AP Graphic: The Greenland Ice Melt
This graphic released by the Arctic Climate Impact Association indicates the seasonal melt extent of the Greenland Ice Sheet in 2002. The ice is melting and the heat is on for international delegates assembling in Buenos Aires next week to find new ways t |  |
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Reuters: WHO Official: Bird Flu Far More Deadly than SARS
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The bird flu virus is far more lethal than the SARS virus that struck Asia last year and could unleash a pandemic that could kill as many as 50 million people, a World Health Organization official said Monday. | |
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NYT: Methane Suggests Life Exists Below the Surface on Mars
A third team of scientists has now reported a seemingly simple discovery on Mars: its atmosphere contains methane.
But that finding has potentially profound implications, including the possibility of present-day microbes living on Mars. | |
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NewScientist: Smooth Sailing for EU's Ion Drive Spacecraft
The spacecraft has a new kind of propulsion system: a highly efficient ion drive. Solar panels generate electricity, which heats and ionises xenon fuel. The ions are then ejected, propelling the craft in the opposite direction. The drive is 10 times more | |
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ScienceDaily: Nano Chaperones Guide Molecules in Liquid
Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a method that uses dust-sized chips of silicon to surround and precisely direct the motion of molecules, cells, bacteria and other miniscule objects within a tiny drop of liquid. | |
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ScienceDaily: X-Ray Scope: Dark Matter Halo Around Galaxy
Dark matter continues to confound astronomers, as NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory demonstrated with the detection of an extensive envelope of dark matter around an isolated elliptical galaxy. This discovery conflicts with optical data that suggest a dear | |
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AFP: Eco-Friendly Data Storage Using a Corn Starch Polymer
Japanese electronics giant Pioneer researcher Tasuo Hosoda displays a prototype model of a blue-ray disc made of corn starch polymer which can store 25 gigabytes of data. The firm says it is an environmentally friendly way for eco-consious consumers to di | |
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Reuters: Hobbit Sized Human Remains Found in Australia
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in Australia have found a new species of hobbit-sized humans who lived about 18,000 years ago on an Indonesian island in a discovery that adds another piece to the complex puzzle of human evolution. | |
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NYT: Fly by of Saturn's Planet Sized Moon Produces NASA Pics
PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 26 - The Cassini spacecraft cruised on Tuesday to within 745 miles of Titan, Saturn's planet-size moon, for the first close encounter with it. The moon, long an enigma wrapped in smog, has been described by one scientist as the "lar | |
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NewsTarget: Nanotech Promises to Make Chemo Obsolete
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University have developed nano-sized particles that can target and trick cancer cells into absorbing them.
Once inside, the particles may soon be able to deliver a pharmaceutical payload, kil | |
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