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submitted by Grace 193 weeks 2 days 10 hours 42 minutes ago
When powerful earthquakes strike anywhere in the world, their seismic waves go rippling through the ground and trigger smaller quakes thousands of miles away where no one had ever expected them, scientists have discovered.
Geophysicists reported Sunday that they have studied records on the aftermath of 15...(more)
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submitted by AB 159 weeks 6 days 12 hours 6 minutes ago
Saying his health-related issues were “more complex” than he originally thought, Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, announced Wednesday that he would take a medical leave of absence from the company until the end of June.
In a letter to Apple employees released after markets closed,...(more)
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submitted by Elizabeth for team Breast cancer info 200 weeks 4 days 4 hours 15 minutes ago
Certain cancers tend to spread to specific tissues, and now researchers have gained a molecular handle on how that happens.
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submitted by AB 155 weeks 6 days 18 hours 54 minutes ago
A bucardo, a type of Spanish ibex that went extinct in 2000, was successfully cloned by scientists in 2003, a new study reveals.
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submitted by Mr X 185 weeks 1 day 17 hours 44 minutes ago
A team of astronomers announced they have discovered the smallest and potentially most Earth-like extrasolar planet yet. Five times as massive as Earth, it orbits a relatively cool star at a distance that would provide earthly temperatures as well, signaling the possibility of liquid water.
"The separation...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Obama Watch 100 weeks 2 days 14 hours 28 minutes ago
President Barack Obama will outline his administration's vision for space agency NASA and an eventual trip to Mars during a conference in Florida in April, the White House said on Sunday.
Obama has had to defend his commitment to the space agency in the politically important U.S....(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 12 hours 50 minutes ago
Sony won't be offering backward compatibility of physical media to new handheld in North America.
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submitted by pascal 156 weeks 1 day 18 hours 42 minutes ago
Mother mice that receive mental training before they become pregnant can pass on its cognitive benefits to their young – the phenomenon may exist in humans too
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submitted by Micca 177 weeks 14 hours 32 minutes ago
A newly discovered species of a blind, subterranean predator - dubbed the "Ant from Mars" - is likely a descendant of one of the very first ants to evolve on Earth, a new study finds. Christian Rabeling, an evolutionary biology graduate student at the University of...(more)
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submitted by Lisa 167 weeks 2 days 10 hours 4 minutes ago
Who would have thought that Danielle Bell's Danville home might reveal clues for solving one of the biggest mysteries of modern medicine: the cause of a rapid rise in autistic children.
Epidemiologists at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) Institute believe the Bell family,...(more)
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submitted by elvis 156 weeks 6 days 18 hours 36 minutes ago
Superior brainpower could be why birds survived the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, suggests a new study of fossil bird brains.
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submitted by Lisa for team Green Living 57 weeks 6 days 3 hours 13 minutes ago
Fishing nets killed more sea turtles than the BP oil spill did, says the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
