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Retrofit needed to keep U.S. hurricane hunters flying into storms
MIAMI Fla. (Reuters) - A pair of aging airplanes that have flown into more than 100 hurricanes to provide data for U.S. meteorologists are to begin receiving a retrofit to extend their lifespan, though officials stress storm monitoring will not be impacted by the overhaul.
MIAMI Fla. (Reuters) - A pair of aging airplanes that have flown into more than 100 hurricanes to provide data for U.S. meteorologists are to begin receiving a retrofit to extend their lifespan, though officials stress storm monitoring will not be impacted by the overhaul.
Environment
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 13, 2014, 7:45am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 13, 2014, 7:45am
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Biologists say first California condor chick born in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A pair of California condors have successfully hatched a chick in the rocky peaks of Utah's Zion National Park, biologists have said, in what is believed to be the first birth of its kind in the Western state.
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A pair of California condors have successfully hatched a chick in the rocky peaks of Utah's Zion National Park, biologists have said, in what is believed to be the first birth of its kind in the Western state.
Ecology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jul 17, 2014, 4:23pm
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jul 17, 2014, 4:23pm
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If your friends feel like family, there's a good reason for it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The truism that friends are the family you choose may be more accurate than you might suppose.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The truism that friends are the family you choose may be more accurate than you might suppose.
Genetics
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 15, 2014, 10:26am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 15, 2014, 10:26am
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Mineral site key to Antarctica's history gets protected status
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Antarctica pact partners have set up a new protected geological site on the frozen continent in a bid to preserve rare minerals that could shed light on the region's history and evolution over millions of years.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Antarctica pact partners have set up a new protected geological site on the frozen continent in a bid to preserve rare minerals that could shed light on the region's history and evolution over millions of years.
Environment
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 05, 2014, 9:12am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 05, 2014, 9:12am
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Fossils withdrawn from auction donated to new Kansas museum
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A collection of 85 million-year-old fossils including a fish as big as a great white shark with a face like a bulldog has been donated to a new Kansas museum after an outcry from scientists helped scrap a San Diego museum's plans to sell them at auction.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A collection of 85 million-year-old fossils including a fish as big as a great white shark with a face like a bulldog has been donated to a new Kansas museum after an outcry from scientists helped scrap a San Diego museum's plans to sell them at auction.
Paleontology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Monday, May 12, 2014, 10:02am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Monday, May 12, 2014, 10:02am
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Australia's dingo is a unique species, study shows
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's dingo is a unique species, not a kind of wild dog as previously believed, according to a new study that definitively classifies the country's largest land predator.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's dingo is a unique species, not a kind of wild dog as previously believed, according to a new study that definitively classifies the country's largest land predator.
Experts see cheaper, easier way to turn natural gas into fuels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists said on Thursday they have devised a potentially easier, cheaper and cleaner way to turn natural gas into usable fuels and chemicals - a discovery which could lead to natural gas products displacing oil products in the future.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists said on Thursday they have devised a potentially easier, cheaper and cleaner way to turn natural gas into usable fuels and chemicals - a discovery which could lead to natural gas products displacing oil products in the future.
Ophidiophobics beware: flying snakes have great aerodynamics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This may be the last thing that anyone with a touch of ophidiophobia - fear of snakes - would want to hear: flying snakes have surprisingly good aerodynamic qualities.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This may be the last thing that anyone with a touch of ophidiophobia - fear of snakes - would want to hear: flying snakes have surprisingly good aerodynamic qualities.
Animal Behavior
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Friday, Jan 31, 2014, 9:22am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Friday, Jan 31, 2014, 9:22am
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Hydrogen phone chargers to keep Africans connected when power runs short
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - African smartphone users will soon have an alternative means to get round the power shortages afflicting much of the world's poorest continent - a portable charger that relies on hydrogen fuel cells.
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - African smartphone users will soon have an alternative means to get round the power shortages afflicting much of the world's poorest continent - a portable charger that relies on hydrogen fuel cells.
Technology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 13, 2013, 9:03am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 13, 2013, 9:03am
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Planet hunters find Earth-like twin beyond the solar system
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - For the first time, scientists have found a planet beyond the solar system that not only is the same size as Earth, but has the same proportions of iron and rock, a key step in an ongoing quest to find potentially habitable sister worlds.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - For the first time, scientists have found a planet beyond the solar system that not only is the same size as Earth, but has the same proportions of iron and rock, a key step in an ongoing quest to find potentially habitable sister worlds.
