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Some plugging in hybrids to save even more fuelNot long after Dan Kroushl got his new 2004 Toyota Prius, he began to wonder about the mysterious button on the dash. It didn't seem to have any function. Didn't boost the turbo or engage an ejector seat. |
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Smart 1 Takes First Close-Up Pictures of the MoonSmart 1, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Lunar orbiter, has begun its scientific work. In late December and through much of January, while orbiting the Moon at altitudes ranging from 1000 to 5000 kilometers, the spacecraft took crystal-clear close-range photographs of the Lunar surface using its AMIE camera. A sampling of the images is provided here. |
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Handheld DNA Scanners to ID Species Instantly?Scientists are working to develop a handheld scanner that can instantly identify plant and animal species by their DNA "bar codes." |
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Space Station Crew Nails 1st SpacewalkUnder the watchful eyes of ground control teams, the two-man crew of the International Space Station left their orbital home early Wednesday for 5 1/2 hours of chores outside the sprawling complex. |
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3500-year-old mummy discoveredA Japanese research team has found "a perfect mummy" in an unrobbed Egyptian tomb believed to be more than 3500 years old, the team's leader said. |
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40-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery SolvedEver since astronomers began studying the cosmos in ultraviolet light in the 1960s, they have been running into a mysterious big dark bump in the ultraviolet part of the spectrums of starlight - everywhere they look. |
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UO’s Molecular ‘Claws’ Trap ArsenicChemists at the University of Oregon have hit upon a way to build a molecular "claw" that grabs onto arsenic and sequesters it. |
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London Underground Saves Piles of Paper with Smartcard SystemLondon's Oyster card system is saving a huge amount of paper waste and is an environmental asset to the U.K., Transport for London (TfL) and Friends of the Earth (FoE) have stated. |
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Fossil find sheds light on dawn of humanityPalaeontologists say they have found a fossil haul from at least nine hominids who lived in eastern Africa more than four million years ago in the early chapters of human history. |
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Ford Agrees to Sell Ranger Electric PickupsAs a Sacramento 'car-sit' enters day seven, Ford Motor Company has committed to reverse its unpopular decision to repossess and destroy its last zero emission Ranger EVs. |
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Spray-On Solar-Power Cells Are True BreakthroughScientists have invented a plastic solar cell that can turn the sun's power into electrical energy, even on a cloudy day. |
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Largest commercial aircraft A380 unveiledTHE A380, the largest commercial aircraft ever to be built, was unveiled here on Tuesday at the Airbus headquarters, at a glittering function attended by the four European Heads of State and chief executives of 14 leading airlines, representing A380's first customers. |
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Welcome to TitanForty-eight years after mankind's first forays into space, the toxic orange haze covering Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has finally been penetrated. Ending a seven-year, 3.5 billion-kilometer voyage, the Huygens probe touched down on Titan last week, giving earthbound gawkers their first glimpse of its icy surface. |
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New Photos Show Titan Has Orange SurfaceNew, refined pictures from Saturn's moon Titan released Saturday show a pale orange surface covered by a thin haze of methane and what appears to be a methane sea complete with islands and a mist-shrouded coastline. |
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Ancient discoveries
- Exciting stone tool find in Kenya
- NASA satellite helps find 17 Egypt pyramids
- Vietnam’s own ‘great wall’ uncovered
- New Type of Ancient Human Found - Descendants Live Today?
- New discoveries concerning pre-Columbian settlements in the Amazon
- Ultraviolet light reveals how Greek statues really looked
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Technology news
- Light-powered bionic eye invented to help restore sight
- Share your status – and your lungs. Facebook tool promotes organ donation
- Bar Codes Apps Allow Consumers To Make Socially Conscious Choices
- Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.
- New technologies detect seizures, and could possibly even eliminate them
- Floating wind turbines to produce low cost renewable energy
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Breakthroughs in Technology
- American Scientists Make Great Leap in Battery Technology
- New system could eventually ‘eliminate’ batteries
- New plasma “brush” may mean painless cavity filling
- Artificial Intestines near reality
- Real-life Jedi: Pushing the limits of mind control
- Groundbreaking solar plant in Spain generates 24 hours of power
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