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Feed Icon Superfast Muscles Power Songbird Singing
Some songbirds can contract their vocal chords with the fastest muscle movements yet described. Posted 2hrs 16mins ago From Livescience.com.
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Feed Icon Vanishing act
Could stress drive Cambodian dolphin to extinction? Posted 3hrs 53mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Fossil feathers reveal their hues
Scientists show they are able to interpret the colour patterns seen in 100 million-year-old fossil feathers. Posted 4hrs 43mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Nitrogen excess
Humans are using too much and nature is suffering Posted 4hrs 51mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Feather Fossils Could Yield Dinosaur Colors
Traces of pigments found in feather fossils from ancient birds. Posted 5hrs 48mins ago From Livescience.com.
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Feed Icon Cheney Wanted Cuts In Climate Testimony
Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation by a leading health official might make it harder to avoid regulating greenhouse gases, Posted 7hrs 3mins ago From Livescience.com.
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Feed Icon Most Popular Baby Names Change Dramatically
When Sunday Rose Kidman Urban was born this week, news of her distinctive name created only a small stir. Posted 7hrs 33mins ago From Livescience.com.
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Feed Icon College-Educated Fare Better When Cancer Strikes
They've gained most from recent advances in treatment, survival, study finds Posted 7hrs 51mins ago From Livescience.com.
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Feed Icon Staff Blog: New York City's Waterfalls
A look at a cool art installation and a new way to musically collaborate. Posted 9hrs 25mins ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon Space Shuttle's Swan Song Set for 2010
NASA plans the final space shuttle flight for May, 2010. Posted 10hrs 42mins ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon Brown faces climate change revolt
Gordon Brown is facing the prospect of another significant backbench rebellion - this time over climate change. Posted 10hrs 56mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Laser Could Detect Alzheimer's Early
A laser that shines into a person's brain is being tested to detect Alzheimer's. Posted 11hrs 32mins ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon G8 urged to do more for climate
Five of the biggest emerging economies urge the G8 to do more to combat climate change. Posted 11hrs 53mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon New home planned for quake pandas
Chinese officials draw up plans to rebuild a major panda reserve badly damaged in the Sichuan province quake in May. Posted 12hrs 21mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Report: U.S. Coral Reefs In Severe Decline
Almost half of U.S. coral reefs threatened by pollution, rising temperatures, overfishing. Posted 12hrs 38mins ago From Livescience.com.
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Feed Icon Live Longer: The One Anti-Aging Trick That Works
Anti-aging researchers have figured out how to add about 5 years to the human lifespan. Posted 13hrs 4mins ago From Livescience.com.
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Feed Icon Do Snakes Have Ears?
Snakes have no visible ear, so they don't hear sounds as we do. Posted 13hrs 8mins ago From Livescience.com.
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Feed Icon Grasslands Hold Up to Climate Change
When subjected to artificial warming, grasslands seem largely unaffected, shows research. Posted 14hrs ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon Acupuncture 'no help for IVF'
There is no evidence acupuncture improves the success of IVF treatment, scientists say. Posted 14hrs 2mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon EU includes aviation in CO2 curbs
The European Parliament backs a law to include aviation in the CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for cutting greenhouse gases. Posted 14hrs 9mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Pet Owners Favor McCain Over Obama
If the presidential election goes to the dogs, John McCain is looking like best in show. Posted 14hrs 26mins ago From Livescience.com.
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Feed Icon Evolution in Action
Evolution in Action Posted 14hrs 40mins ago From Livescience.com.
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Feed Icon Extreme Rain Grows Mountains
The more it rains on some mountains the faster they grow, say geologists. Posted 14hrs 45mins ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon Frozen embryos 'better for IVF'
Frozen is better than fresh when it comes to transplanting embryos in IVF treatment, a study shows. Posted 16hrs 48mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Nasa reveals final shuttle dates
The US space agency fixes the dates of its last shuttle missions - with Endeavour making the final flight in May 2010. Posted 16hrs 59mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Spider bot?
