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Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found (AP)
Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on display (AP)
Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard (AP)AP - Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.How the Declaration of Independence Changed the World (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - In between mouthfuls of hot dogs and potato salad, Americans on this July Fourth might actually ponder those famous phrases scrawled near the top of the Declaration of Independence:Environmental group WWF urges G8 to make climate pledge (AFP)
Japan may add noise to quiet hybrid cars for safety (AFP)
No Fireworks in Space on July 4 (SPACE.com)SPACE.com - This Fourth of July weekend will be filled with dazzling fireworks displays for many Americans, but not for NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, who is flying high above Earth on the International Space Station.GMO corn: France rejects report by EU food agency (AFP)
Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep (AP)
Australia discovers 3 new large dinosaurs (Reuters)
Three new dinosaur species found in Australia (AFP)
Indian FM urges 'ambitious but fair' climate targets (AFP)
The Nation's weather (AP)
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Coolest Spacecraft Ever In Orbit Around L2 (-273 Degrees Celsius)On July 2 the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft has also just entered its final orbit around the second Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth system, L2.'Jumping Gene' Diminishes The Effect Of New Type 2 Diabetes Risk GeneResearch has identified a new gene associated with diabetes, together with a mechanism that makes obese mice less susceptible to diabetes. A genomic fragment that occurs naturally in some mouse strains diminishes the activity of the risk gene Zfp69. The researchers also found that the corresponding human gene (ZNF642) is especially active in overweight individuals with diabetes.Cancer-causing Protein Can Also Help Fight The Tumors It CausesNew research uses the Ras protein to fight its own malign effects.Bypass Surgery Has Long-term Benefits For Children With Kawasaki Disease, Stu...Coronary artery bypass surgery provides "excellent" long-term survival for children who have severe inflammatory heart and blood vessel damage caused by Kawasaki disease. While post-operative problems may increase over time, these can be managed with proper follow-up care. Most of the young patients have normal lives, including participation in sports.'A Touch Of Glass' In Metal, Settles Century-old QuestionScientists have found evidence of an important similarity between the behavior of polycrystalline materials -- like metals and ceramics -- and glasses, research that could lead to better predictions of how many valuable materials behave under stress.Rush Of Blood To The Head: Anger Increases Blood FlowMental stress causes carotid artery dilation and increases brain blood flow. A series of ultrasound experiments also found that this dilatory reflex was absent in people with high blood pressure.Super-energetic Bursts Discovered Near Giant Black HoleCombining gamma-ray telescopes with the supersharp radio 'vision' of the Very Long Baseline Array showed astronomers the location from which very-high-energy gamma rays are emerging from the core ot the giant galaxy M87. |
AP - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.
AP - Thousands of excited visitors flocked Saturday to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on Thai front pages almost every day since her birth six weeks ago.
AFP - The environmental group WWF on Friday urged the Group of Eight industrialised nations to show global leadership by making a commitment to keep climate change in check at their summit next week.
AFP - Japan's near-silent hybrid cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device, according to an official.
AFP - France on Friday rejected a report by the European Union's food safety watchdog that said a controversial strain of genetically-modified corn was safe.
AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.
Reuters - Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting Australia may have a more complex prehistoric past.
AFP - Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.
AFP - India's foreign minister on Friday called for an ambitious but fair greenhouse gas reduction target under a new climate treaty, saying any pact should not hinder the economic growth of developing countries.
AP - A low pressure system moving through the Central Plains on Saturday is forecast to kick up scattered showers and thunderstorms over the Upper Midwest and Mid-Mississippi River Valley. The Northern Plains may see scattered isolated thunderstorms develop in the afternoon, while the Southern Plains is expected to remain hot and humid with highs approaching 100 degrees.High Class Blogs Bookmarks - Science
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