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Science NewsScientists Find Active Volcano in Antarctica2008-01-22 05:30 - Heat from a volcano could still be melting ice and contributing to the thinning and speeding up of the Pine Island Glacier, according to a report by the British Antarctic Survey. Unintended Consequences 2008-01-21 05:30 - Why do well-meaning laws backfire? New Rocket Has Problem With Vibration 2008-01-21 05:30 - NASA is working to solve a potentially dangerous vibration problem in its next generation of launching vehicles. Damaged Landscape Can Still Be Helpful, Researchers Say 2008-01-20 06:01 - Researchers say that coastal landscapes somewhat disturbed by development can often still adequately perform ’services? like storm protection. Oil Demand, the Climate and the Energy Ladder 2008-01-20 06:01 - Jeroen van der Veer, Royal Dutch Shell’s chief executive, offers his views on the energy challenge facing the world and the challenge posed by global warming. Researchers Challenge Water-Flow Model 2008-01-19 05:30 - Some are challenging earlier ideas about how water naturally flows because the streams studied then were not ?natural archetypes? but rather the artifacts of 18th and 19th century dam-building and deforestation. Climate Talk’s Cancellation Splits a Town 2008-01-18 06:01 - A talk by Steven W. Running, a Nobel laureate and climate researcher, was canceled in Choteau, Mont., a small farming and ranching town. Latest Flyby Gives New Views of Mercury 2008-01-18 06:01 - NASA’s Messenger spacecraft has captured a new view of the planet Mercury. Madagascar: A Spectacular Last Hurrah 2008-01-18 05:30 - A species of self-destructing palm trees that flower once every 100 years and then die has been discovered in Madagascar. Australia to Pick Up Seized Activists 2008-01-18 05:30 - Australia said that it would send a ship to pick up two anti-whaling activists who jumped on a Japanese vessel. 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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