(PhysOrg.com) -- Detectable for only a few seconds but possessing enormous energy, gamma-ray bursts are difficult to capture because their energy does not penetrate the Earth's atmosphere. Now, thanks to an orbiting telescope, ...
Astronomy
Feb 19, 2012
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Vicious, winner-take-all competition in nature is an essential pillar of evolutionary theory, but it frequently describes the mindset people have about how, or whether, to teach the subject. Religious students sometimes come ...
Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2012
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Most research initiatives aim to discover more knowledge. The International Polar Year (IPY) went even further; it created more discoverers.
Earth Sciences
Feb 19, 2012
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In 1997, a forest fire in Indonesia ignited an area of peatlands that smouldered for months. By the time it was over, the fire had released greenhouse gases equal to 20 to 40 percent of the total worldwide emissions that ...
Environment
Feb 19, 2012
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(AP) -- Young people want their music, TV and movies now - even if it means they get these things illegally.
Internet
Feb 19, 2012
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(AP) -- John Glenn joined the proud, surviving veterans of NASA's Project Mercury on Saturday in celebrating the 50th anniversary of his historic orbital flight.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2012
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