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Science NewsQuantum Teleporting, Yes; the Rest Is Movie Magic2008-02-06 05:30 - A screening of the movie ?Jumper? at M.I.T. brought Hollywood and scientists together to discuss quantum physics and teleportation. Pursuing Synthetic Life, Dazzled by Reality 2008-02-06 05:30 - The most profound insights to emerge from the pursuit of synthetic life just may be about real life. An Altar Beyond Olympus for a Deity Predating Zeus 2008-02-06 05:30 - Archaeologists say they have found the ashes, bones and other evidence of animal sacrifices to some pre-Zeus deity on the summit of Mount Lykaion in Greece. To Pull a Thorn From the Side of the Planet 2008-02-04 05:30 - Environmentally friendly flowers are a hard sell. After all, most people don?t eat them. New Zealand: ?No Tears? Onions 2008-02-03 05:30 - A New Zealand concern called Crop and Food Research said on its Web site that it had created a tearless onion. Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags 2008-02-03 05:30 - The Irish have embraced the use of cloth bags to carry groceries, encouraged by a 33-cent tax on plastic ones. Peter Staudhammer, Who Designed NASA Instruments, Dies at 73 2008-02-02 05:30 - Peter Staudhammer, a wide-ranging aerospace engineer and executive, helped design instruments and engines used by NASA in landings on Mars and the Moon. A Green Energy Industry Takes Root in California 2008-02-02 05:30 - Solar power is booming in California, the product of billions of dollars in investment and great enthusiasm. Lasers Make Other Metals Look Like Gold 2008-02-02 05:30 - In a feat of optical alchemy, researchers have used ultrashort laser bursts to alter how metals absorb and reflect light, changing their appearance dramatically. Pictures Reveal Mercury’s Tumultuous Past 2008-02-01 06:01 - The Messenger spacecraft that zipped past Mercury two weeks ago found more evidence of the innermost planet’s turbulent past. 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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