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Science & Tech News tagged with earth

140-Million-Year-Old Spider's Web Discovered Frozen in Time
Science & Tech  (tags: Spider, discover, Earth, nature, science )

Sophie
- 7 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
A spider's web encased in a piece of amber found by two brothers on an East Sussex beach has been confirmed as the oldest known to science.
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New Concept May Enhance Earth-Mars Communication
Science & Tech  (tags: Mars, earth, communication, research )

Katie
- 20 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Direct communication between Earth and Mars can be strongly disturbed and even blocked by the Sun for weeks at a time, cutting off any future human mission to the Red Planet.
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7 Reasons the World Will End in 2012
Science & Tech  (tags: Earth, Scientific, expert, opinion )

Sophie
- 27 days ago - thestudentroom.co.uk
Scientific experts from around the world are genuinely predicting that 3 years from now, all life on Earth could well finish. Some are saying it'll be humans that set it off.
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Sun Shoots Wind at Earth -- New Discovery
Science & Tech  (tags: sun, Earth, wind, discovery, solar cycle )

Cher
- 49 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Scientists have discovered that sunspots are not the only thing from the Sun that have a significant and varied impact on the Earth.
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German Geothermal Project Leads to Second Thoughts After the Earth Rumbles
Science & Tech  (tags: energy, safety, NewTechnology, Earth, geothermal, research, earthquakes, world, news, geophysics, tectonics, study )

Brad
- 57 days ago - nytimes.com
In recent months, two similar projects have stirred concerns about their safety and their propensity to cause earthquakes. In the United States, the Energy Department is scrutinizing a project in Northern California run by AltaRock Energy to determine...
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Astronauts Clear Up a Ton of Space Station Rubbish to Take Back to Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: astronauts, space station rubbish, earth, discovery, astronomy, space )

Simone
- 62 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station and Discovery shuttle are nearly finished packing up a huge canister full of rubbish that they will return to Earth in a few days time. The Italian-built cylinder - flew up aboard Discovery with seven
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How Flowers Conquered the World
Science & Tech  (tags: science, botanist, Earth, flowers, plants, soil fertility, scientists, interesting, discovery, research, study )

Dee
- 120 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The great explosion in flowering plants during the Cretaceous Period is one of the great enigmas of evolution. Charles Darwin had no explanation, calling it an "abominable mystery".
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SAA Q&A: What Causes The South Atlantic Anomaly?
Science & Tech  (tags: VanAllenBelts, SAA, SouthAtlanticAnomaly, magnetic-field, Earth, space, science, research, scientists, satellites, SpaceShuttle, computers, oceans, environment, danger, astrophysics, humans, endangered, concept, energy, tech, technology )

SirRobert
- 152 days ago - imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov
A clear glimpse into the cause and effects of a dangerous world region that is growing, accelerating and is allowing Van Allen Belt radiation to pass closer to Earth's surface. The key: Earth's magnetic field is weakening! Danger: Humans & Equipment.
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Study Turns Back Clock on Origins of Life on Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: science, scientists, study, discovery, earth, interesting, news )

Maria
- 171 days ago - news.yahoo.com
A heavy bombardment by asteroids the size of Ireland was not enough to wipe out life on Earth 3.9 billion years ago, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that turns back the clock of life by 500 million years.
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Oldest Surface on Earth Discovered
Science & Tech  (tags: science, scientists, discovery, earth, oldest surface, interesting, news )

Maria
- 186 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Earth's surface is mostly fresh in geologic terms. Weathering - wind and water, freezing and thawing - takes its toll, and longer-term changes caused by volcanic activity and sliding crustal plates, known as tectonic activity, fold today's
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Solar Cycle 24: A Little Slow On The Uptake
Science & Tech  (tags: solar cycle 24, solar, sun, earth, space, astronomy, science, tech, technology, research, news, world, environment, ice age, little ice age, maunder minimum, solar maximum, 2012, humans, energy, interesting )

SirRobert
- 194 days ago - physorg.com
Solar Cycle #24 has stalled and gives rise to some very pertinent questions: Has our sun entered a maunder minimum and did that cause the Little Ice Age? Could this be happening again right now, or will the 2011-2012 solar maximum become hyperactive???
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Two Planets Identified as Most Similar to Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: Planet, Earth, Science, Stars, Astronomers )

Jollygirl
- 200 days ago - latimes.com
After locating more than 340 planets orbiting other stars, astronomers have identified two that are the most similar to Earth so far.
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Lunar Reflections Paint Planetary Portrait
Science & Tech  (tags: science, study, discovery, earth, moon, scientists, interesting, news )

Maria
- 209 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Reflections of the Earth seen on the moon could help identify surface features on planets orbiting nearby stars, an Australian researcher says. Astrophysicist Sally Langford, from the University of Melbourne, says the Earth's oceans and land
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Science Briefing: Fewer Sunspots On The Sun
Science & Tech  (tags: sun, earth, space, science, tech, technology, research, astronomy, news, world, humans, GPS, energy, magnetic fields, solar, physics, environment, arctic-ice-melt, interesting, climate, ClimateChange, climate-change, climatechange )

SirRobert
- 218 days ago - latimes.com
The Sun has been unusually quiet lately, with fewer sunspots and weaker magnetic fields than in nearly a century of recorded history. A quiet Sun is good for Planet Earth.
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China, India and Emerging Countries Lead the Call for Action on Climate Change
Science & Tech  (tags: ClimateChange, Earth, Hour, world, protection, habitat, energy, environment, habitatdestruction, globalwarming, nature, society, technology, environment, climate, energy )

Monica
- 225 days ago - earthhour.org
Of the 83 countries currently participating in Earth Hour 2009, there are 47 with developing and emerging economies, up from the nine that took part last year
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