Japan plans giant broadband satellite
Japanese government officials say they will develop a new communications satellite to provide broadband services that are as fast as fiber optic cable.
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Pilots at risk for cosmic cataracts
Researchers say they've determined airline pilots are at increased risk of cataracts usually associated with aging as a result of cosmic radiation.
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How do you get plants to grow on Mars?
The first step: relieve their anxiety. Anxiety can be a good thing. It alerts you that something may be wrong, that danger may be close. It helps initiate signals that get you ready to act. But, while an occasional bit of ...
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Study: How to judge personal health risks
Researchers say people can pretty well judge personal health risks if they don't rely on media reports and stick to what's happened to people they know.
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Meteor impacts: Life's jump starter?
Meteor impacts are generally regarded as monstrous killers and one of the causes of mass extinctions throughout the history of life. But there is a chance the heavy bombardment of Earth by meteors during the planet's youth ...
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Model gives clearer idea of how oxygen came to dominate Earth's atmosphere
A number of hypotheses have been used to explain how free oxygen first accumulated in Earth's atmosphere some 2.4 billion years ago, but a full understanding has proven elusive. Now a new model offers plausible scenarios ...
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Sony Ericsson announces another in a series of Walkman phones -- the stylish W550
Sony Ericsson today a new addition to its Walkman™ phone family - the W550 - an affordable phone that offers great quality stereo music and integrates a 1.3 megapixel camera, full Internet browsing capability and a credible ...
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Rainbands Offer Better Forecasts of Hurricane Intensity
Scientists will soon begin one of the largest research projects ever undertaken to better understand dramatic, rapid changes in hurricane intensity. These changes have baffled forecasters for decades.
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Study yields insights into fungi—and beer
Chemotherapy and organ transplantation not only take a huge toll on patients, but they can compromise the immune system and leave patients vulnerable to infections from microbes such as pathogenic fungi--the fastest-growing ...
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IBM to Open Source Technology for Analysis of Unstructured Information
IBM announced plans to make available through open source its Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA), a technology designed to support a new breed of software applications that can process text within documents ...
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