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ALL Science - UK ScienceNew evidence suggest that pure ice in the form of glaciers may buried under a thin layer of soil and rock on the red planet.
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Permanent Link: Observatory: Blanket of Soil May Hide Vast Martian Glaciers
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The most unusual aspect of the scientists’ discovery of a new species of penguin is that it’s extinct.
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Permanent Link: Observatory: Study of Old Penguin Bones Reveals a New Species
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POMONA, Calif. (AP) -- Terry Fujimoto sees the future of agriculture in the exposed roots of the leafy greens he and his students grow in thin streams of water at a campus greenhouse....
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Permanent Link: Urban growers go high-tech to feed city dwellers
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The second spacewalk during a mission of the shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station proceeded without mishap.
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Permanent Link: National Briefing | Science: Spacewalk Goes Well
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Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during their next spacewalk so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week.
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Permanent Link: Safety Promise After Tools Lost In Space
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The federal appeals court’s decision came after finding that the Interior Department had failed to conduct an environmental study before issuing the company’s drilling permit.
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Permanent Link: Court Says Shell Can’t Drill Near Alaska
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To everyone's relief, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough deftly stepped through their work Thursday without any mishaps. They triple-checked their equipment to make certain everything was tied down.
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Permanent Link: This Time, Spacewalk Is A Breeze
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Young people are the wired generation, but for teens the Internet can allow them to indulge their worst impulses. For instance, more than 3,000 video by-kids-for-kids share tips for cheating on tests, Daniel Sieberg reports.
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Permanent Link: Web Tests Kids' Desire To Cheat
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and astronomer whose theories identified the Sun, not the Earth, as the center of the universe....
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Permanent Link: Scientists say Copernicus' remains, grave found
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As Jerry Yang prepares to return to his role as chief Yahoo, the company he helped build is looking at replacement prospects. Would it consider Microsoft executives?.
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Permanent Link: Yahoo's Ultimate Search: A New CEO
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA couldn't have staged it any better: 10 people in orbit for Thursday's 10th anniversary of the world's most elaborate and expensive housing project, the international space station....
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Permanent Link: Happy Birthday: Space station celebrates 10 years
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Does a messy neighborhood make a difference on how people act? It sure does! Graffiti on the walls, trash in the street, bicycles chained to a fence, all resulted in a decline in how people behaved in a series of experiments....
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Permanent Link: Study shows messiness leads to behavior decline
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Winter looks likely to be mild in the Midwest and dry in the Southeast, the government said Thursday. Warmer-than-average temperatures are expected for the nation's center, especially Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration....
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Permanent Link: Winter forecast looks mixed across nation
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In space, no one can hear you scream. But scoring an Internet hookup suddenly isn't out of the question.
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Permanent Link: E-mail In Zero G: Astronauts And The Web
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A congressional advisory panel said Thursday that China has stepped-up computer espionage attacks on the U.S. government, defense contractors and American businesses.
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Some plants that were thought to be invasive species in the Galapagos Islands predate humans by thousands of years.
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Permanent Link: Observatory: Invasive Plants in Galápagos May Really Be Native
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Steller sea lions in far western Alaska continue to do a disappearing act with already distressed numbers slipping further in some areas, according to a federal survey.
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Permanent Link: Sea Lions Decline In Alaska Waters
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Researchers said they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.
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Permanent Link: Mystery Over Copernicus' Remains Nears End
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A new report suggests that a living mammoth could perhaps be regenerated from DNA extracted from clumps of the animal’s hair.
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Permanent Link: Regenerating a Mammoth for $10 Million
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King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, Israeli archaeologists said.
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Permanent Link: King Herod's Crypt Believed Found
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