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Chemical Manufactures Ordered to Step Up Safety »
Posted by: pleeplop 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Chemical manufacturers and governments reach an agreement on Friday to increase efforts to use more safety with chemicals, including paint containing lead to microscopic material.
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Astronauts Complete Toughest Repair Job Yet »
Posted by: pleeplop 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel completed the third spacewalk of Atlantis’ mission to the Hubble Space Telescope in 6 hours and 36 minutes ...
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Smoking Might Boost Fat Burning Gene »
Posted by: pleeplop 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
A new study suggest that smoking enhances the activity of a gene that helps break down body fat, which offers clues to why smokers often ...
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New Chinese Operating System Designed To Block US Intelligence Probes »
Posted by: pleeplop 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The Washington Times reported on Tuesday that China has installed a secure operating system known as " Kylin" on government and military computers designed to be ...
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Largest Gazelle Herd Of 250,000 Sighted In Mongolia »
Posted by: pleeplop 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A gigantic herd of a quarter of a million Mongolian gazelles has been sighted off the country's steppes, in one of the world's ...
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Debris Hits Thermal Tiles On Shuttle Atlantis »
Posted by: pleeplop 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The Atlantis crew charged with servicing the Hubble Space Telescope one last time uncovered a 21-inch series of nicks on four or five thermal tiles ...
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We're All Pot Heads Deep Inside »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months ago in News
U.S. and Brazilian scientists have just proven that one of Bob Dylan's most famous lines—"everybody must get stoned"— is correct. That's ...
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60 Percent Of Americans Affected By Air Pollution »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months ago in News
The American Lung Association reported Wednesday that despite a growing trend in ‘going green’ and strict laws aimed at improving air quality, 60% of Americans ...
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Russia Considering Rocket Guided Landing System For Spacecrafts »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months ago in Science & Technology
According to the BBC, engineers of RKK Energia, Russia’s developer of manned spacecraft, are considering plans to use rocket thrusters for spacecraft landing. Previous ...
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Rogue Black Holes Wandering About The Milky Way »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months ago in Science & Technology
It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie: rogue black holes roaming our galaxy, threatening to swallow anything that gets too close. In fact ...
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French Coast Threatened By Erosion »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Climate change is now threatening France’s Aquitaine coast, which stretches north from the Spanish border to the Gironde River, causing erosion that is endangering ...
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Space News - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
redOrbit.com offers breaking news and information in science, space, health, technology, environment, global warming, climate change, stem cells, nanotechnology, math and evolution. redOrbit covers ...
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Genes Identified Connected With Chronic Diseases - Health News - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 1 week ago in News
Genes connected to key indicators like blood pressure and bone density that have an effect on chronic diseases such as hypertension and osteoporosis have been ...
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Facebook To Allow 3rd-Party Developer Access - Technology News - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 1 week ago in News
Facebook plans to let outside developers access the core of the site so they can build new services, according to a person familiar with the ...
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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Theory Dealt A New Blow - Space News - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 1 week ago in News
The enduringly popular theory that the Chicxulub crater holds the clue to the demise of the dinosaurs, along with some 65 percent of all species ...
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