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Greenhouse gas levels hit 'troubling milestone'

(AP) — The world's air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon dioxide, the main global warming pollutant.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 30

Change in developmental timing was crucial in the evolutionary shift from dinosaurs to birds: study

At first glance, it's hard to see how a common house sparrow and a Tyrannosaurus Rex might have anything in common. After all, one is a bird that weighs less than an ounce, and the other is a dinosaur that ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

SpaceX capsule has 'new car' smell, astronauts say (Update)

SpaceX's Dragon cargo vessel smells like a new car, said astronauts at the International Space Station after opening the hatches Saturday following the spacecraft's landmark mission to the orbiting lab.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 11

Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history

(AP) -- Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history. Not that the avowed atheist has any doubts himself.

Biology / Evolution

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (27) | comments 129

Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st (Update 2)

The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, triumphantly captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 20

Synthetic nano-waste does not disappear

(Phys.org) -- Tiny particles of cerium oxide do not burn or change in the heat of a waste incineration plant. They remain intact on combustion residues or in the incineration system, as a new study by Swiss ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study cracks a secret of methanol production

(Phys.org) -- What’s the best way to make methanol? The question is more pressing than it sounds. Not only is methanol an important industrial chemical – some 50 million tons are used each year to ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Asteroid nudged by sunlight: Most precise measurement of Yarkovsky effect

Scientists on NASA's asteroid sample return mission, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), have measured the orbit of their destination asteroid, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Civil engineers find savings where the rubber meets the road

A new study by civil engineers at MIT shows that using stiffer pavements on the nation’s roads could reduce vehicle fuel consumption by as much as 3 percent — a savings that could add up to 273 million ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station

(AP) -- Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5


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