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Bangladesh papers confirm truth: Apollo did land on Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-09-07 09:16:20
After years of conspiracy theories trying to convince people that the U.S. government faked the Moon landings, two Bangladeshi newspapers confirm indirectly that, indeed, the United States did land on the Moon in July 1969.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-09-07 09:16:20
After years of conspiracy theories trying to convince people that the U.S. government faked the Moon landings, two Bangladeshi newspapers confirm indirectly that, indeed, the United States did land on the Moon in July 1969.
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Mars Orbiter turned off, stops stunning pixs for awhile
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-09-06 08:21:40
The NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been shut down for a few weeks because of a glitch in its computer system, which will temporarily end its ability to take stunning high-resolution images of the Martian surface.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-09-06 08:21:40
The NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been shut down for a few weeks because of a glitch in its computer system, which will temporarily end its ability to take stunning high-resolution images of the Martian surface.
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Predicting thunderstorms just got better
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2009-09-05 08:31:34
According to Australian researchers, the probability of predicting the next thunderstorm is now better with the use of a technique called THESPA, which can produce “nowcasts” for up to one hour ahead of the storm.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2009-09-05 08:31:34
According to Australian researchers, the probability of predicting the next thunderstorm is now better with the use of a technique called THESPA, which can produce “nowcasts” for up to one hour ahead of the storm.
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National study finds football tops high school injuries
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-09-03 08:02:26
An Ohio study on severe injuries among high school athletes throughout the United States has found that football is the most dangerous of sports, and results in the most serious injuries. Overall, 15% of the injuries in high school sports result in severe injuries.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-09-03 08:02:26
An Ohio study on severe injuries among high school athletes throughout the United States has found that football is the most dangerous of sports, and results in the most serious injuries. Overall, 15% of the injuries in high school sports result in severe injuries.
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Australians set solar cell efficiency record
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2009-09-01 08:21:20
Solar cell researchers at the University of New South Wales have set the world record for solar power efficiency, by converting 43% of sunlight into electricity.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2009-09-01 08:21:20
Solar cell researchers at the University of New South Wales have set the world record for solar power efficiency, by converting 43% of sunlight into electricity.
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Zac the dinosaur calls Australia home
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-08-31 07:49:34
Australian palaeontologists discover a new species of dinosaur in Queensland, and nickname the 97 million year old sauropod "Zac."
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-08-31 07:49:34
Australian palaeontologists discover a new species of dinosaur in Queensland, and nickname the 97 million year old sauropod "Zac."
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Drought in SE Australia scientifically proven
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2009-08-28 08:56:59
Although the conclusion is not unexpected, the analysis by a CSIRO researcher has scientifically shown that the 15 years of drought conditions in southeast Australia has been brought about by “diminishing water availability” that started between 1993 and 1996 and continues today.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2009-08-28 08:56:59
Although the conclusion is not unexpected, the analysis by a CSIRO researcher has scientifically shown that the 15 years of drought conditions in southeast Australia has been brought about by “diminishing water availability” that started between 1993 and 1996 and continues today.
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Earth to Gliese 581d, anyone there?
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-28 00:25:14
The search for human life beyond mother earth is one of those endless pursuits that never ceases to fascinate and intrigue we earthlings. So far, however, there’s been a deathly silence from outerspace to all the signals sent so far, but that’s no deterrent to Australian website, Hello From Earth, which today sent off a new signal to a far off planet with text messages from 25,000 people from all over the world.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-28 00:25:14
The search for human life beyond mother earth is one of those endless pursuits that never ceases to fascinate and intrigue we earthlings. So far, however, there’s been a deathly silence from outerspace to all the signals sent so far, but that’s no deterrent to Australian website, Hello From Earth, which today sent off a new signal to a far off planet with text messages from 25,000 people from all over the world.
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South Korea sends rocket into space from new launch facility
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-26 08:31:49
South Korea made history on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, when it launched its first rocket into space from a launch site within the country. However, the satellite failed to make its intended orbit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-26 08:31:49
South Korea made history on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, when it launched its first rocket into space from a launch site within the country. However, the satellite failed to make its intended orbit.
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STS-128 delayed again: Valve problem
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-26 07:45:26
The Wednesday, August 26, 2009 launch of the space shuttle Discovery was scrubbed again, but this time because of a suspect valve in the main propulsion system. The scheduled launch date is now set for Friday, August 28, 2009, if repairs can be made in the meantime.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-26 07:45:26
The Wednesday, August 26, 2009 launch of the space shuttle Discovery was scrubbed again, but this time because of a suspect valve in the main propulsion system. The scheduled launch date is now set for Friday, August 28, 2009, if repairs can be made in the meantime.
