Babies hold an almost universal appeal, even for the grouchiest of people. There's just something about their big shining eyes and button noses that draws people in and stirs their most tender feelings. In short, babies ...
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International Space Station Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev will enjoy a day off Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving. The holiday highlights a week of robotics operations, routine maintenance and ...
Nov 23, 2005
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Watching the Apollo landings on the moon as a child I could hardly have imagined I was seeing the end of an era – that of manned exploration of space. Shuttle trips to low earth orbit not withstanding; the human race has ...
Princeton University emeritus professor and renowned oil analyst Ken Deffeyes thinks that the all-time production peak for petroleum, or "peak oil," will occur on or around this Thanksgiving.
Nov 23, 2005
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Scientists say they've discovered cells co-opt the machinery that usually repairs broken strands of DNA to protect the integrity of chromosomes.
Nov 23, 2005
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Scientists worldwide are using new techniques to predict the impact of global warming in specific regions. Thanks to the new techniques, people will soon be able to determine how vulnerable their own local area is to global ...
Nov 23, 2005
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The number of China's mobile-phone subscribers topped a record 383 million last month, the government announced this week.
Nov 23, 2005
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The National Research Council announced Wednesday it has launched its latest project to assess U.S. research doctorate programs.
Nov 23, 2005
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Hackers are now probing a new target -- network routers -- as they seek to wreak havoc on corporate computing networks and evade the extensive security software that has been deployed on PCs and Web servers, experts tell ...
Nov 23, 2005
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Biologists say they have created a "living photographic film," made out of engineered intestinal bacteria, that is capable of taking high-resolution black-and-white pictures. Using Petri dishes full of genetically engineered ...
Nov 23, 2005
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