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Giant Cannibal Galaxy's Last Meal
New images show results of collision between giant galaxy and smaller neighbor.
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Pennsylvania residents sue over gas drilling (Reuters)
Reuters - Residents of a small rural Pennsylvania town sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp on Friday, claiming the company's natural-gas drilling has contaminated their water wells with toxic chemicals, caused sickness and reduced their property values.
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Quick restart of Big Bang machine stuns scientists (AP)
AP - Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.
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How Netbooks Work
Netbooks are ultra-portable computers that are even smaller than traditional laptops. They're all the rage right now, but can they overcome their shortcomings to become a mainstay of the portable computer market?
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Astronauts gear up for 2nd spacewalk of mission (AP)
AP - An astronaut is gearing up for the first spacewalk of his career while awaiting the imminent birth of his daughter.
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China says 42 dead, 66 trapped in mine explosion (AP)
AP - A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them.
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Hacked E-Mails Fuel Climate Change Skeptics
The e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university will undoubtedly raise questions about the actions of some scientists.
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Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin (AP)
AP - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a …
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China says 37 dead, 71 trapped in mine explosion (AP)
AP - A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 37 people and trapping 71 others nearly a third of a mile under ground.
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Oceans’ Ability to Absorb Carbon & Protect Against Climate Change Weakening
Oceans regulate our climate. They play a key role in keeping the world’s “homeostasis” in tact. However, their ability to absorb carbon & keep the climate in balance is dwindling, a new report shows. In a year-by-year study from 1765 to 2008, researchers found that the oceans are struggling to meet …
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Europe: Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine (AP)
AP - Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago.
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NASA: Birth of Astronaut's Daughter Delayed (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA has joined astronaut Randy Bresnik, who is in orbit now, in the waiting game for the birth his daughter, just one day before the spaceflyer is poised to make his first spacewalk.
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Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study (AFP)
AFP - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.
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Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute
Private messages hacked from a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show a climate science conspiracy.
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Fight on between fish protectors, AK mine backers (AP)
AP - The fight is on between about a dozen Seattle restaurants and backers of an Alaska mine being developed near the world's most productive wild salmon streams.
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Robotic Spy Planes Go Green (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Robot spy planes are harnessing alternative energy to make them more covert and longer lasting than ever.
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Stuck Mars Rover Finally Budges, a Little (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA's stuck Mars rover Spirit took a tiny step Thursday, its first progress in months, during the latest attempt to extricate the robot from deep Martian sand.
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Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study
MOSCOW (AFP) – Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.
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Pennsylvania residents sue over gas drilling
DIMOCK, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Residents of a small rural Pennsylvania town sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp on Friday, claiming the company's natural-gas drilling has contaminated their water wells with toxic chemicals , caused sickness and reduced their property values.
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Biologists save fish after landslide (AP)
AP - A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish.
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