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The three-year voyage is just about to end! Europe’s first mission to the moon - the European Space Agency’s SMART-1 - will crash-land in a cloud of dust and rock early Sunday.
The voyage has gathered data about the lunar surface. It also tested a...
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1. Never use a vacuum cleaner to clean up mercury. The vacuum will put mercury into the air and increase exposure.
2. Never use a broom to clean up mercury. It will...
made popular Aug 13 2008
AP, Haining
Penny Taylor won’t return to the Phoenix Mercury when the Olympics end.
made popular Aug 5 2008
Those who believe in astrology are considered to be superstitious. But one cannot ignore it as a science.
There is a saying that goes, “Astrology is ancient...
made popular Jul 27 2008
AP, Washington
People trust dentists with their health. Some members of Congress are more skeptical.The dental industry, asked to testify Tuesday about pollution from mercury in tooth...
made popular Jul 8 2008
Most media attention may be on Mars these days, but luckily for us (and the species as a whole) NASA is smarter than the average news network, and can actually look at...
made popular Jul 5 2008
The Messenger space probe, which began its 5 billion mile journey to Mercury four years ago, has provided new evidence that the closest planet to the sun is contracting...
made popular Jul 4 2008
Scientists from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have discovered how volatile metals from volcanoes end up in polar ice cores.
made popular Jun 30 2008
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed plastics containing “smart elements” that can instantly detect the presence of mercury at or...
made popular Jun 16 2008
AP, Washington
Silver dental fillings contain mercury, and the government for the first time is warning that they may pose a safety concern for pregnant women and young children.The...
made popular Jun 12 2008
AP, San Jose
Government investigators have filed a criminal complaint against the former chief financial officer of software maker Mercury Interactive accusing her of tax evasion in...
made popular Apr 19 2008
AP, Washington
Mercury contamination in rivers can spread to nearby birds, even ones that don’t eat fish or other food from the water.Researchers from the College of William and...
made popular Apr 17 2008
AP, Washington
Mercury contamination in rivers can spread to nearby birds, even ones that don’t eat fish or other food from the water.Researchers from the College of William and...
made popular Apr 17 2008
AP, Washington
The Bush administration has appealed a court ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the federal Clean Air Act when it issued less stringent...
made popular Mar 26 2008
AP, Washington
The Bush administration has appealed a court ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the federal Clean Air Act when it issued less stringent...
made popular Mar 26 2008
AP, Traverse City
Responding to a lawsuit by Michigan and eight other states, the Bush administration is reconsidering its policy on mercury emissions from cement plants, which critics...
made popular Mar 7 2008
AP, Washington
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday he didn’t know of behind-the-scenes efforts by EPA officials to blunt state attempts to reduce...
made popular Mar 4 2008
AP, Washington
While arguing in court that states are free to enact tougher mercury controls from power plants, the Bush administration pressured dozens of states to accept a scheme...
made popular Feb 16 2008
AP, Washington
A federal appeals court said Friday the Bush administration ignored the law when it imposed less stringent requirements on power plants to reduce mercury pollution,...
made popular Feb 8 2008
AP, Washington
A federal appeals court struck down the Bush administration approach to limiting mercury emissions by power plants Friday, ruling that the government failed to...
made popular Feb 8 2008
AP, Washington
A federal appeals court struck down Bush administration policy allowing some power plants to exceed mercury emission levels, ruling Friday that the government failed to...
made popular Feb 8 2008
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