Creationists object to evolution exhibit
An unprecedented exhibit of early human fossils at a Kenyan museum has pitted religious creationists against scientists.
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Expedition 16's First Spacewalk Complete
Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko completed their increment’s first spacewalk Friday at 10:49 a.m. EST. Their 6-hour, 55-minute spacewalk began just over an hour early at 3:54 a.m.
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2007
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Cell phone jammers raise question: who controls the airwaves?
As more people go about chatting obliviously on their cell phones in public places, foreign companies have enjoyed increasing US sales of a new, albeit illegal, device: the cell phone jammer. When you turn it on and slip ...
Responsible investments do perform
University of Queensland Business School academic, Dr Darren Lee, was one of eight experts from around the world dispelling the myth that responsible investments are doomed to under-perform.
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Nov 9, 2007
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Samsung, NXP and T3G showcase world’s first TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM multi-mode mobile phone
Samsung, NXP Semiconductors and T3G Technologies, today announced the world's first TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE multi-mode mobile phone, which has also been demoed at the PT/Wireless Exposition in Beijing on October 23rd.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 9, 2007
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Biologists use microfluidics chips to watch worm behavior
Tiny roundworms called Caenorhabditis elegans have a rather uncomplicated method for finding food: They wriggle and turn and explore new territory until they find something edible, and then they stay the course until the ...
Nov 9, 2007
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NASA Unveils New Antenna Network in White Sands, N.M.
Engineers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., showcased the new 18-meter Ka Band Antenna Network, the first such system in agency history, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the White Sands Test ...
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2007
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Students get charge out of pedal power
MIT students have come up with a way to recharge your laptop without plugging it in. Rather than consuming electricity, you'll be burning calories--your own.
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Nov 9, 2007
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Carbon nanotubes could go antiballistic
CSIRO (Australia) has been granted $2 million under the Defence Capability and Technology Demonstrator (CTD) Program to demonstrate the capabilities of carbon nanotubes as strong, lightweight antiballistic materials.
Nanomaterials
Nov 9, 2007
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New technology illuminates protein interactions in living cells
While fluorescence has long been used to tag biological molecules, a new technology developed at Yale allows researchers to use tiny fluorescent probes to rapidly detect and identify protein interactions within living cells ...
Nov 9, 2007
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