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How Dust Rings Point To Exo-Earths With Supercomputer's Help
Science & Tech  (tags: Search for habitable planets )

Ingrid
- 17 hours ago - sciencedaily.com
Supercomputer simulations of dusty disks around sunlike stars show that planets nearly as small as Mars can create patterns that future telescopes may be able to detect.
Where Have All the Little Plutos Gone?
Science & Tech  (tags: It's Lonely Out There )

Ingrid
- 17 hours ago - dsc.discovery.com
An ambitious project to track down small, icy bodies circling in the far reaches of the solar system has gone cold.
Horizons '08 - Agriculture's Future: Value Or Volume
Environment  (tags: agriculture, food supply, Productivity, humans, environment )

Ingrid
- 17 hours ago - terradaily.com
According to CLI Chief Alan Bell, if the world is to maintain the same effective level of food supply in 2050 as there was in 2000, there will need to be a 50 per cent improvement in the world's agricultural productivity.
Second 'Virgin Birth' Documented in Shark
Science & Tech  (tags: Mom and Dad )

Ingrid
- 17 hours ago - dsc.discovery.com
The first documented virgin shark birth seemed like an odd miracle, but now a second female has become pregnant sans daddy, adding to the evidence that female sharks don't always need a male to conceive.
High Court Grants Marriage Rights For Same Sex Couples - Connecticut
Society & Culture  (tags: family, marriage, same-sex couples, Connecticut, civil rights, decision )

Paige
- 16 hours ago - courant.com
The state Supreme Court's 4-3 decision Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry swept through the state with the force of a cultural tidal wave.
High Court Grants Marriage Rights For Same-Sex Couples - Connecticut
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: state Supreme Court, decision, Same-Sex Marriage, civil unions, discrimination )

Paige
- 16 hours ago - courant.com
The Supreme Court released its historic ruling at 11:30 a.m. Citing the equal protection clause of the state constitution, the justices ruled that civil unions were discriminatory...
Daily Dose Of Ginkgo May Prevent Brain Cell Damage After Stroke, Mouse Studies Suggest
Health & Wellness  (tags: ginko biloba, brain dammage, research, protection, healthcare )

Ingrid
- 16 hours ago - sciencedaily.com
Working with genetically engineered mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that daily doses of a standardized extract from the leaves of the ginkgo tree can prevent or reduce brain damage after an induced stroke.
Astronomers Get Best View Yet Of Infant Stars At Feeding Time
Science & Tech  (tags: infant stars, research )

Ingrid
- 6 hours ago - sciencedaily.com
Astronomers have used ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer to conduct the first high resolution survey that combines spectroscopy and interferometry on intermediate-mass infant stars.
AIG Executives Cancel Planned California Spa Retreat - Update
Business  (tags: AIG, bailout, spa, retreat, Half Moon Bay, California )

Paige
- 7 hours ago - nydailynews.com
Still smarting from their spanking for blowing $500,000 at a swanky resort after getting an $85 billion taxpayer bailout, AIG execs have cancelled a planned spa weekend at a posh California hotel.
You're Lying! Says McCain. You're Dividing! Says Obama. Could Election Really Come Down to This?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: candidates, elections, ethics, democrats, republicans, propaganda )

Paige
- 15 hours ago - nydailynews.com
Barack Obama speaks during a rally at the Ross County Courthouse, Friday, Oct. 10, in Chillicothe, Ohio. The McCain camp is pressing him over his link to Bill Ayers
 
 
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