 Scientists discover minimum mass for galaxies 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By analyzing light from small, faint galaxies that orbit the Milky Way, UC Irvine scientists believe they have discovered the minimum mass for galaxies in the universe – 10 million times the ... | |
 Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm? 7 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of molten rock buried deep beneath Yellowstone, geologists have found. But how hot is this "hotspot," and ... | |
 Deadly Gustav churns toward Cuba, Gulf of Mexico 8 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Tropical Storm Gustav gathered punch as it churned toward Cuba and the United States Wednesday after lashing Haiti and the Dominican Republic with hurricane force winds and rain that killed 16 people. | |
Viruses are hidden drivers of ocean's nutrient cycle 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Scientists on Wednesday said they had discovered deep-sea viruses to be an unexpectedly potent driver of the so-called carbon cycle that sustains oceanic life and helps dampen global warming. | |
 Why is Greenland covered in ice? 10 hours ago | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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There have been many reports in the media about the effects of global warming on the Greenland ice-sheet, but there is still great uncertainty as to why there is an ice-sheet there at all. | |
 A clash of clusters provides another clue to dark matter 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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New Hubble and Chandra observations of the cluster known as MACSJ0025.4-1222 indicate that a titanic collision has separated dark from ordinary matter. This provides independent confirmation of a similar effect ... | |
Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record 18 hours ago | User rating: 2 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Sea ice melt recorded on Monday exceeded the low ... | |
Fay leaves behind lots of water for Fla. lake 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Tropical Storm Fay brought some good news to the state's parched Everglades and its liquid heart, Lake Okeechobee - lots and lots of water. | |
 Ice Cold Sunrise on Mars 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- From the location of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, above the Martian arctic circle, the sun does not set during the peak of the Martian summer. | |
 Beer-based biofuel, trash brigade help turn convention green 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
The Democratic Party is using beer-based biofuel and a recycling brigade guarding trash cans to help ease the environmental impact of its convention in Denver this week. | |
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