Dark lava floor of crater Billy seen by SMART-1
This composite image, taken by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows crater Billy at the edge of a large lava plain on the Moon.
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Researchers evaluate the effects of warm waters on little fish
Warm Caribbean waters may provide a toasty growing area for larval fish, but that's not enough to ensure a flourishing fish population.
Feb 20, 2006
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Comet dust from NASA mission under analysis
Scientists at the University of Chicago are among the first ever to analyze cometary dust delivered to Earth via spacecraft.
Feb 20, 2006
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Biometric science seeks to avert identity crisis
Two things are certain about biometrics: It is the hot buzzword in identity management for convenience and protection from terrorists and identity thieves – and it's not foolproof.
Feb 20, 2006
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The Tree of Life flourishes on the Web
Scientists say The Tree of Life -- a Web-based database of the relationships and characteristics of all groups of Earth organisms -- is growing.
Feb 20, 2006
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Speed cameras and lower speed limits urged
A study by Israeli and U.S. researchers indicates reducing speed limits and the use of speed cameras could reduce road deaths in the United States.
Feb 20, 2006
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Venus Express spacecraft fires main engine
One hundred days after its launch to Venus, the European Space Agency's Venus Express has successfully tested its main engine for the first time in space.
Feb 20, 2006
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Scientist uses dragonflies to better understand flight
If mastering flight is your goal, you can't do better than to emulate a dragonfly. With four wings instead of the standard two and an unusual pitching stroke that allows the bug to hover and even shift into reverse, the slender, ...
Feb 20, 2006
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Researcher simluate characteristics of planetary cores
University of Minnesota researchers Renata Wentzcovitch and Koichiro Umemoto and Philip B. Allen of Stony Brook University have modeled the properties of rocks at the temperatures and pressures likely to exist at the cores ...
Feb 20, 2006
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Search for alien life challenges current concepts, says U. of Colorado prof.
For scientists eying distant planets and solar systems for signs of alien activity, University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Carol Cleland suggests the first order of business is to keep an open mind.
Feb 20, 2006
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