items tagged with Earth
G-8 to cut emissions, environmentalists aren’t happy
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-07-08 08:56:21
The leading industrial G-8 countries of the world promised to work with nearly 200 other U.N. countries to cut greenhouse gases by at least 50% by the year 2050. However, critics of the G-8 plan say the pact will not protect Earth from global climate change.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-07-08 08:56:21
The leading industrial G-8 countries of the world promised to work with nearly 200 other U.N. countries to cut greenhouse gases by at least 50% by the year 2050. However, critics of the G-8 plan say the pact will not protect Earth from global climate change.
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South Pole scientist takes “cool” pixs of southern lights
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-07 07:55:24
J. Dana Hrubes, the science leader of the Amundsen-Scott Station, has taken some great pictures of the aurora australia, more commonly called the southern lights, at the geographic South Pole (90 degrees south latitude). They are literally “cool” pictures!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-07 07:55:24
J. Dana Hrubes, the science leader of the Amundsen-Scott Station, has taken some great pictures of the aurora australia, more commonly called the southern lights, at the geographic South Pole (90 degrees south latitude). They are literally “cool” pictures!
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Australian diamonds may be nearly as Old as the (Jack) Hills
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-07-03 10:35:29
Australian-German scientists found diamonds in Western Australia that indicate the beginning of life on Earth may have occurred about 700 million years earlier than currently conjectured, even before Earth was hit with intense numbers of meteorites.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-07-03 10:35:29
Australian-German scientists found diamonds in Western Australia that indicate the beginning of life on Earth may have occurred about 700 million years earlier than currently conjectured, even before Earth was hit with intense numbers of meteorites.
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Mars, Saturn, Regulus put on evening show in July skies
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-29 11:15:15
During the first ten days of July 2008, the two planets Mars and Saturn and the bright star Regulus will be seen low in the western sky after dusk and into the evening, less than one-third the way up from the horizon.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-29 11:15:15
During the first ten days of July 2008, the two planets Mars and Saturn and the bright star Regulus will be seen low in the western sky after dusk and into the evening, less than one-third the way up from the horizon.
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Arctic ice may be liquid by September 2008 at North Pole
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-06-27 11:21:16
According to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., the Earth’s Arctic seawater around the North Pole may be ice-free by the end of summer.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-06-27 11:21:16
According to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., the Earth’s Arctic seawater around the North Pole may be ice-free by the end of summer.
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Mars once rained water, according to California study
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-26 08:52:56
According to research led by University of California--Berkeley geoscientists, the atmosphere of ancient Mars once held enough liquid water for a light drizzle or dew to fall onto the surface of the planet.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-26 08:52:56
According to research led by University of California--Berkeley geoscientists, the atmosphere of ancient Mars once held enough liquid water for a light drizzle or dew to fall onto the surface of the planet.
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PCs pass 1 billion in 2008; to double by 2014
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-24 15:53:50
According to analyst company Gartner, in 2008 the number of personal computers (PCs) in use around the world passed the one billion mark. They'll double even faster!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-24 15:53:50
According to analyst company Gartner, in 2008 the number of personal computers (PCs) in use around the world passed the one billion mark. They'll double even faster!
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Moon’s magical powers seem to rise on June 18th
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-17 08:30:16
Your eyes may deceive you but check out the full Moon rising in the eastern sky on Wednesday night, June 18, 2008. It’s huge, or is it the “Moon Illusion”?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-17 08:30:16
Your eyes may deceive you but check out the full Moon rising in the eastern sky on Wednesday night, June 18, 2008. It’s huge, or is it the “Moon Illusion”?
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HARPS sees HD 40307 planets: We have ability to find earth-type exoplanets
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-16 16:06:23
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-16 16:06:23
Astrophysicists have found, for the very first time, a trio of super-earth planets around a sun-like star.
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WWF finds 27% decline in wildlife for Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-05-18 10:23:24
The World Wide Fund for Nature collected data from nearly 4,000 species spanning a 35-year period. According to its study, land-based and water-based species declined 27% from 1970 to 2005.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-05-18 10:23:24
The World Wide Fund for Nature collected data from nearly 4,000 species spanning a 35-year period. According to its study, land-based and water-based species declined 27% from 1970 to 2005.
