Scientists studying an extreme period of global warming 55 million years ago are piecing together…
Month: February 2008
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Cheap, Clean Drinking Water Purified Through Nanotechnology
Tiny particles of pure silica coated with an active material could be used to remove…
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Zoologists Challenge Longstanding Theory That ‘Eyespots’ Mimic The Eyes Of Predators’ Enemies
Circular markings on creatures such as butterflies are effective against predators because they are conspicuous…
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Two Oxygenation Events In Ancient Oceans Sparked Spread Of Complex Life
The rise of oxygen and the oxidation of deep oceans between 635 and 551 million…
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Sudden oak death fears scotched
The devastating sudden oak death disease is not to blame for the demise of about…
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First look at vast ‘book of life’
The first 30,000 pages are unveiled of a vast encyclopedia to catalogue each of Earth’s…
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Troops sent to stem Amazon loss
Brazilian troops go to an Amazon town after efforts to stop illegal logging provoke a…
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Google, SingTel and others to build submarine cable (Reuters)
Reuters – Web search company Google Inc has agreed to build an undersea cable with…
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Could Microsoft Learn from Oracle?
In its continuing battle with Google, Microsoft has worked its way down its list of…
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Get Untangled from the Web with Twine
How often have you wasted time searching through page after page of e-mail messages, Web…