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Buried beneath several miles of ice in Antarctica are lakes ranging in size from Lake Ontario to lakes the size of Manhattan. Lake Vostok, the largest subglacial lake on Earth, is believed to harbor ancient life that has been isolated from open exchange...
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It’s great to keep in touch with your friends and colleagues, but does the price have to be spam, zombie bites, and friend invitations from people you’ve...
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A hepatitis C outbreak affecting more than 80 people and exposing tens of thousands more was caused by workers reusing syringes at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health...
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A nurse survived eight days in the wreckage of a Turkish hospital destroyed by an earthquake in 1992. A newborn was rescued after more than a week in the rubble of...
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Classified ad Web site Craigslist is denying online auctioneer eBay’s allegation that it unfairly diluted eBay’s stake in it and says its board was acting...
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A Russian supply ship docked to the international space station on Friday, delivering more than 2 tons of food, water, equipment and scientific experiments.
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A flood of voracious ants is heading straight for Houston, taking out computers, radios and even vehicles in their path.
Even the Johnson Space Center has called in...
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Cable operators are riding high heading into this year’s industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend.
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Astronomers have discovered a fast-spinning, super-sized pulsar in a stretched-out orbit around an apparent Sun-like star. This combination (as well as that many...
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Yahoo Inc. is seeking to conceal large portions of a shareholder lawsuit alleging the Internet company’s board improperly thwarted Micrsoft Corp.’s $47.5...
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Scientists are preparing for “seven minutes of terror” as a Nasa spacecraft makes a nail-biting descent to the surface of Mars.
The Phoenix lander needs to...
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It sounds like the plot of a farfetched science fiction movie. Unfortunately for the residents of Texas, it is very much a reality: billions of tiny reddish-brown ants...
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A company rooted in bringing the Internet to the masses, AOL is shifting its focus toward serving niche audiences with the launch of dozens of specialty Web sites.
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Think twice before you sign up for an online service using a fake name or e-mail address. You could be committing a federal crime.
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The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading...
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Health regulators reiterated their warning Friday that organ transplant drugs from Roche and Novartis can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant...
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Flash memory drives are definitely the future of data storage. That is at least for the next few years till the faster nanotechnology takes over. Apart from it’s...
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The Chinese seem to have taken inspiration from the Japanese TV phones to come up with this dual-SIM Phone. The Cool 920 dual-SIM phone has a smart looking clamshell...
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Fans of Overlord: Raising Hell have every reason to celebrate. Their fav game is finally making the crossover from Xbox 360 and PC to PS3. A demo for the game is now...
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If you find yourself admiring people with iPods and iPhones getting regular podcasts about almost anything under the sun, you too can get podcasts, on your very own...
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Can’t get your beau to give into your lavish white wedding plans? You’re not alone sistah. But if you’re anywhere even remotely interested in video games, then...
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It is really interesting that some people think the ‘dark matter’ is the modern equivalence to ether of the early 1900’s and could be proved non-existent. While I...
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From krill to king crabs, the collapse of a 160-square-mile portion of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica could mean many changes for wildlife at the bottom of the...
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WASHINGTON: A chunk of Antarctic ice seven times the size of Manhattan Island has suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk, according...
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The ghast realities of global warming were splendidly picturized in the movie ‘The Day After tomorrow’. But the sad thing is we 6 billion individuals on...
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A chunk of Antarctic ice nine times the size of Manhattan has suddenly collapsed, putting an even larger glacial area at risk.
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Activists who have clashed violently with Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters in recent months were headed back to port Tuesday because they were running out of fuel.
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Anti-whaling activists hurled containers of rotten butter at a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters Monday, lightly injuring several crewmembers, Japan’s...
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Venezuelan scientists and military officers reached the Antarctica after a 15-day trip, opening the South American nation’s first expedition to the frozen...
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Global warming could bring ferocious sharks to Antarctic waters, threatening a unique marine life shielded from predators by frigid conditions for millions of years,...
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Venezuelan scientists and military officers set out on their country’s first expedition to Antarctica, leaving Friday aboard an Uruguayan naval research ship.The...
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If you thought that the whole concept of the Star Trek Enterprise was fascinating to watch but far too fictitious to be true, then one can safely bet that you are right...
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Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the country’s fleet, a Japanese official...
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Protesters scored a victory in a high-seas campaign to disrupt Japan’s whale hunt in the Antarctic, forcing the fleet to a standstill Wednesday while officials...
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Japan’s whaling fleet in the Antarctic halted its operations Wednesday and scrambled to arrange the turnover of two activists who boarded one of its harpoon ships...
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If exotic locations such as Alaska and Antarctica are on your future-planned destinations, it’s time to plan your vacation now, as you may never get to see them in a...
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The endangered fin whales, humpback whales and minke whales are ending their lives on the platter of expensive Japanese restaurants. The whales are fast becoming...
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Vebjorn Sand, Norwegian painter and artist has created an ice bridge made out of frozen Antarctic water to create awareness among people on global warming. Placed just...
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Renewable energy is one of the many interesting areas of research in current times. Amongst many others, New Zealand researchers too have been investigating ways to...
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About 2,500 penguins en route to their Antarctic mating grounds could be sickened by a diesel fuel spill from a cruise boat that struck an iceberg and sank last week,...
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Antarctica:
In this photo released by Brazil’s Presidency , Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and his wife, first lady Marisa Leticia, pose for a picture in Antarctica, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Silva, who is traveling with his wife, a son...
