A pair of strange new worlds that blur the boundaries between planets and stars have been discovered beyond our Solar System.
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Date Added: Aug 6, 2006 Hits: 1 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0
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2 Rare turtle to get satellite tag
The migration of a rare turtle across the Indian Ocean is to be monitored by satellite tagging.
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3 Top scientist makes climate plea
World leaders have been urged to put more money into developing new energy technologies to tackle global warming.
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4 No shortcuts to saving money on gas
Liz and Rocky Rothwell, a retired couple from Orlando, Florida, thought they could save money on gas by dropping a little green pill called BioPerformance in their car's tank.
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5 Bloodthirsty bedbugs spread fear, shame
After waking up one night in sheets teeming with tiny bugs, Josh Benton could not sleep for months and kept a flashlight and can of insecticide with him in bed.
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6 Astronaut Glenn, wife leave hospital
Former senator and astronaut John Glenn and his wife, Annie, were discharged Sunday from a hospital where they had been recovering from what he called a "very serious" car accident.
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7 DeLay on ballot but says he will not run
Former Rep. Tom DeLay said on Tuesday he will not run for re-election despite having his name listed on the ballot in his Texas congressional district.
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8 Panda baby boom in China
A giant panda in China has given birth to the heaviest cub born in captivity after the longest period in labor and elsewhere twin pandas each gave birth to twins, Xinhua news agency reported.
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9 Shuttle crew practice countdown
NASA's next space shuttle crew arrived at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Monday for a dress rehearsal of the late August launch of a mission to restart construction of the international space station.
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10 Study: Universe bigger, older than expected
A project aiming to create an easier way to measure cosmic distances has instead turned up surprising evidence that our large and ancient universe may be even bigger and older than previously thought.
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11 Atlantic hurricane predictions lowered
The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season should be slightly less active than originally predicted, but still above long-term averages, federal forecasters said Tuesday as they warned coastal residents not to let their guard down.
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12 'One small step for man,' 700-box tape loss for NASA
The U.S. government has misplaced the original recording of the first moon landing, including astronaut Neil Armstrong's famous "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," a NASA spokesman said on Monday.
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Date Added: Aug 15, 2006 Hits: 1 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0
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13 What turns a baby hurricane into a monster?
Every hurricane season, clusters of showers and thunderstorms roll off the coast of Africa and head over the Atlantic toward America. Most of these 60 or so tropical waves never do any harm. But about 10 eventually grow into tropical storms or monster hurricanes like Katrina and Andrew.
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14 What's that smell? The worm knows
Australian scientists have begun looking at smell sensors in worms and insects to help them build an electronic "cybernose" they hope will one day be capable of measuring aromas and flavors in wine.
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15 Shuttle countdown test goes smoothly
Atlantis' astronauts strapped into the space shuttle Thursday for a practice launch countdown more than two weeks before they are scheduled to blast off on a mission to resume construction of the international space station.
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16 Stronger hurricanes spawn bigger storm surges
Stronger hurricanes forecast for the next few decades could flood major cities including Miami and New Orleans, environmental scientists said Wednesday.
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17 Gene researchers find more clues to human individuality
Scientists at Emory University have developed a new type of map of the human genome that could one day lead to breakthroughs in personalized medicine.
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18 Physicist James A. Van Allen dead at 91
James A. Van Allen, the physicist who made the first major scientific discovery of the early space age, the Earth-circling radiation belts that bear his name, and sent spacecraft instruments to observe the outer reaches of the solar system, died Wednesday in Iowa City. He was 91.
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19 Water wizards of the desert
HERZLIYA, Israel--Etyan Levy builds apartment complexes for bacteria.
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20 Proposal would increase planets from 9 to 12
Our solar system would have 12 planets instead of nine under a proposed "Big Bang" expansion by leading astronomers, changing what billions of schoolchildren are taught about their corner of the cosmos.
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Date Added: Aug 16, 2006 Hits: 1 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0
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