Stargazers have yet to lay eyes on any of the nearly 240 planets detected outside our solar system. These so-called exoplanets are too faint for current telescopes to distinguish from the stars they orbit*; instead astronomers rely on indirect metho 10...

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Climate change is "unequivocal" and it is 90 percent certain that the "net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming," the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) --a panel of more than 2,500 scientists...
Topics: Technology & Engineering

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When people talk about a moment being burned into memory, they usually mean it in a negative way: President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Princess Diana's fatal car crash, 9/11. The launch of Sputnik 50 years ago this month was different. It...

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A given in the world of information technology is that the amount of data is only going to grow over time. But how can academics and computer scientists make sense of the mountains of information--whether astronomic calculations from a distant satel 5...
Topics: Technology & Engineering

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Researchers report they have generated the first confirmed embryonic stem cells from an adult primate, suggesting that it may be only a matter of time (and eggs) before they perfect the same technique on humans. 13 Vote(s)
Topics: Technology & Engineering

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