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Where are the other moons of Earth?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-15 12:10:49
NASA researchers have postulated that when the Earth was hit by a large object about 4.5 billion years ago, it probably created many small moons around Earth, plus our large Moon. Many of them landed at stable points between the Earth and the Sun. They still should, theoretically, be here, but aren't. Where did they go? And why?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-15 12:10:49
NASA researchers have postulated that when the Earth was hit by a large object about 4.5 billion years ago, it probably created many small moons around Earth, plus our large Moon. Many of them landed at stable points between the Earth and the Sun. They still should, theoretically, be here, but aren't. Where did they go? And why?
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Microsoft announces May 2008 startup of WorldWide Telescope
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-05-12 07:58:42
Microsoft chairman William “Bill” Gates announces that the computer software program WorldWide Telescope will be available free to Internet users by the end of May 2008. Gates calls it "an observatory on your desktop."
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-05-12 07:58:42
Microsoft chairman William “Bill” Gates announces that the computer software program WorldWide Telescope will be available free to Internet users by the end of May 2008. Gates calls it "an observatory on your desktop."
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National Geographic rates “green” countries
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-05-08 08:14:47
The National Geographic Society conducted its "Greendex" survey to find out how environmentally friendly countries are across Earth. Sorry, U.S.—you flunked! Go stand in a corner of the world!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-05-08 08:14:47
The National Geographic Society conducted its "Greendex" survey to find out how environmentally friendly countries are across Earth. Sorry, U.S.—you flunked! Go stand in a corner of the world!
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Maybe you can't go to the Moon. But, your Name can!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-01 17:45:22
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is inviting everyone around the world to join in its ‘first step back to the Moon’ with its "Send Your Name to the Moon" project as part of its LRO spacecraft mission.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-01 17:45:22
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is inviting everyone around the world to join in its ‘first step back to the Moon’ with its "Send Your Name to the Moon" project as part of its LRO spacecraft mission.
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NASA: See 4D live model of Earth’s ionosphere
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-01 10:23:53
On April 30, 2008, NASA announced the public unveiling on the Internet of its four dimensional (4D) live model of the ionosphere of Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-01 10:23:53
On April 30, 2008, NASA announced the public unveiling on the Internet of its four dimensional (4D) live model of the ionosphere of Earth.
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You could have been a mountain climber 12 million years ago
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-04-26 11:39:51
A U.S.-German study has shown that mountains in the western United States formed much earlier than once thought by geologists--specifically about 12 million years ago, approximately 9 or 10 million years earlier than previous research had shown.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-04-26 11:39:51
A U.S.-German study has shown that mountains in the western United States formed much earlier than once thought by geologists--specifically about 12 million years ago, approximately 9 or 10 million years earlier than previous research had shown.
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Danish physicists find solar flares produce starquakes
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-24 08:06:13
The scientists used the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) to find oscillations in the outermost one-fourth of the Sun’s interior, which are called starquakes, as the result of the explosions of large solar flares.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-24 08:06:13
The scientists used the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) to find oscillations in the outermost one-fourth of the Sun’s interior, which are called starquakes, as the result of the explosions of large solar flares.
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Smallest Dell PC yet goes eco-friendly with bamboo
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 20:46:50
Dell’s eponymous CEO, Michael Dell, has unveiled his smallest, ‘never before seen’ eco-PC – which comes with a curvy bamboo casing. Is it a Mac Mini competitor, a way to jump on the green bandwagon or the start of a whole new successful line of environmentally friendly PCs?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 20:46:50
Dell’s eponymous CEO, Michael Dell, has unveiled his smallest, ‘never before seen’ eco-PC – which comes with a curvy bamboo casing. Is it a Mac Mini competitor, a way to jump on the green bandwagon or the start of a whole new successful line of environmentally friendly PCs?
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Hawking envisions Columbus like exploration of space
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-22 07:55:10
Talking at a NASA 50th anniversary celebration, British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking suggests a need for space exploration similar to Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-22 07:55:10
Talking at a NASA 50th anniversary celebration, British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking suggests a need for space exploration similar to Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World.
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