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Honey Bees Disappearing!
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I only recently heard of 'colony collapse disorder' and it sounds as if it is getting serious. It was reported on the Coast to Coast AM radio program by Linda Howe, hostess of the Earthfiles.com* web page. Given the...shall we say 'eccentric' nature of the source(s), I went looking on the web... Read more
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'Sneakey' photos could steal your keys
'Sneakey' photos could steal your keys
'Sneakey' photos could steal your keys

US scientists have developed a software algorithm that creates a physical key based solely on a picture, regardless of angle or distance.
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Silk the key to rebuilding bone
[News] Silk the key to rebuilding bone
Silk the key to rebuilding bone

Silkworms and spiders could hold the key to engineering healthy bone tissue to replace damaged bone and teeth, according to a US biomedical engineer.
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Greenfly: the LPG-powered custom motorcycle
Feature [News] Greenfly: the LPG-powered custom motorcycle
Greenfly: the LPG-powered custom motorcycle

November 21, 2008 Alternative fuelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel motorcycles are a hot topichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Topic at the moment, with electric, hydrogen and diesel engines being bolted into two-wheeler frames more and more commonly in an effort to get maximum bang... Read more
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Protecting Puerto Rico's Unique Freshwater Fisheries
Feature [News] Protecting Puerto Rico's Unique Freshwater Fisheries
Protecting Puerto Rico's Unique Freshwater Fisheries

ScienceDaily (Nov. 21, 2008) — A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has made an enormous advance in the understanding of some of Puerto Rico's most remarkable ecosystems by conducting the first comprehensive study of the island's freshwater fish species.
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Non-Native Fish May Be A Benefit Not A Burden
Feature [News] Non-Native Fish May Be A Benefit Not A Burden
Non-Native Fish May Be A Benefit Not A Burden

ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2008) — A major study authored by a leading conservation ecologist from Bournemouth University has found that the majority of non-native fish introduced to freshwater habitats around the world actually do more good than harm.
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New Life Beneath Sea And Ice
Feature [News] New Life Beneath Sea And Ice
New Life Beneath Sea And Ice

ScienceDaily (Nov. 21, 2008) — Scientists have long known that life can exist in some very extreme environments. But Earth continues to surprise us.
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Discovery Of Giant Roaming Deep Sea Protist Provides New Perspective On Animal Evolut
Feature [News] Discovery Of Giant Roaming Deep Sea Protist Provides New Perspective On Animal Evolut
Discovery Of Giant Roaming Deep Sea Protist Provides New Perspective On Animal Evolution

ScienceDaily (Nov. 21, 2008) — Groove-like tracks on the ocean floor made by giant deep-sea single-celled organisms could lead to new insights into the evolutionary origin of animals, says biologist Mikhail "Misha" Matz from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Plants shown to accumulate nanoparticles in tissues
[News] Plants shown to accumulate nanoparticles in tissues
Plants shown to accumulate nanoparticles in tissues

Medical Science News

Researchers at the University of Delaware have provided what is believed to be the first experimental evidence that plants can take up nanoparticles and accumulate them in their tissues.
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Liquid crystal lubricants promise close-to-zero frictional losses
Feature [News] Liquid crystal lubricants promise close-to-zero frictional losses
Liquid crystal lubricants promise close-to-zero frictional losses

Liquid crystal lubricants promise close-to-zero frictional losses
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'Enlightened' atoms stage nano-riot againsts uniformity
[News] 'Enlightened' atoms stage nano-riot againsts uniformity
YEA! Hippy Atoms. Peace man!

atoms will rebel against uniformity.
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Hal takes over!!!
[News] Hal takes over!!!
DISASTER & DEATH

Even more
DISASTER & DEATH !!!
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Penn State Researchers Look Beyond The Birth Of The Universe
Feature [News] Penn State Researchers Look Beyond The Birth Of The Universe
Penn State Researchers Look Beyond The Birth Of The Universe

ScienceDaily (May 16, 2006) — According to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, the Big Bang represents The Beginning, the grand event at which not only matter but space-time itself was born. While classical theories offer no clues about existence before that moment, a research team at Penn... Read more
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Universe Offers 'Eternal Feast,' Cosmologist Says
Feature [News] Universe Offers 'Eternal Feast,' Cosmologist Says
Universe Offers 'Eternal Feast,' Cosmologist Says

ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2007) — There is no such thing as a free lunch, some say, but they would be wrong. In fact, the entirety of the universe defies them. According to Stanford physics Professor Andrei Linde, one of the architects of the inflationary theory, our universe (and all the matter in... Read more
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Photo captures three planets in far-off system
[News] Photo captures three planets in far-off system
Photo captures three planets in far-off system

The tech*nol*o*gy for pho*tograph*ing plan*ets in dis*tant so*lar sys*tems is mak*ing strides, as*tro*no*mers say, with new im*ages in*clud*ing one that shows three worlds around a young star.
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'Elixir of youth' drug could fight HIV and ageing
[News] 'Elixir of youth' drug could fight HIV and ageing
'Elixir of youth' drug could fight HIV and ageing

A drug extracted from a plant used in Chinese medicine has helped immune cells fight HIV and raises the possibility of slowing the ageing process in other parts of our bodies.
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Is Earth at the heart of a giant cosmic void?
[News] Is Earth at the heart of a giant cosmic void?
Is Earth at the heart of a giant cosmic void?

IT WAS the evolutionary theory of its age. A revolutionary hypothesis that undermined the cherished notion that we humans are somehow special, driving a deep wedge between science and religion. The philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for espousing it; Galileo Galilei, the most... Read more
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Humans may have prevented super ice age
[News] Humans may have prevented super ice age
Humans may have prevented super ice age

Our impact on Earth's climate might be even more profound than we realise. Before we started pumping massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the planet was on the brink of entering a semi-permanent ice age, two researchers have proposed.
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Earth may face freeze worse than Ice Age: study
[News] Earth may face freeze worse than Ice Age: study
Earth may face freeze worse than Ice Age: study

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

OSLO (Reuters) - The planet could face a freeze worse than an Ice Age starting in as little as 10,000 years, giving future societies a headache the opposite of coping with global warming, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Patagonian Rainforest Fungus, Naturally Synthesises Diesel
Patagonian Rainforest Fungus, Naturally Synthesises Diesel
Rainforest Fungus Naturally Synthesizes Diesel

Patagonian Rainforest Fungus, Naturally Synthesises Diesel
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New Spaceship Force Field Makes Mars Trip Possible
[News] New Spaceship Force Field Makes Mars Trip Possible
New Spaceship Force Field Makes Mars Trip Possible

ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2008) — According to the international space agencies, "space weather" is the single greatest obstacle to deep space travel. Radiation from the sun and cosmic rays pose a deadly threat to astronauts in space. New research shows how knowledge gained from the pursuit... Read more
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