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July 29, 2010 7:35 am
Posted By nova in Life This incredible plant convinces wasps into thinking they're a female and loads them with pollen when they try to mate with it.
July 29, 2010 7:25 am
Posted By nova in Nature TOXIC went to West Virginia to investigate mountain-top removal – which a way of extracting coal from deposits under mountains by blowing the top off of it.
July 26, 2010 8:24 am
Posted By nova in Life Watch the awesome fight for survival as a grown male polar bear takes on a walrus colony at the edge of the Arctic circle.
July 26, 2010 8:20 am
Posted By nova in Life Sir David Attenborough narrates this violent and bloody natural history video recording the disturbing scenes of a real Chimpanzee territorial attack.
July 25, 2010 7:19 am
Posted By nova in Biology Arthritis and injury grind down millions of joints, but few get the best remedy -- real biological tissue.
July 23, 2010 7:26 am
Posted By nova in Space Astronomer Dimitar Sasselov and his colleagues search for Earth-like planets that may, someday, help us answer centuries-old questions about the origin and existence of biological life elsewhere.
July 23, 2010 6:46 am
Posted By nova in Documentaries Kon-Tiki is the Academy Award-winning film of an astonishing adventure, a journey spanning 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean to Polynesia by raft.
July 21, 2010 5:52 pm
Posted By nova in Humanity On Dec 2nd 1984 almost 4,500 people died when poisonous gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal India, owned by US company Union Carbide.
July 21, 2010 9:31 am
Posted By nova in Space This NASA released video outlines some of the hazards (and solutions) to the challenges posed by prolonged radiation exposure in the extreme environments of space.
July 21, 2010 7:58 am
Posted By nova in War An infrared laser developed by Arizona company Raytheon Missile Systems has been demonstrated shooting down incoming drones over the ocean off the coast of California. Latest Images
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3. Mars Meteorite Imaged by Opportunity
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Inside An Exploding Star (Image)
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Methane Bubbles in Arctic Seas Stir Warming Fears
Methane Bubbles in Arctic Seas Stir Warming Fears (Article) Video: Epic Voyage of the Kon-Tiki Epic Voyage of the Kon-Tiki (Video) (The animals likely died of illness and malnutrition.) (Plastiki, a 60 foot vessel buoyed by over 12,000 2-liter plastic bottles, sailed into the Sydney Harbor today, completing a 130 day, 8000 mile journey from San Francisco. ) (It was bright, fierce and thankfully short. A mysterious event in a distant galaxy has blasted our solar system with the most powerful burst of X-rays ever recorded, temporarily blinding an astronomical satellite.) (This Popular Science special feature from 1925 gives a rare insight into that generation’s hopes and dreams for the future. Click the pic below for the full image!) (Researchers have found ways to use magnetic resonance to capture rays of visible light and route them around objects.) (Scientists, using three NASA satellites, have created a first-of-its-kind map that details the height of the world's forests.) (Two new fish species — with pancake-flat bodies, wiggling lures on their faces, and elbowed fins for “walking” on the seafloor — have been discovered in the path of spewing Gulf of Mexico oil.) (A strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude today rattled coastal Alaska, authorities said, but no significant damage or tidal wave threat was reported. ) (To elude predators, the octopus will change color in an instant and even alter its shape to look like other sea animals. Does its magic put the chameleon to shame?) (As the Gulf of Mexico entered a third day free of fresh oil from BP’s blown-out well, the government on Saturday extended a test that has so far shown no signs of damage in the 13,000-foot-deep hole.) (Scientists have discovered the first cometary planet, one with a huge tail, a stream of gas being ripped off by solar winds at 22,000 miles per hour. This jovian world is located 153 light-years from Earth.) (Gorillas apparently can play tag much like humans do, scientists now reveal. ) (NASA Updates Shuttle Target Launch Dates For Final Two Flights ) (Giant propeller-shaped structures have been discovered in the rings of Saturn and appear to be created by a new class of hidden moons, NASA announced Thursday. ) (Researchers have discovered antibodies that can protect against a wide range of AIDS viruses and said they may be able to use them to design a vaccine against the fatal and incurable virus.) |
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