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Astronauts fix another failed computer on shuttle
(AP) -- The pilots on NASA's last space shuttle flight fixed another one of their main computers Friday after it failed and set off an alarm that awoke the entire crew.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Flight Artists film smallest insect in flight
The Flight Artists team from Wageningen University, the Netherlands, has been the first to make high-speed camera footage of parasitic wasps of about 1 mm wingspan.
May 25, 2011 |
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Study finds leptin restores fertility, may improve bone health in lean women
Women with extremely low body fat, including runners and dancers, as well as women with eating disorders, are prone to develop hypothalamic amenorrhea, a condition in which their menstrual periods cease, triggering such serious ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 04, 2011 |
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New articles examine safety of airport security scanners
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to use whole-body imaging scanners as a primary screening measure on travelers passing through airport security checkpoints. One type of scanner employs millimeter ...
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Researchers build flying robotic 'tree helicopter' (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many trees disperse their seeds by releasing "helicopters," those single-winged seeds that are also called "samaras." As these seeds fall to the ground, their wing causes them to swirl and ...
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Dino-era sex riddle solved by new fossil find
(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of an ancient fossil, nicknamed 'Mrs T', has allowed scientists for the first time to sex pterodactyls – flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs between 220-65 million ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Company is first to return spacecraft from orbit (Update 2)
(AP) -- NASA took a giant leap away from the spaceflight business Wednesday as a private company launched a spacecraft into orbit and for the first time guided it safely back to Earth, a feat previously achieved ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Tried and true gifts for tech lovers
This is no fantasy-league gift guide compiled from weekly sales fliers and the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Terrifying pterosaurs were fragile in flight
Pterosaurs, the largest creatures ever to take to the skies, were adept fliers in a balmy breeze but would have crashed in stormy weather, according to a study published Wednesday.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Marketers scatter phone-friendly codes across ads
At first glance, a QR code looks like some sort of abstract art. The black and white squiggly lines don't look like the next big thing in marketing and advertising.
Nov 11, 2010 |
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