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- Climate might be right for a deal: Copenhagen negotiations will take steps toward a climate-stabilizing treaty
- Botanical Whales: Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too
- Breaking the Speed Limit: Studies examine physiology and technology to better foresee the ultimate edge of human performance
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The feature may be a ‘skylight’ in an underground lava tube.
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The stars that are just right to support life-bearing planets might be dimmer and longer-lived than the sun.
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Plume of lunar material contained roughly 25 gallons of vapor and ice.
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The amount of lithium in the atmosphere of sunlike stars is a powerful indicator of whether such stars have planets, a new study reveals.
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The amount of lithium in the atmosphere of sunlike stars is a powerful indicator of whether such stars have planets, a new study reveals.Combining infrared and X-ray images from three orbiting observatories, NASA has unveiled a never-before-seen composite portrait of the Milky Way’s bustling center. In the race to make things disappear, scientists gain ground on science fiction The signature of positrons has been found for the first time in gamma rays associated with storms on Earth. Efforts to get the Large Hadron Collider up and running just encountered a temporary snag, according to yesterday's online edition of The Times of London. A crusty chunk of bread “paralysed a high voltage installation that should have been powering the cooling unit.” |
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In the race to make things disappear, scientists gain ground on science fiction11|21 Issue Links A new study eliminates some theories of quantum gravity by finding that spacetime isn’t as lumpy as some models had proposed. A mother lode of 32 newly discovered planets brings the number of known extrasolar planets to more than 400 and suggests that lightweight planets are common around sunlike stars. New observations reveal a dense ribbon structure that current models don't explain. |
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