These two images, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, show the difference between lunar highlands and a mare area from close by.
Astronomy
May 26, 2006
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Mystery is surrounding the huge declines of birds that migrate thousands of miles from Africa to the UK and Europe each spring. Scientists fear that their dwindling numbers – well over 50 per cent down in some cases – ...
May 26, 2006
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When planning a summer wedding, it does not really help to hear that "the probability of showers is increasing". A precision weather forecast will predict when the sun comes out or when the rain stops - or foretells if there ...
Environment
May 26, 2006
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What do you want to be when you grow up? Eighth-graders asked this question in 1988 were two to three times more likely to earn science and engineering degrees in college if their answer was a science-related career. The ...
Other
May 26, 2006
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The ubiquitous bacteria E. coli rank among nature's most successful species for lots of reasons, to which biologists at the University of Southern California have added another: in a pinch, E. coli can feast on the DNA of ...
May 26, 2006
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A unit of France Telecom has reportedly joined an organization based on China's home-grown 3G wireless technology standard.
Telecom
May 26, 2006
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MIT and University of California experts recently discussed the role of social networking sites like MySpace, the forces fuelling proposed new restrictions for such youth sites and the effects of limiting participation in ...
Internet
May 26, 2006
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Today, for many, computer networks are an indispensable infrastructure that interconnects people, places and organisations. But increasingly they are beginning to creak as their complexity grows. Biological systems through ...
Internet
May 26, 2006
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Research based at The University of Queensland is taking journalism where it hasn't gone before by asking the question: how will people stay in touch in outer space?
Other
May 26, 2006
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The video-game market for personal computers continues to grow into a key market in the computer industry.
Software
May 26, 2006
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