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As Shuttle Nears Retirement, U.S. Weighs Options For Future Space Exploration
Science & Tech  (tags: US, Space, Flights )

Nancy
- 4 hours ago - rferl.org
With just five space shuttle flights remaining, the program that has come to symbolize U.S. space superiority for the last 30 years is coming to an end, with no replacement on the near horizon.
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Icy Moon's Lakes Brim With Hearty Soup for Life
Science & Tech  (tags: space, technology, study, science, news, nasa, moon )

Katie
- 5 hours ago - newscientist.com
Saturn's frigid moon Titan may be friendlier to life than previously thought. New calculations suggest Titan's hydrocarbon lakes are loaded with acetylene, a chemical some scientists say could serve as food for cold-resistant organisms.
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Biodiversity Loss Is Earth's 'Immense and Hidden' Tragedy, Darwin's 'Natural Heir' Warns
Science & Tech  (tags: biodversity, earths loss, studies, darwin natural heir, discovery, environment, research, habitat )

Simone
- 20 hours ago - guardian.co.uk
Problem of biodiversity loss has been 'eased off centre stage' by focus on climate change, according to Prof Edward Wilson, the ecologist described as 'Darwin's natural heir'
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First Human Stem Cell Trial Using IVF Embryos Will Treat Patients Facing Blindness
Science & Tech  (tags: blindness, Stem Cell Research, interesting )

Ingrid
- 20 hours ago - dailymail.co.uk
Patients facing blindness with a rare and incurable eye disease are expected to become the first ever people to benefit from an embryonic stem-cell therapy.
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Solar Winds Triggered By Magnetic Fields
Science & Tech  (tags: Solar, Magnetic Fields, UCL )

Nancy
- 20 hours ago - sciencedaily.com
Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, according to a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers based on the latest observations from the Hinode satellite.
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Radiation Leak at Three Mile Island
Science & Tech  (tags: radiation, nuclear power, news, health, pennsylvania )

Panthera
- 20 hours ago - abclocal.go.com
Approximately 20 workers were treated for radiation exposure after a radiation leak inside the containment building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon. It is believed no radiation escaped the building.
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Gardener Finds Treasure in Her Back Garden
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 21 hours ago - lep.co.uk
Mrs Chapman was stunned when she went to prepare some soil for new plants, and discovered a metal decorative ring buried in the mud at the bottom of the garden.
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Write the Department of Agriculture Urging Them to Act Now to Save Bees
Science & Tech  (tags: protection, honey bees, USDA, study, scientists, science, research )

Tierney
- 21 hours ago - animalrights.change.org
Although honey bees are crucial to producing about one-third of all the food we eat, the Department of Agriculture has failed to meet crucial research needs to determine the cause of colony collapse disorder, which is devastating hives across the country
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How to Make Nano Solar Cells From Powdered Donuts (Video)
Science & Tech  (tags: energy, science, technology, design, interesting )

Daphna
- 2 days ago - treehugger.com
It's friday and we know you need something to keep you busy for the weekend, so here's the perfect thing. As the efficiency (and business case) for nano-based solar technology continues to ascend, isn't time you got in the game? Don't worry, it's not as e
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Did We Wipe Out the Prehistoric Hobbit Man?
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery, humans, interesting, investigation, scientists, research )

Daphna
- 2 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
A race of intelligent, diminutive hominids co-existing alongside humanity in South-East Asia? In the year 2003, a creature from mythology stepped out of the shadows and into the cold, hard light of science when an archaeological dig revealed what ap
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Biotech Crops Cause Big Jump in Pesticide Use-Report
Science & Tech  (tags: food, GeneticEngineering, farming, chemical residues )

Tierney
- 2 days ago - organicconsumers.org
The rapid adoption by U.S. farmers of genetically engineered corn, soybeans and cotton has promoted increased use of pesticides, an epidemic of herbicide-resistant weeds and more chemical residues in foods, according to a report issued Tuesday by health
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Scientists Zero in on Reason for Mammoths' Demise
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, discovery, mammoths, demise, interesting, investigation, research )

Simone
- 2 days ago - latimes.com
About 15,000 years ago, North America was home to an astonishing number of large plant-eating mammals -- giant sloths, mastodons, mammoths. A thousand years later, they were all gone, wiped from the face of the Earth with sudden finality. Scientists
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Effects of Judge's Katrina Ruling Could Be Huge
Science & Tech  (tags: design, levees, science, investigation, interesting, KATRINA, technology, tech, society, safety )

Cal
- 3 days ago - latimes.com
The finding that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is liable for much of the New Orleans flooding could change how levees are designed nationwide.
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'Big Bang' Experiment to re-Start
Science & Tech  (tags: world, scientists, tech, science, technology, research, Big Bang )

Katie
- 3 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment could be re-started on Saturday morning at the earliest, officials have said. Engineers are preparing to send a beam of sub-atomic particles all the way round the 27km-long circular tunnel which houses the LHC.
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Google Bets Big on Internet With Chrome
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, Internet, Google, Crome, OS )

Katie
- 3 days ago - livescience.com
Chrome will run on specially designed computers and will be entirely web based. There are no desktop applications and the OS will run inside a web browser that resembles Google's current web browser, also called Chrome.
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