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Science NewsEnvironment: State Seeks to Regain Recycling Momentum2008-03-17 05:30 - New Jersey lawmakers have passed a series of measures intended to revitalize recycling in a state that has slipped from a national leader to a laggard. Cars: Hydrogen Fuel Station Opens in White Plains 2008-03-17 05:30 - White Plains now is the Northeast hub ? and one of three cities nationwide ? for a model program designed to put hydrogen-powered cars in consumers? hands. National Briefing | SCIENCE: Up and Running in Space 2008-03-16 05:30 - The new Canadian robot for the International Space Station, known as Dextre, had been unable to draw power from the station. What a Star’s Orbiting Disk Is Made Of 2008-03-15 06:01 - Researchers are reporting that they have determined what is in the protoplanetary disk surrounding the star known as KH 15D. Cassini Gets a Cool Shower From an Ice-Spewing Moon 2008-03-14 06:01 - NASA’s Cassini spacecraft had a deliberate near-miss with Enceladus on Wednesday afternoon, passing about 30 miles above its surface. Collapse of Salmon Stocks Endangers Pacific Fishery 2008-03-14 05:30 - Federal officials are contemplating closing the Pacific salmon fishery from northern Oregon to the Mexican border because of an enormous collapse in crucial stocks. Health Report Raises Dispute Over Great Lakes Pollution 2008-03-14 05:30 - Authors of an independent report say the Bush administration suppressed indications that pollution in the region may have serious health consequences. Priest-Cosmologist Wins $1.6 Million Templeton Prize 2008-03-14 05:30 - Michael Heller has spent his life asking, and perhaps more impressively, answering, questions like ?Does the universe need to have a cause?? Environmental Agency Tightens Smog Standards 2008-03-14 05:30 - The E.P.A. overruled the unanimous advice of its scientific advisory council for a more protective standard. A Sand Dollar Riddle 2008-03-14 05:30 - The defense mechanism of sand dollars against predators is literally to split themselves in two, new research indicates. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 |
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