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Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang

date: 2010-09-02 09:41:58

Physics was the reason for the Big Bang, not God, according to scientist Stephen Hawking.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Climate change puts China harvests at risk

date: 2010-09-02 08:18:00

PARIS (AFP) - Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Satellite eye on Earth: August 2010

date: 2010-09-02 06:00:00

These stunning images from August include Moscow covered in smoke, heavy rains in Pakistan and plankton blooms changing the colour of the North Atlantic ocean

source: www.guardian.co.uk

BP to remove equipment at Gulf well by Sunday 

date: 2010-09-01 23:08:00

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc expects to remove a failed blowout preventer atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by Saturday or Sunday and later plug the leak for good, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said on Wednesday.

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Climate: Risks loom for China: study

date: 2010-09-01 17:06:00

PARIS (AFP) - Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

NASA team advises Chile on trapped miners

date: 2010-08-31 22:43:00

COPIAPO, Chile (AFP) - NASA experts Tuesday advised Chilean officials to be frank with 33 miners trapped deep underground about how long it will take to rescue them, as a giant dill slowly burrowed toward the desperate men.

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Obama administration appeals stem cell injunction 

date: 2010-08-31 22:21:00

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration asked a federal judge on Tuesday to lift an injunction halting human embryonic stem cell research, saying it would irreparably harm research and cost more than 1,300 jobs.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

NASA tests most powerful booster rocket ever

date: 2010-08-31 19:46:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA and aerospace company ATK Aerospace Systems successfully tested Tuesday the most powerful solid-fuel rocket engine ever, even though its future in the space program remains in doubt.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Tiny Antarctic creatures hint at sea level rise

date: 2010-08-31 13:56:00

OSLO (Reuters) - Tiny marine creatures found on the seabed on opposite sides of the vast West Antarctic ice sheet give a strong hint of the risks of sea level rise caused by climate change, scientists said Tuesday.

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Are we living in a designer universe?

date: 2010-08-31 08:35:20

The creators of the world were closer to men than to gods, argues John Gribbin.

source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The hidden beauty of birdsong revealed

date: 2010-08-31 06:00:00

A new CD from the British Library has digitally slowed down birdsong to allow the human ear to hear the wealth of hidden notes and melodiesPaddy AllenEric HilaireShiona Tregaskis

source: www.guardian.co.uk

What makes us human? Bringing food to a funeral

date: 2010-08-30 21:56:00

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Remains of the earliest known feast in a cave in Israel show that humans have been bringing food to funerals for millennia and suggest that burial feasts may have helped shape modern society, researchers said on Monday.

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Evidence of communal feasts dates back 12,000 years: study

date: 2010-08-30 19:11:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Evidence at an ancient burial site in Israel shows that community feasts were probably a common occurrence among early humans, possibly even predating the advent of agriculture, according to a study published on Monday.

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BP to remove equipment at Gulf well by Sunday 

date: 2010-09-01 23:08:00

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc expects to remove a failed blowout preventer atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by Saturday or Sunday and later plug the leak for good, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said on Wednesday.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Climate: Risks loom for China: study

date: 2010-09-01 17:06:00

PARIS (AFP) - Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.

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U.N. climate panel urged to reform and stick to science

date: 2010-08-30 15:51:00

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform ...

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Apple genome sequence uncovered

date: 2010-08-29 17:09:22

Apples have contributed to the "tree of knowledge" by having their genetic code sequenced.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Omega-3 margarines no help in heart attack: study

date: 2010-08-29 06:09:00

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Giving patients with a history of heart attacks a margarine enriched with omega-3 oils in addition to standard drugs appears to make no difference to their chances of having a repeat ...

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Mimic a predator to avoid mosquito bites

date: 2010-08-28 17:32:38

It has been a bumper British summer for mosquitos, with warm, wet weather providing the creatures with perfect breeding conditions.

source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The Clean Development Mechanism delivers the greatest green scam of all

date: 2010-08-27 23:43:09

Even the UN and the EU are wising up to the greenhouse gas scam, "the biggest environmental scandal in history", says Christopher Booker

source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Oesophageal cancer rates rise steeply in men

date: 2010-08-27 23:07:00

LONDON (Reuters) - Rates of oesophageal cancer in men have risen by 50 percent in Britain in a generation, an increase that is probably being driven in part by growing rates of obesity and poor diet, ...

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Scientists sequence ant genomes for the first time

date: 2010-08-27 20:00:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US scientists said Friday they have mapped the entire genome sequences of two different species of ants for the first time, potentially providing insight into human ageing and behavior.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

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