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Can We Return Man to the Moon?
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Can We Return Man to the Moon?

Science – Once you've used the moon as your trampoline, you spend the rest of your life waiting for a second turn on the ride. It's no surprise, then, that Gene Cernan and Alan Bean, two Apollo-era astronauts who have bounded…

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Hittites | The First Civilizations

Science – Until the early twentieth century, scholars knew the Hittites chiefly from references in non-Hittite sources. Uriah, for example, whom (the Bible tells us) King David arranged to have killed in battle in order to…

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Modern technology is changing the way our brains work, says…

Science – At a microcellular level, the infinitely complex network of nerve cells that make up the constituent parts of the brain actually change in response to certain experiences and stimuli. The brain, in other words,…

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How Can You Tell a Clam's Age?

Science – Ever wondered how you can tell a Clam's age?

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Want to Help the Environment? Eat Insects.

Science – David Gracer lifts a giant water bug, places his thumbs in a pre-sliced slit in its underside, and flips off its head. "Smell the meat" he says, sniffing the decapitated creature, and the people gathered around…

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Cell Phone Recycling and Gorillas - The Hidden Connection

Science – Cell phone recycling and the African Eastern Lowland Gorilla, is there a connection? The rate of cell phone production in the US and around the world, and cell phone recycling may have an impact on the very survival…

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System Hardening Effective Weapon Against unknown Security…

Science – Many Information Security practices have outcomes that are difficult to quantify. How do you prove that your measure is effective at preventing whatever malicious activity is out there from being effective against…

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Stephen Hawking goes on Safari in Search of African Einstein

Science – Professor Stephen Hawking, who has devoted his career to finding the origins of the universe, is to begin a new search ΓΆβ;¬" for Africa's answer to Einstein. Despite suffering from motor neurone disease which has…

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Japan Scientists warn Arctic ice Melting Fast

Science – Arctic ice is melting fast and the area covered by ice sheets in ocean could shrink this summer to the smallest since 1978 when satellite observation first started, Japanese scientists warned in a report.

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Pictured: X-ray of the Python who Swallowed

Science – This amazing X-ray picture shows the skeleton of a kitten inside a python's stomach after being devoured in one gulp by the predator. Eight-week-old tabby Kohl was seized by the slithering assassin while in the…

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Why the Cyclone in Myanmar Was So Deadly

Science – Packing winds upward of 120 miles an hour (193 kilometers an hour), Cyclone Nargis became one of Asia's deadliest storms by hitting land at one of the lowest points in Myanmar (also called Burma) and setting off…

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Environmental Deal Sets Aside L.A.-Sized Tract Of Land

Science – A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history.

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Astronauts Say "There Must Be Life In Space"

Science – The human race will find life elsewhere in the universe as it pushes ahead with space exploration, astronauts back from the latest US space mission said. "If we push back boundaries far enough, I'm sure eventually…

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Roofing Company Develops Peel-and-Stick Solar Panels

Science – A construction company has developed solar panels that use peel-and-stick technology to attach to roofs.

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Photos: Thunderstorm collides with ash from Chilean Volcano

Science – That would be a thunderstorm colliding with the ash from an erupting Chilean volcano. Yes, the pictures are as awesome as you think.

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Behe vs Lampreys: A Modest Proposal

Science – Intelligent Design advocates regularly claim that Intelligent Design is science. However, a recent paper on the lamprey genome demonstrates the sharp gulf between science and ID.

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Return of the Population Timebomb

Science – It has become taboo over recent years, but population, not consumption, really is the key to managing our use of the world's resources.

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Really, end of the World?

Science – Is the world really going to end soon? Will it end in my life time? Is 2012 really going to be it for everyone?

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Beijing Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand

Science – The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will boost China's rampant demand for energy, threatening to push world oil prices beyond current record heights.

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Help find Mars Polar Lander

Science – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been taking lots of incredible high-res images of the planet, including the likely areas where MPL hit. However, that's a lot of data to sift through! So the HiRISE folks have…

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Rats succumb to peer pressure too

Science – Until now, only humans and chimps were known to succumb to peer pressure, to the extent that we often ignore our own experiences based on the preferences of others. But a new study in brown rats shows that these…

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World CO2 levels at record high, scientists warn

Science – The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high, according to new figures that renew fears that climate change could begin to slide out of control.

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Skull size measures human intelligence?

Science – Does a big skull of a human being imply a higher level of his or her intellectual development? Is it true that the blind hear better than the sighted? Why do we often reproduce the same melody in our heads Scientists…

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The Defining Moment for Climate Change

Science – Even for Americans, constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a third, and a do-over after that, and, if necessary, a little public repentance and forgiveness and a Brand New Start --…

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NASA Opens Arms to Private Space Industry

Science – As startups vow to beat the once stubborn agency back to the moon, officials and analysts say NASA has begun to shift its priorities and cash toward a dependence on the growing independent market for spacecraft.

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