Britain's National Health Service is introducing a home test for intestinal cancer health officials hope will cut the number of deaths from the disease.

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Ohio Gov. Bob Taft signed legislation Wednesday requiring hospitals to provide more information about the quality of care they provide and its cost.

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A U.S. paleontologist has discovered the fossils of a new hoofed South American mammal that resembled a cross between a dog and a hare.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Aug 09, 2006 3.6 / 5 (14) 0

For the first time since 1969 a meteorite has reportedly struck a European roof.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Aug 09, 2006 4.3 / 5 (6) 0

The visualization capabilities of the Center for Computational Research at the University at Buffalo is providing city residents with a multi-faceted, interactive, real-time visualization of what activity on ...

Technology - Software

Aug 09, 2006 2.7 / 5 (7) 0

The waters of Lake Tahoe were clear to an average depth of 72.4 feet in 2005, according to UC Davis scientists who have monitored the lake since 1968. That keeps the clarity measurement in the range where it ...

Space & Earth - Environment

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A new analysis of ocean-floor sediments collected near the North Pole finds that the Arctic was extremely warm, unusually wet and ice-free the last time massive amounts of greenhouse gases were released into the Earth's atmosphere ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

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Further proof that children require more time comes via a study to be published today in Developmental Science asserting that the fast pace expected by adults - both parents and educators - can be beyond childr ...

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In the long, dark days of winter, gardeners are known to count the days until spring. Now, scientists have learned, some plants do exactly the same thing.

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It is a common misperception that blackouts are caused by power shortages, but in any given year, about 90 percent of the power outages that customers experience are due to problems with the local distribution ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

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A new method of growing carbon nanotubes is predicted to revolutionise the implementation of nanotechnology and the future of electronics. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have successfully grown nanotubes at a ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Aug 09, 2006 4.4 / 5 (92) 0

The detailed images of embryos more than 500 million years old have been revealed by an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol. Writing in the journal Nature, Dr Phil Donoghue and ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

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A gene that enables rice to survive complete submergence has been identified by a team of researchers at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines and at the University of California's Davis and Riverside ...

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Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new type of mobile robot that balances on a ball instead of legs or wheels. "Ballbot" is a self-contained, battery-operated, omnidirectional robot that ...

Electronics - Robotics

Aug 09, 2006 4.7 / 5 (53) 0

When scientists study habitats that alien species have invaded, they usually find predictable patterns. The diversity of native species declines, and changes occur in natural processes such as nutrient cycling, wildfire frequency ...

Space & Earth - Environment

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