US scientists design robots that climb walls Posted 17hrs 51mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Climate 'shift'
The G8 changes the length of the global warming racetrack Posted 18hrs ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Final frontier
World heritage status for the 'other' Roman wall Posted 21hrs 56mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Beijing 'failing pollution test'
With just one month to go until the Olympics, Beijing's air still falls short of international standards, BBC tests suggest. Posted 23hrs 58mins ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Dual payload launched by Ariane
Europe's Ariane 5 rocket puts another two commercial telecommunications satellites in orbit. Posted 1 day 5hrs ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon UK to slow biofuels expansion
The UK is to cut the rate of growth of biofuels because of "increasing questions" over their impact, MPs are told. Posted 1 day 8hrs ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Blocking Sun Not Feasible Warming Solution
A proposal to limit warming by placing mirrors in the sky is not practical, finds research. Posted 1 day 10hrs ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon UN lists Mauritius slave mountain
A mountain in Mauritius where fugitive slaves sheltered is added to a UN world heritage list. Posted 1 day 12hrs ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Olympic Sailors Facing Polluted Waters
Sailors competing in the 2008 Olympics face an added opponent -- pollution. Posted 1 day 12hrs ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon Hyenas Baby Talk With Groans
Spotted hyenas use groans when communicating with their young. Posted 1 day 13hrs ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon Laser Gun Could Detect Roadside Bombs
A laser gun could save lives by detecting explosives from a safe distance. Posted 1 day 14hrs ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon UK Mars rover hopes face set-back
Funding for UK-led science instruments on the flagship European ExoMars mission is to be cut by 25%. Posted 1 day 18hrs ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Male biological clock 'ticks too'
Scientists say they have discovered more evidence that men as well as women have biological clocks. Posted 2 days ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon The ultimate trip - how a US man journeyed more than 300km by party balloon
An American man succeeds on his third attempt at a 235 mile (378km) trip in an armchair held aloft by party balloons. Posted 3 days ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Sulston argues for open medicine
Nobel Laureate Sir John Sulston says medical profits are taking precedence over the needs of patients. Posted 4 days ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Smallest planet shrinks in size
The smallest planet in the Solar System has become even smaller, studies by the Messenger spacecraft show. Posted 4 days ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Stolen fossils back in Argentina
Four tonnes of dinosaur bones and other fossils stolen from Argentina are back home after being seized in the US. Posted 5 days ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Celestial Stars and Stripe Revealed in Hubble Image
Energy released from an exploding star reveals itself in an image of stars and a stripe. Posted 5 days ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon Early Aussie Tattoos Match Rock Art
Rock art in Australia is matched with early documentations of human tattoos. Posted 5 days ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon Extinction risk 'underestimated'
Current methods used to assess species on the brink overlook some key factors, a team of scientists claim. Posted 5 days ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Cassini Starts Saturn Grad School
After a four-year tour of Saturn, the Cassini probe is ready for round two. Posted 6 days ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon Grisly Human Sacrifice Revealed at Syria Dig
Around 4,000 years ago, a skilled acrobat was killed ceremonially in what is now Syria. Posted 6 days ago From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel.
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Feed Icon Talking back - Green Room contributors respond to your comments
Some of the previous contributors to the Green Room respond to readers' questions. Posted 7 days ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Gorilla Diary
A ranger patrol is captured by rebels in the DR Congo Posted 11 days ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Glitch delays Phoenix's work on Mars
Read full story for latest details. Posted 19 days ago From CNN.com - Science & Space.
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Feed Icon Planets make case for 'crowded universe'
Read full story for latest details. Posted 21 days ago From CNN.com - Science & Space.
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Feed Icon White specks puzzle Mars team
Read full story for latest details. Posted 21 days ago From CNN.com - Science & Space.
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Feed Icon Centuries of drylands knowledge at risk
Centuries of knowledge needed to survive in the world's drylands are being sacrificed in the name of progress. Posted 21 days ago From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition.
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Feed Icon Shuttle back with 'beautiful landing'
Read full story for latest details. Posted 24 days ago From CNN.com - Science & Space.
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Feed Icon Phoenix lander shakes its way to success
Read full story for latest details. Posted 27 days ago From CNN.com - Science & Space.
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Feed Icon Google founder signs up for space trip
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5 million to secure a seat on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, officials said Wednesday. Posted 27 days ago From CNN.com - Science & Space.
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Feed Icon NASA launches telescope
Read full story for latest details. Posted 27 days ago From CNN.com - Science & Space.
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Feed Icon Ex-planet gets namesakes
Read full story for latest details. Posted 27 days ago From CNN.com - Science & Space.
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Feed Icon Beaming solar power from space
Jyoti is the Hindi word for light. It's something Pranav Mehta has never had to live without. And he is lucky. Near where he lives in Gujarat -- one of the most prosperous states in India -- thousands of rural villages lack electricity or struggle with an intermittent supply at best. Posted 37 days ago From CNN.com - Science & Space.
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Feed Icon Space farming takes root
When Neil Armstrong took one small step onto the moon in 1969, it seemed only a matter of time before the advent of thriving space colonies and summer vacations on distant planets. But after an initial flurry of moon landings, manned lunar expeditions dwindled: the last time an astronaut left his footprints… Posted 42 days ago From CNN.com - Science & Space.
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