Early Friday morning, March 7, one of the world’s most endangered species—a North Island brown kiwi—hatched at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Bird House. Keepers had been incubating the egg for five weeks, following ...
Mar 12, 2008
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Swiss, German and Austrian scientists said ski tourism might be harming capercaillie -- an old world grouse -- by affecting their ability to breed.
Environment
Mar 12, 2008
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Returning humans to the moon by 2020 may seem like a distant goal, but NASA's Constellation Program already has scheduled the first test flight toward that goal to take place in less than 12 months.
Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2008
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International inspectors may have a new tool in the form of an antineutrino detector, that could help them peer inside a working nuclear reactor.
General Physics
Mar 12, 2008
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Human diseases and social networks seem to have little in common. However, at the crux of these two lies a network, communities within the network, and farther even, substructures of the communities. In a recent paper in ...
Mathematics
Mar 12, 2008
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Coastlines are the most dynamic feature on the planet. In the March issue, Geotimes magazine looks into the risks of increased development along our coastlines and what that means for erosion, flooding and future development.
Earth Sciences
Mar 12, 2008
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Motorola, Inc. today announced its AP-7131, the industry’s first tri-radio 802.11n access point (AP) featuring Motorola’s new adaptive AP architecture. The unique tri-radio design integrates three 802.11n radios that ...
Telecom
Mar 12, 2008
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Researchers have developed a new, lean mouse with characteristics suggesting that someday, using medication to manipulate a specific protein in humans could emerge as a strategy to treat obesity and disorders associated with ...
Mar 12, 2008
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Extraterrestrials will probably never ‘phone’ Earth in a way we’d understand as they’re unlikely to have evolved human-like intelligence – but that doesn’t mean we should give up the search for life beyond our ...
Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2008
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Circling the globe aboard space shuttle Endeavour, the STS-123 crew members have completed their first full day in space. The astronauts inspected the orbiter’s heat shield and prepared for their arrival at the International ...
Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2008
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