Astronomy
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 31, 2013, 10:01am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 31, 2013, 10:01am
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New China H7N9 strain gives kick to mutant bird flu research
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) - Dutch scientists hidden away in a top-security laboratory are seeking to create mutant flu viruses, dangerous work designed to prepare the world for a lethal pandemic by beating nature to it.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) - Dutch scientists hidden away in a top-security laboratory are seeking to create mutant flu viruses, dangerous work designed to prepare the world for a lethal pandemic by beating nature to it.
Epidemiology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 23, 2013, 7:24am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 23, 2013, 7:24am
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Two Higgs boson scientists tipped for Nobel prize
Two scientists who predicted the existence of the Higgs boson - the mysterious particle that explains why elementary matter has mass - are Thomson Reuters' top tips to win this year's Nobel prize in physics.
Two scientists who predicted the existence of the Higgs boson - the mysterious particle that explains why elementary matter has mass - are Thomson Reuters' top tips to win this year's Nobel prize in physics.
Physics
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013, 7:50am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013, 7:50am
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Archaeologists use drones in Peru to map and protect sites
LIMA (Reuters) - In Peru, home to the spectacular Inca city of Machu Picchu and thousands of ancient ruins, archaeologists are turning to drones to speed up sluggish survey work and protect sites from squatters, builders and miners.
LIMA (Reuters) - In Peru, home to the spectacular Inca city of Machu Picchu and thousands of ancient ruins, archaeologists are turning to drones to speed up sluggish survey work and protect sites from squatters, builders and miners.
Archaeology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Monday, Aug 26, 2013, 7:30am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Monday, Aug 26, 2013, 7:30am
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Mothballed telescope gets new life as asteroid hunter
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA will reactivate a mothballed infrared space telescope for a three-year mission to search for potentially dangerous asteroids on a collision course with Earth, officials said on Wednesday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA will reactivate a mothballed infrared space telescope for a three-year mission to search for potentially dangerous asteroids on a collision course with Earth, officials said on Wednesday.
Astronomy
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Aug 22, 2013, 7:50am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Aug 22, 2013, 7:50am
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NASA adds more space launch platforms for sale to private firms
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - While NASA considers competing bids to take over a shuttle launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, it added three mobile launch platforms to its list of excess equipment available to private industry, officials said on Tuesday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - While NASA considers competing bids to take over a shuttle launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, it added three mobile launch platforms to its list of excess equipment available to private industry, officials said on Tuesday.
Sliced and diced, digitally: autopsy as a service
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Malaysian entrepreneur Matt Chandran wants to revive the moribund post-mortem by replacing the scalpel with a scanner and the autopsy slab with a touchscreen computer.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Malaysian entrepreneur Matt Chandran wants to revive the moribund post-mortem by replacing the scalpel with a scanner and the autopsy slab with a touchscreen computer.
Technology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013, 9:11am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013, 9:11am
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U.S. management of wild horses flawed, scientific report finds
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A federal agency working to rein in the population of wild horses in the West should rely more on fertility control than roundups because it would be more effective, a National Academy of Sciences review said on Wednesday.
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A federal agency working to rein in the population of wild horses in the West should rely more on fertility control than roundups because it would be more effective, a National Academy of Sciences review said on Wednesday.
Ecology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 06, 2013, 8:52am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 06, 2013, 8:52am
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Higgs confident CERN particle is one he forecast in 1960s
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The physicists who theorized the existence of a basic subatomic particle half a century ago are confident recent data is proving they were right all along.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The physicists who theorized the existence of a basic subatomic particle half a century ago are confident recent data is proving they were right all along.
Physics
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012, 11:46am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012, 11:46am
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Scientists tune into blue whale songs with defense technology
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists are using military technology for locating submarines to track rare blue whales hundreds of kilometers away by eavesdropping on their distinctive songs.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists are using military technology for locating submarines to track rare blue whales hundreds of kilometers away by eavesdropping on their distinctive songs.
Marine Biology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Friday, Oct 05, 2012, 8:16am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Friday, Oct 05, 2012, 8:16am
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Russian mammoth remains give glimmer of hope for cloning
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Scientists who found well preserved woolly mammoth remains in a remote part of Russia hope they might contain the necessary material to clone the long extinct beast.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Scientists who found well preserved woolly mammoth remains in a remote part of Russia hope they might contain the necessary material to clone the long extinct beast.
