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A Step-By-Step Guide to the Mars Rover Landing Plan
At 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5, after nearly nine months of travel, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission (with...
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Immortality Studies Centered at UC Riverside Get $5-Million Gift
Even a multimillion-dollar donation does not ensure a spot in heaven. Or at least that’s what most religions believe....
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Despite Extreme Melt, Signs of Hope Emerge for Greenland Ice
One of the primary forces behind climate change-driven sea level rise is the Greenland Ice Sheet. Covering 80% of...
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Dust Dominates Foreign Aerosol Imports to North America
NASA and university scientists have made the first measurement-based estimate of the amount and composition of tiny airborne particles...
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Mangrove Conservation Said to Be Economic CO2 Fix
Protecting mangroves to lock carbon away in trees may be an economic way to curb climate change, research suggests....
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Celebrating Impractical Physicists
Do you think cutting-edge scientists should earn as much as star athletes, celebrity artists or Wall Street bankers? The...
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Dramatic Miniaturization of Metamaterials?
In a vacuum, light travels so fast that it would circle Earth more than seven times within the blink...
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Fish Getting Skin Cancer From UV Radiation
If you’re still skeptical that a tan can be dangerous, consider this: Scientists have found that wild fish are...
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Greenhouse Gas Continues To Be Absorbed By Carbon Sinks
In the last 50 years, man has quadrupled his CO2 output, primarily through the burning of fossil fuels. That...
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Sediment Cores From Antarctic Seabed Reveal Ancient Rain Forest
Drilling of the seabed off Antarctica has revealed that rainforest grew on the frozen continent 52 million years ago,...