Great Barrier Reef sharks in collapse
Australian scientists say coral reef shark populations on the Great Barrier Reef are in a catastrophic collapse.
Environment
Dec 5, 2006
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Russia: No funds to help U.S. moon station
Russia would be keen to help NASA develop and build a permanent moon station, but would require U.S. funding, as it didn't budget for the contingency.
Space Exploration
Dec 5, 2006
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Newly Cloned Gene Key to More Adaptable Wheat Varieties
In a research discovery that has practical implications for improving wheat varieties, a team of scientists at the University of California, Davis, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have cloned a gene that controls the ...
Dec 5, 2006
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NASA Mars Orbiter Photographs Spirit and Vikings on the Ground
New images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show three additional NASA spacecraft that have landed on Mars: the Spirit rover active on the surface since January 2004 and the two Viking landers that successfully reached ...
Astronomy
Dec 5, 2006
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Catch and Release: Fishing for Barium Ions
How do you identify the rare thing you're looking for in a vast sea? Go fishing.
General Physics
Dec 5, 2006
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Genetic Archaeology Finds Clues to Pregnancy in Male Pipefish, Seahorses
Genetic archaeology is providing a new clue to one of the greatest gender mysteries in the fish world: how did male pregnancy evolve in a family of fish?
Dec 5, 2006
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Stretch a DNA Loop, Turn Off Proteins
It may look like mistletoe wrapped around a flexible candy cane. But this molecular model shows how some proteins form loops in DNA when they chemically attach, or bind, at separate sites to the double-helical molecule that ...
Dec 5, 2006
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Researchers say rise in California temperatures likely to affect crops
Increasing temperatures in California during the next 45 years could negatively affect the amount of almonds, walnuts, oranges, avocados and table grapes that Americans put on their tables. According to new research in the ...
Environment
Dec 5, 2006
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NASA Telescope Sees Black Hole Munch on a Star
A giant black hole has been caught red-handed dipping into a cosmic cookie jar of stars by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. This is the first time astronomers have seen the whole process of a black hole eating a star, from ...
Astronomy
Dec 5, 2006
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Why The Moon?
If you asked 100 people why we should return to the moon, you'd probably get 100 answers - or more! Over the past year, NASA posed this question not just to 100 people, but to more than 1,000 from around the world. Scientists, ...
Space Exploration
Dec 5, 2006
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