Another Olympic contest -- weather forecasting 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Meteorologists may not always feel appreciated, but at the Beijing Olympics at least they will have their own contest. | |
 Huge Texas sinkhole's appetite decreasing, officials say 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(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 ... | |
 Solar Variability: Striking a Balance with Climate Change 17 hours ago | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 19 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 ... | |
Exhaling for Exploration: Scientists Test Lunar Breathing System 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Exhaling for Exploration: Scientists Test Lunar Breathing System HOUSTON -- Imagine yourself hip-to-hip, shoulder-to-shoulder, inside a room the size of a walk-in closet for eight hours with five people you just met. Does ... | |
 Chilean volcano captured blasting ash 22 hours ago | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Chile’s Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke (centre left of image) into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina’s Patagonia Plateau in this Envisat image acquired on 5 May 2008. | |
Western states rebuff plan for Italian nuclear waste in Utah 4 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Eight Western states on Thursday rejected a company's plan to ship tons of radioactive waste from Italy for disposal in Utah, saying importing foreign loads would violate the group's rules. | |
 Chilean troops force volcano evacuations 16 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Police and soldiers cleared the last remaining people from the shadow of a Chilean volcano on Thursday after a strong, overnight explosion spewed glowing-hot rocks from its crater. | |
 1968 Science Fiction is Today’s Reality 18 hours ago | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 6 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 ... | |
 Web tool puts wildlife diseases on the map 17 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new online map makes it possible, for the first time, to track news of disease outbreaks around the world that threaten the health of wildlife, domestic animals, and people. | |
Feedstock makes a difference in feeding distiller's grains 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When it comes to using distiller’s grains in finishing rations of High Plains cattle, a Texas AgriLife Research scientist says the type of grain used makes all the difference. | |
Keeping yields, profits and water quality high 22 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
One of the key questions facing agriculturalists in the 21st century is how to produce adequate amounts of food and farm income while protecting environmental quality. Diversified, low-external-input (LEI) farming systems ... | |
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