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NASA Finally Resurrects Sick Mars Orbiter
SPACE.com – Wed Dec 9, 12:30 pm ET Sent 18 times

NASA has finally revived its most powerful Mars orbiter from its months-long slumber due to a computer glitch. Full Story »
Texting a Pain in the Neck, Study Suggests
LiveScience.com – Mon Nov 16, 12:02 pm ET Sent 17 times

Texting long messages can be a pain in the neck - literally. Full Story »
EU pledges $10 bln to climate battle
AFP – 1 hr 19 mins ago Sent 17 times

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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - The European Union on Friday pledged 7.2 billion euros (10.6 billion dollars) to help poor nations battle global warming, upping the stakes at the UN climate summit. Full Story »
Geographic Origin of Dinosaurs Pinned Down
LiveScience.com – Thu Dec 10, 2:16 pm ET Sent 16 times

Long, long ago, some of the first dinosaurs walked the Earth. But scientists have not known with any confidence where those initial dino prints were made. Much more recently, hikers stumbled across a few bits of bone at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, leading to the discovery of a game-changing dinosaur that reveals where it all began. Full Story »
Cloud Computing Poised to Transform Communication
LiveScience.com – Thu Dec 10, 8:01 am ET Sent 11 times

It's the latest high-tech buzzword, and one that you're likely to hear more and more of. Let's say it up front: Cloud computing has nothing to do with lying on a hillside admiring the fluffy white shapes in the sky. But it potentially touches just about everything else. Full Story »
Giant oil spill in Alaska likely caused by ice
AP – Wed Dec 9, 10:52 pm ET Sent 11 times

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Officials believe that ice plugged up a pipeline and likely caused a rupture that sent 46,000 gallons of crude oil and water gushing onto snow-covered tundra on Alaska's North Slope late last month. Full Story »
Extra pores on plants 'could ease' global warming
AFP – Thu Dec 10, 2:33 am ET Sent 6 times

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TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese researchers said on Thursday they had found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide in an innovation that may one day help ease global warming and boost food production. Full Story »
Google tool to help watch over world's forests
AFP – Fri Dec 11, 7:38 am ET Sent 5 times

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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google has unveiled a tool that lets scientists and defenders of the environment use the Internet to keep an eye on what is left of the Earth's forests. Full Story »
Killer Petunias and Murderous Potatoes Revealed
LiveScience.com – Tue Dec 8, 1:10 pm ET Sent 5 times

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Petunias and potatoes may actually be carnivorous plants, scientists now suggest. Full Story »
First fuel cell boat cruises Amsterdam's canals
Reuters – Wed Dec 9, 12:41 pm ET Sent 5 times

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Emitting only water vapour and gliding silently through Amsterdam's centuries-old canals, a canal boat -- a popular tourist attraction -- powered by fuel cells made its debut cruise on Wednesday. Full Story »
More than 1,000 Catfish Species Are Venomous
LiveScience.com – 2 hrs 22 mins ago Sent 4 times

At least 1,250 species of catfish are venomous, a new study finds. Full Story »
Yin-Yang of Saturn's Odd Moon Explained
SPACE.com – Thu Dec 10, 2:15 pm ET Sent 4 times

New data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn helps explain the bizarre yin-yang appearance of the ringed planet's odd moon Iapetus, where one side is dark and the other is bright. Full Story »
Key to Mars Channel Mystery May be on Earth
SPACE.com – Thu Dec 10, 10:15 am ET Sent 4 times

The surface of Mars is littered with channels that appear to be the work of ancient water flows. Indeed, some of these channels meander back and forth like slow-moving streams on our planet. Channels can be carved by lava, wind and glaciers, but these processes can't explain all the features on Mars. Full Story »
Solar power coming to a store near you
AP – Thu Dec 10, 12:19 am ET Sent 4 times

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NEW YORK - Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to install. Full Story »
PCs Not Dead Yet
LiveScience.com – Thu Dec 10, 8:55 pm ET Sent 4 times

Whatever it says about priorities during a recession, the facts are there: Employment is down. Housing prices are down. But PCs shipments are up. Way up. Full Story »
Reports: Bizarre Sky Spiral Caused by Failed Missile
SPACE.com – Thu Dec 10, 11:46 am ET Sent 3 times

A spectacular spiral light show in the sky above Norway Wednesday was caused by a Russian missile that failed just after launch, according to Russia's defense ministry. Full Story »
Monster Black Holes May Grow in Giant Star Cocoons
SPACE.com – Tue Dec 8, 10:17 am ET Sent 3 times

The biggest black holes in the universe are also the most perplexing. Scientists have long been confused about just how the earliest, most massive black holes formed, but new evidence now suggests they could have originated inside giant cocoon-like stars. Full Story »
Shocking Treatment Helps Erectile Dysfunction
LiveScience.com – Mon Nov 23, 8:36 am ET Sent 3 times

If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead. Full Story »