Posted Thursday July 3, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old
AP - A slice of cool, fresh watermelon is a juicy way to top off a Fourth of July cookout and one that researchers say has effects similar to Viagra — but don't necessarily expect it to keep the fireworks all night long.
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Posted Thursday July 3, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old
SPACE.com - This story inaugurates
a new monthly feature that will highlight the research undertaken by SETI
Institute scientists, as well as provide an opportunity for you to join an expedition or
participate directly in science or science education.
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Posted Thursday July 3, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old
AP - The U.S. has done the least among the world's eight largest economies to address global warming, a study released Thursday found.
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Posted Thursday July 3, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old
Reuters - A Chinese man who bought an emaciated
pig who survived for 36 days under rubble after May's massive
Sichuan earthquake and promised to care for it for life has
been given an award by an animal rights group.
Read Chinese man gets award for caring for quake pig
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Posted Thursday July 3, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old
AP - The Phoenix lander's first chemical sniff of Martian soil did not turn up any trace of the building blocks of life. Its next whiff could be its last.
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Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old
SPACE.com - Voyager 2's journey toward interstellar space has revealed
surprising insights into the energy and magnetic forces at the solar system's
outer edge, and confirmed the solar system's squashed shape.
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Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old
AP - When viewed from the rest of the galaxy, the edge of our solar system appears slightly dented as if a giant hand is pushing one edge of it inward, far-traveling NASA probes reveal.
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Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old
LiveScience.com - An electronic billboard entirely powered by the sun and wind is set to go up in Times Square in December, a company said today.
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Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old
AFP - Japan is ready to spare humpback whales from its Antarctic hunt for another year if international whaling talks make progress, a senior Japanese official said Wednesday.
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Posted Wednesday July 2, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old
AP - Weather around the U.S.A.
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