are among the closest known merging galaxies. The two galaxies, also known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, began interacting a few hundred million years ago, creating one of the most impressive ... | |
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