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Theory wrong: Star-mass ratio isn't same in all galaxies
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-25 08:52:55
A theory was found to be wrong by a group of astronomers after their research shows that there isn’t a particular ratio of high-mass newborn stars to low-mass newborn stars in all types of galaxies. Instead, stars come in a random mix of masses.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-25 08:52:55
A theory was found to be wrong by a group of astronomers after their research shows that there isn’t a particular ratio of high-mass newborn stars to low-mass newborn stars in all types of galaxies. Instead, stars come in a random mix of masses.
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Stormy weather grounds STS-128/Discovery
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-25 08:12:06
Even though the weather was supposed to improve as launch time approached at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it didn’t. The NASA manned mission to the International Space Station had to be postponed 24 hours.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-25 08:12:06
Even though the weather was supposed to improve as launch time approached at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it didn’t. The NASA manned mission to the International Space Station had to be postponed 24 hours.
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STS-128 liftoff early Tuesday morning with COLBERT
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-24 08:50:57
With the space shuttle Discovery packed full of a treadmill named COLBERT and a canister called Leonardo, the NASA STS-128 mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to lift off very early Tuesday morning from the Kennedy Space Center; that is, if the weather holds.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-24 08:50:57
With the space shuttle Discovery packed full of a treadmill named COLBERT and a canister called Leonardo, the NASA STS-128 mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to lift off very early Tuesday morning from the Kennedy Space Center; that is, if the weather holds.
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Women with lonely hearts risk diseased hearts
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-23 08:09:11
According to an August 2009 Pittsburgh/Harvard study, women who feel lonely and depressed have a 79% higher risk of getting coronary heart disease (CHD).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-23 08:09:11
According to an August 2009 Pittsburgh/Harvard study, women who feel lonely and depressed have a 79% higher risk of getting coronary heart disease (CHD).
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Got a longer life? CDC says Yes!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-22 08:45:05
According to a September 12, 2007 news release from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the average U.S. life expectancy has increased to 77.9 years.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-22 08:45:05
According to a September 12, 2007 news release from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the average U.S. life expectancy has increased to 77.9 years.
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Average video gamer is playing with problems
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-21 08:38:44
According to a CDC study, the average person playing video games has more health problems than non-gamers, including more depression, higher body mass index, and an overall lower quality of life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-21 08:38:44
According to a CDC study, the average person playing video games has more health problems than non-gamers, including more depression, higher body mass index, and an overall lower quality of life.
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Why we are here: Double membrane prokaryotes! Say Again?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-08-20 08:40:37
A NASA-funded study has hypothesized that about 2.5 billion years ago two types of single-celled microbes came together to produce a new organism that was (for the first time) able to take in sunlight to produce oxygen. At a time in which Earth did not have oxygen in its atmosphere, this newly formed creature produced oxygen and, subsequently, made it possible for humans to exist.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-08-20 08:40:37
A NASA-funded study has hypothesized that about 2.5 billion years ago two types of single-celled microbes came together to produce a new organism that was (for the first time) able to take in sunlight to produce oxygen. At a time in which Earth did not have oxygen in its atmosphere, this newly formed creature produced oxygen and, subsequently, made it possible for humans to exist.
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Study: Children learn and improve, chimps don't
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-08-19 07:52:45
According to a study headed by British researchers, human children learn new and improved ways to do various activities, but chimps continue to use the first method they learned for doing something, unable, or unwilling, to learn better ways to do it.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-08-19 07:52:45
According to a study headed by British researchers, human children learn new and improved ways to do various activities, but chimps continue to use the first method they learned for doing something, unable, or unwilling, to learn better ways to do it.
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NASA spacecraft finds basic ingredient of life in comet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-18 08:30:28
A NASA scientist announced on August 16, 2009, that NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has returned sample material to Earth from comet Wild 2. The sample contains the first signs within an extraterrestrial body of an amino acid, which is used by organisms to make proteins: a building block of life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-18 08:30:28
A NASA scientist announced on August 16, 2009, that NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has returned sample material to Earth from comet Wild 2. The sample contains the first signs within an extraterrestrial body of an amino acid, which is used by organisms to make proteins: a building block of life.
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Baby sleep positions: Magazines versus Baby Doctors
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-17 07:53:35
A U.S. study by pediatricians concludes that over one-third of photographs in mainstream magazines, which show babies asleep, are depicting unsafe sleep positions according to doctors’ recommendations. Such pictures increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-08-17 07:53:35
A U.S. study by pediatricians concludes that over one-third of photographs in mainstream magazines, which show babies asleep, are depicting unsafe sleep positions according to doctors’ recommendations. Such pictures increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
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