Found: Three new planets
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Not all solar systems are as tidy as ours, but a new discovery means we're not quite so alone anymore.
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Crop Insurance Helps Farmers, Hurts Others During Drought
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Crop insurance helps ease the pain for the agricultural sector -- but increases it for everyone else
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Tribute: Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Here's how Sally Ride knew she was special: The day she was assigned to her first space flight, she was summoned to meet with Chris Kraft. Kraft was the soon-to-retire director of the Manned Spaceflight Center in Houston
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Artificial Jellyfish Created to Study Human Tissue Repair
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A synthetic version of the common critter could be a boon to human health
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Found: A Baby Galaxy
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Galaxies are supposed to out clumpy and, well, kind of ugly. But a new find changes all that.
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Running Across a Gooey Pool
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A familiar party game involving cornstarch, water and a wading pool is explained at last
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The Power Grid: From Rickety to Resilient
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Blackouts will become more common unless we build a system that can bend but not break
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What is Life? Venter Explains
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
The man who sequenced the genome and invented a bacterium tackles the ultimate question
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Venter on the meaning of life
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
The man who cracked the human genome and invented his own bacterium, gives an historic talk in an historic place
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Found: Invisible Galaxies
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
They're out there -- perhaps a lot of them -- and now there's a way to find them
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Q&A with Higgs discoverers
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Thousands of scientists from dozens of countries helped find the Higgs boson, but these three took the lead
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Mystery of the Stardust Cloud That Vanished
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A shrouded star suddenly turns clear. Are baby planets involved?
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Now Do You Believe in Global Warming?
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A blistering summer is at last changing some minds -- but the story remains complicated
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Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Fills a Cosmic Void
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Black holes once came only in tall and venti; not there's a grande in the middle
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Fireworks for the Physicists: A Higgs Is Found
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
An elementary particle that is the cornerstone of of physics has at last been confirmed
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Higgs Boson: Geneva Announcement Coming on 'God Particle'
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
An announcement in Geneva could confirm a century's worth of physics -- or turn it on its head
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New York City's Bicycle Wars
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
The mayor's bike-share plan should get more riders out there -- but that can spell trouble
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Why Tomatoes Taste Bad: Science at Root of Missing Flavor
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A single gene that codes for color and general loveliness also codes for blah
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Ocean in Space -- on Titan
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
One of the solar system's most complex moons has a warm and watery heart
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Physics of the Love Parade Stampede
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A disaster at a German music festival was the result of bad planning, bad luck -- and fluid dynamics
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What the Failure of Rio+20 Means for the Climate
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Expectations were extremely modest for the Rio+20 Earth Summit that ended last week -- and the best thing that might be said about the conference is that it managed to clear that low bar
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Quasars on a diet
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Some of the universe's most brilliant objects get by on a surprisingly spartan diet
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Rio+20 Earth Summit: Little Action Expected on Environment
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Even as the world burns, the leaders of the great nations dither -- and that hurts us all
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Moondust: Nanoparticles in Lunar Soil May Solve Mystery
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Nanoparticles in lunar soil may explain its behavior -- offering help for future colonists
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Lakes found on Titan
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Saturn's biggest and most complex moon has a some decidedly Earth-like features
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More Earths? Even Metal-Poor Stars Can Build Good Planets
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
The Kepler space telescope once again expands the population of planets that could be home to life
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A Planet in Peril: Is Earth Approaching a Tipping Point?
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
It's not the fact that the global environment and the climate are changing that so worries many scientists. It's the rate of change
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Rocket Man Elon Musk: The Man Who's Leading America's Charge Back to Space
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
The second space age, unlike the first one, is being driven by the private sector
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NASA weighs asteroid -- really
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
An improbable set of calculations help NASA determine if Earth will get clobbered by a rogue rock
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The Battle for the Amazon Heats Up Again
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A bill passed by the Brazilian Congress threatens a decade of environmental progress
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Space Gift: NASA Gets Two New Hubble Telescopes for Free
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A surprise gift from the intelligence community will mean two new eyes on space
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Splashdown! Dragon Returns Safely and SpaceX Scores Big
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A successful mission to the International Space Station ends with an Apollo-like homecoming
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Why the Shale Gas Industry Needs Regulations for Fracking
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A new study released by the IEA this week found that "golden rules" of regulation are needed to usher in the golden age of gas
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Can Anything Save the Drying Southwest?
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Many of the fruits and vegetables you eat come from a region that, before long could be too parched to grow anything
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A Dragon Shakes Hands With the Space Station
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A major triumph in low-Earth orbit is a big boost for NASA--and the private sector
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Why People Stick with Cancer Screening, Even When It Causes Harm
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
When it comes to complex medical decisions, cold hard statistics may hold little sway over patients in the face of a single, compelling anecdote
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Falcon's Liftoff: How a Private Firm Could Change Space Exploration
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Can a privately run space company step in where NASA left off by offering cheap cargo flights to the International Space Station -- and eventually taking tourists to space?
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Brain Science, Moral Disgust: Why We Loathe John Edwards
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
As John Edwards petitions for yet another postponement of his campaign-finance trial, a look at why the human brain recoils at the former pretty boy of politics
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Feeding the Planet Without Destroying It
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
The act of feeding 7 billion plus human beings already puts more stress on the planet than any other single activity, so we're going to need to figure out a way to produce more food without further damaging the environment
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NASA Renovates Its Biggest, Baddest House
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
The massive vehicle assembly building gets a much-needed makeover
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Vesta Asteroid: New Findings from Planet-Like Body
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
New findings from the Dawn spacecraft reveal the complexity -- and the beauty -- of the Asteroid Vesta
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Can We Really Be Alone in the Universe?
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
Are we alone in the Universe? According to TIME senior science editor, Jeffrey Kluger, recent discoveries suggest we're not.
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Oldest Known Mayan Astronomical Calendar Stuns Scientists
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
A 1,200-year-old-find provides more insight into some of the greatest astronomers who ever lived
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Solar System Not Quite the Speedster It Was Thought to Be
Cuma, 27.07.2012, 06:40am
The sun and the planets move through space slower than was once thought -- and that changes everything
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Study: Asteroids May Have Served as Incubators of Life
Cuma, 10.06.2011, 12:40am
New analysis of a Canadian meteorite reveals space organics at work
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In a Way, Haven't We All Been a Weiner Online?
Cuma, 10.06.2011, 12:40am
Rep. Anthony Weiner's "Tweet cheating" has got commentators falling over themselves to condemn him by pointing out the virtues of his wife, Huma Abedin
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Studies: New Clues to the Genetic Roots of Autism
Cuma, 10.06.2011, 12:40am
Random changes in genes, rather than changes handed down from parents, may be responsible for some cases of autism
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Why Are Americans Obsessed With the Casey Anthony Trial?
Cuma, 10.06.2011, 12:40am
The trial of Casey Anthony, the pretty, young Florida mom whose daughter vanished three summers ago, has mesmerized millions
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What I Learned from My Cancer Scare
Cuma, 10.06.2011, 12:40am
I'm a famous doctor. I give advice to millions of people. But it turns out I'm a lousy patient
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