Video: Mars 360: The North Pole
Enjoy views of the martian north pole from all angles in this new animation from ESA's Mars Express.
Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2013
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Expanding universe can emerge in remarkably simple way, scientists say
When soup is heated, it starts to boil. When time and space are heated, an expanding universe can emerge, without requiring anything like a "Big Bang". This phase transition between a boring empty space and an expanding universe ...
General Physics
Dec 10, 2013
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How tree sparrows recognize foreign eggs in their nests
Many birds have reason to worry that the eggs in their nest might not be their own: birds often deposit eggs into other nests and it is not easy for parents to tell their eggs from others. Researchers at the University of ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 10, 2013
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Scholars produce massive new cross-cultural Buddhist dictionary
Creating a 1.2 million–word dictionary devoted to the principles, practices, people, places and pennings of Buddhism might seem like the kind of feat possible only through the intervention of nirmanakaya, a kind of doppelganger ...
Other
Dec 10, 2013
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European storm surge spied by CryoSat
ESA's CryoSat satellite measured the storm surge from the recent North Sea storms, as high waters passed through the Kattegat sea between Denmark and Sweden.
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2013
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US solar power sector small but growing
Solar power, only a minuscule part of the energy mix in the United States, is getting a boost from cheap panels, growing acceptance by large companies and chances for homeowners to rent solar systems.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 10, 2013
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EU parliament rejects ban on bottom-fishing trawlers
The European Parliament on Tuesday narrowly rejected a ban on bottom-fishing trawlers, blamed by environmentalists for massive deep-sea destruction but defended by France and Spain.
Ecology
Dec 10, 2013
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Turbulent nature of menopause triggered by gene battles
The hormonal mayhem, reduced fertility and hot flushes experienced by a woman in the run up to menopause may owe to warfare between her own genes, according to a team of scientists working in the United Kingdom and Japan.
Evolution
Dec 10, 2013
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NASA snow mapper yielded optimized summer water operations
(Phys.org) —Unprecedented snowpack maps from NASA's prototype Airborne Snow Observatory mission helped water managers for 2.6 million residents of the San Francisco Bay Area achieve near-perfect water operations this summer, ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2013
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Cotton waste becomes biodegradable packaging
Proprietary agricultural waste blends provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists to industry partners are being used in a new process that literally grows custom packaging products to protect computers and ...
Ecology
Dec 10, 2013
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