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25 Most Important Online Project Management Apps [Infographic]
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, internet, infographic, software, management )

Jerrah
- 5 hours ago - getapp.com
Take a look at this infographic below. It highlights some of the most important solutions in this space and uses publicly available information to explain how they vary in terms of company size, popularity, social media presence, ease of integration, trus
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Installed Wind Power Capacity Up 21% Globally in 2011
Science & Tech  (tags: Wind Power! Clean Energy, Sustainability )

Ben
- 16 hours ago - cleantechnica.com
Over 41,000 megawatts (or 41 gigawatts) of new wind power was installed globally in 2011, bringing the overall total of installed capacity around the world to more than 238,000 megawatts (238 gigawatts) by the end of 2011...
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The Prophet of Space Trash
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, business, computers, discovery, environment, investigation, nasa, NewTechnology, research, scientists, space, study, technology )

Kit
- 1 day ago - discovermagazine.com
In 2009, after two telecom satellites smashed into each other, the U.S. National Research Council commissioned a team of experts to examine whether NASA was doing enough to address the growing problem of space junk. When it came time to pick the chair-->
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The Engineer Who Has "Saved More Lives Than Any Single Person in the History of Aviation"
Science & Tech  (tags: business, computer, concept, discovery, design, engineering, investigation, NewTechnology, research, science, society, technology )

Kit
- 1 day ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
The number one cause of plane crashes used to be controlled flight into terrain (pdf), accidents where pilots unintentionally collide with an obstacle. A pilot unable to see through fog, for example, could fly straight into a mountain, crashing an-->
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Domestic Cats, and Wild Bobcats and Pumas, Living in Same Area Have Same Diseases
Science & Tech  (tags: animals, environment, healthconditions, habitat, nature, humans, research, science, wildlife, world, AnimalWelfare, animals, animalwelfare, environment, habitat, humans, suffering, wildlife, wildanimals, society, investigation, society, study, scientists )

Brit
- 1 day ago - sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (Feb. 6, 2012) -- Domestic cats, wild bobcats and pumas that live in the same area share the same diseases. And domestic cats may bring them into human homes, according to results of a study of what happens when big and small cats cross paths.
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GE Honeybee
Science & Tech  (tags: bees, Colony Collapse Disorder, ecosystems, environment, food, genetic modification, health, pesticides )

Julie
- 3 days ago - rodaleinstitute.org
Monsanto sets its sights on "honeybee health" acquiring a company manipulating gene expression.
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Touching the Oldest Water on Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, interesting, world, research, science, water, Lake Vostok, environment, Antarctica )

Michael
- 3 days ago - cbc.ca
A Russian drilling expedition in Antarctica is close to breaking through four kilometres of ice to sample the pristine waters of Lake Vostok, which has not seen daylight for millions of years.
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NASA Telescope Discovers 26 Alien Planets Around 11 Different Stars
Science & Tech  (tags: space, planets, space exploration )

Freya
- 3 days ago - space.com
NASA's prolific planet-hunting spacecraft has hit the jackpot again, discovering 11 new planetary systems with 26 confirmed alien planets among them.
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20 Million Years Later, Russians Work To Drill Into Lake
Science & Tech  (tags: Lake Vostok, Russia, world's 3rd largest volume, 3, 000 ft. deep, 70% world's fresh water, drilling ice cores, record of gases/atmosphere. possible gey, deeper=older, 2 million yrs., astrobiology, Europa, subglacial lakes )

Judy
- 3 days ago - npr.org
Russian researchers in Antarctica are on the verge of piercing a hole through two miles of ice into an ancient lake, untouched by the light of day for some 20 million years. But it'll be a delicate process to break through without disturbing the pristine
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New Super-Earth Detected Within the Habitable Zone of a Nearby Star
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, science, research, discovery, space, universe, interesting )

Ingrid
- 4 days ago - spacedaily.com
An international team of scientists has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star.
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Hubble Images Reveal Galaxy Similar to Milky Way
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, astronomy, nasa, space, science, technology, scientists )

Michael
- 4 days ago - cbc.ca
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of a barred spiral galaxy -- a galaxy similar to our own and expected to give astronomers a better insight into the Milky Way.
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Law Enforcement Websites Under Attack By Hackers
Science & Tech  (tags: computer, computers, habitat, humans, interesting, internet, investigation, news, society, tech, technology, world )

John
- 4 days ago - windstream.net
Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective known as Anonymous
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Science News: If You Were a Spider You Might Self-Castrate, Too
Science & Tech  (tags: science, interesting )

Genoveva
- 4 days ago - globalpost.com
If you had to subject yourself to having sex with female cannibals all the time, you might figure out a sneaky way to self-preserve, too. Which is what spiders have been able to do...
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Oldest African Crocodile Exposed for the First Time
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, discovery, research )

Bryan
- 6 days ago - examiner.com
The 95 million year old reptile lived during the Late Cretaceous period. The beast was 30 feet long with a flat shaped five foot wide head and ate fish as the majority of its diet.
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Sun Delivered Curveball of Powerful Radiation at Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: science, Sun, Radiation, Earth )

Shaniya
- 7 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A potent follow-up solar flare, which occurred on Jan. 17, 2012, just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection (CME) seen in nearly a decade, delivered a powerful radiation punch to Earth's magnetic field despite the fact that it was
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