Development threatens Galapagos Islands
Officials in Ecuador are worried about the recent discovery of a foreign iguana and turtle on the Galapagos Islands.
Officials in Ecuador are worried about the recent discovery of a foreign iguana and turtle on the Galapagos Islands.
Environment
Aug 25, 2006
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A new analysis of 50 years of changes in freshwater inputs to the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans may shed light on what’s behind the recently observed increase in freshwater in the North Atlantic. University of Texas ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2006
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An upgrade to the Cray XT3 supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the most powerful supercomputer available for general scientific research in the United States, has increased the system's computing power to 54 teraflops, ...
Hardware
Aug 25, 2006
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Good news for mobile TV users! Up to now, the Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) standard was restricted to just four TV channels in Germany. Soon, however, avid viewers could in theory be spoiled for choice with as many ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 25, 2006
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Columbia research scientist Latha Venkataraman has demonstrated that in creating single-molecule electronic devices, flatter molecules conduct electricity better. That principle has long been suspected, but to demonstrate ...
Nanophysics
Aug 25, 2006
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On Sunday, August 27th, Mars will be far from Earth, dim and unremarkable. In short, a total bore. That's news? It is when a widely-read email claims just the opposite.
Astronomy
Aug 25, 2006
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Neandertals were much more like modern humans than had been previously thought, according to a re-examination of finds from one of the most famous palaeolithic sites in Europe by Bristol University archaeologist, Professor ...
Archaeology
Aug 25, 2006
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The Planning Minister, Rob Hulls, today gave the green light to building Australia's most powerful wind farm at Mt Gellibrand, near Colac, with the capacity to power 133,450 homes a year.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 25, 2006
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New research into climate change in the Western Himalaya and the surrounding Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains could explain why many glaciers there are growing and not melting.
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2006
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Bisphenol A, a common industrial chemical claimed to speed the growth of human breast and ovarian cancers, retains its carcinogenic properties even after being modified by body processes, report Indiana University and University ...
Aug 25, 2006
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