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by Stan Beer
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A subsidiary of Boeing, has set a new world record in converting sunlight into electricity with a new type of land-based solar cell. The new photovoltaic cells, which are currently being tested in the Australian desert, can convert 40.7% of the sun's energy into electricity, smashing the previous highest performance mark of 33%.
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by Stan Beer
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A new NASA study has found that the food supply of fish and other life in the ocean is diminishing as a result of global warming. The results of the study is based on correlating satellite data with records of the change in Earth's climate over the past nine years.
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by Adam Turner
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NASA has cleared space shuttle Discovery for launch on Thursday in the US, despite technical hitches and forecasts of bad weather.
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by Stan Beer
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Gullies thought to be only a few years old suggest that water may be flowing on Mars today, according to new scientific photographic evidence.
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by Stan Beer
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Could mankind establish a colony on the moon and then later on other planets? If US space agency NASA has anything to say about it, 18 years from now that's exactly what will happen.
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by Adam Turner
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Almost 40 years after Armstrong's one small step, NASA has announced plans to build a permanent lunar base.
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by Adam Turner
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Metal scraps recovered from a Roman shipwreck a century ago are believed the remains of a 2000 year-old astronomical computer.
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by Stan Beer
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Stephen Hawking, the genius who wrote a best seller that most readers couldn't understand, believes the human race is destined to colonize planets in other star systems. However, Hawking's vision sounds more like the cult space western series Firefly than Star Trek.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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Stephen Hawking says that humans should colonize space and other planets. Well, of course we should!
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by Stan Beer
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Imagine having a bright blue or purple apple for lunch. It may soon be a possibility. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) researchers have located the gene that controls the colour of apples - a discovery that may lead to bright new apple varieties.
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by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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With Virgin Galactic due to take off at the end of 2008, the rush in on to be amongst the first space tourists, with 65,000 around the world applying. A Chinese businessman has been selected, with a Chinese woman yet to be selected.
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by Stan Beer
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New research shows the rate of increase in carbon dioxide emissions has more than doubled since the 1990s and efforts to reduce emmissions have failed, with four years of unprecedented growth.
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