Genetics
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Sep 13, 2012, 7:57am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Sep 13, 2012, 7:57am
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After Curiosity, uncertainty lingers on NASA's Mars program
PASADENA, Ca. (Reuters) - This week's arrival of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity set the stage for a potentially game-changing quest to learn whether the planet most like Earth ever had a shot at developing life, but follow-up missions exist only on drawing boards.
PASADENA, Ca. (Reuters) - This week's arrival of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity set the stage for a potentially game-changing quest to learn whether the planet most like Earth ever had a shot at developing life, but follow-up missions exist only on drawing boards.
Sewage-munching microbes may generate electricity
LONDON (Reuters) - Microbes used to treat human waste might also generate enough electricity to power whole sewage plants, scientists hope.
LONDON (Reuters) - Microbes used to treat human waste might also generate enough electricity to power whole sewage plants, scientists hope.
Microbiology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Aug 09, 2012, 9:32pm
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Aug 09, 2012, 9:32pm
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World over-using underground water reserves for agriculture
LONDON (Reuters) - The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands.
LONDON (Reuters) - The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands.
Agriculture
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Aug 09, 2012, 9:32pm
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Aug 09, 2012, 9:32pm
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Young docs see gloomy future, says new survey
A majority of young doctors feel pessimistic about the future of the U.S. healthcare system, with the new healthcare law cited as the main reason, according to a survey released to Reuters on Wednesday.
A majority of young doctors feel pessimistic about the future of the U.S. healthcare system, with the new healthcare law cited as the main reason, according to a survey released to Reuters on Wednesday.
Healthcare
Source: MSNBC
Posted on: Thursday, Apr 12, 2012, 7:59am
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Source: MSNBC
Posted on: Thursday, Apr 12, 2012, 7:59am
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U.S. new car gas mileage up 20 percent since 2007
(Reuters) - New cars and trucks sold in the United States are getting an average of 24 miles per gallon of gasoline, the highest ever, researchers at the University of Michigan said on Tuesday.
(Reuters) - New cars and trucks sold in the United States are getting an average of 24 miles per gallon of gasoline, the highest ever, researchers at the University of Michigan said on Tuesday.
Technology
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012, 8:17am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012, 8:17am
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Virgin Galactic aims to test fly ship in space this year
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, expects to test fly its first spacecraft beyond the Earth's atmosphere this year, with commercial suborbital passenger service to follow in 2013 or 2014, company officials said on Monday.
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, expects to test fly its first spacecraft beyond the Earth's atmosphere this year, with commercial suborbital passenger service to follow in 2013 or 2014, company officials said on Monday.
Experts urge more study of nanotechnology threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Studying the potential health hazards of nanotechnology will require an additional $24 million a year to close the knowledge gap about the tiny particles used in a fast-growing array of consumer products, the National Research Council (NRC) said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Studying the potential health hazards of nanotechnology will require an additional $24 million a year to close the knowledge gap about the tiny particles used in a fast-growing array of consumer products, the National Research Council (NRC) said on Wednesday.
Materials Science
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 26, 2012, 8:07am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 26, 2012, 8:07am
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Sumatran elephants driven closer to extinction: WWF
(Reuters) - The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild in under 30 years unless immediate steps are taken to protect its rapidly diminishing habitat, environmental group WWF said on Tuesday.
(Reuters) - The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild in under 30 years unless immediate steps are taken to protect its rapidly diminishing habitat, environmental group WWF said on Tuesday.
"Bullet-proof" evidence of past water found on Mars
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A NASA rover scouting for signs of past water on Mars has found the strongest evidence yet -- a vein of gypsum, a mineral deposited by water, protruding from an ancient rock.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A NASA rover scouting for signs of past water on Mars has found the strongest evidence yet -- a vein of gypsum, a mineral deposited by water, protruding from an ancient rock.
Russian craft delivers supplies to space station
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An unmanned Russian spacecraft delivered supplies to astronauts in orbit Wednesday after the crash of the previous cargo flight left the three-man crew on the International Space Station with dwindling rations.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An unmanned Russian spacecraft delivered supplies to astronauts in orbit Wednesday after the crash of the previous cargo flight left the three-man crew on the International Space Station with dwindling rations.
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