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Moons of Jupiter may be studiedSeattle, Washington - The skills and technology used to explore the extreme depths of the Earth's oceans will soon find work in space. Scientists are making plans to probe the icy seas of Jupiter's moons and drop a lander to the bizarre, gasoline-like lakes of Titan, a moon of Saturn. |
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Tiny Fossil Could Be Oldest Known InsectIndianapolis, Indiana - A tiny fossil discovered in the 1920s and then largely ignored has been identified as the oldest known insect, scientists report. The discovery pushes back the origins of Earth's most prolific life form some 20 million years. |
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Scientists Develop New Hydrogen ReactorMinneapolis, Minnesota - Researchers said Thursday that for the first time, they have produced hydrogen from ethanol in a prototype reactor small enough and efficient enough to heat small homes and power cars. |
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Fuel-eating bacteriaSpain - The sinking of the Prestige and the resulting leakage of petroleum oil, just over a year ago, provoked a real catastrophe. A significant number of research groups were prompted to set to work to clean up the remains of this oil slick. One year after, the first results of those researches are being known. They want to use bacteria that eat petroleum oil, extracted from the proper petroleum oil. |
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Ozone-Eater Molecule Caught in ActionBoston, MA - The nasty little molecule that has long been suspected of assassinating ozone in the stratosphere has finally been caught red-handed, a collar that could lead to more accurate predictions of future ozone losses. |
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“Hot Tub Monkeys” Offer Eye on Nonhuman “Culture”Japan - When Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) began receiving food handouts more than 50 years ago- freeing them from the daily grind of foraging for food-they invented "cultural activities" to fill their newly acquired leisure time, researchers say. |
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Archaeologists shed new light on African rock artSouth Africa - Delicate rock paintings in South Africa, once dismissed as primitive scribblings, have turned out to be 2,000 years older than previously thought. |
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Mbari Announces Jellyfish DiscoveryMonterey, California - After studying the creature for several years, biologists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have announced the discovery of a unusual, deep-sea jelly with wart-like bumps of stinging cells covering its feeding arms and bell.
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Plants give up their secret of splitting waterWashington D.C. - Researchers said on Thursday they had taken another step toward understanding how plants split water into hydrogen and oxygen atoms — which may provide a cheap way to produce clean-burning hydrogen fuel. |
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Archaeologists find 1,400-year-old tomb of Anglo-Saxon kingLondon, England - A tiny piece of bronze poking out of the mud was the first clue that something extraordinary lay beneath the surface in Prittlewell. |
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