Horticulturists at Pennsylvania State University have come up with a low-cost, green method for recycling so-called "gray" water -- the stuff from sinks, showers and washing machines that would otherwise go down the drain.
Environment
May 24, 2010
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The Pacific weather pattern known as El Nino is all but gone, climate scientists say, while its alter ego, La Nina, might soon appear on the horizon.
Earth Sciences
May 24, 2010
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Hard-drive companies are on a new mission to do more than just back up your data. Now they want to bring you and your digital content into the living room.
Hardware
May 24, 2010
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Solar physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have captured for the first time the collision of a comet with the sun.
Space Exploration
May 24, 2010
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Google on Monday made permanent a playable Pac-Man doodle posted in tribute to the classic arcade game's 30th birthday.
Internet
May 24, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Men die at higher rates than women across the lifespan. A new study suggests that this excess mortality is the price of reproductive competition.
Evolution
May 24, 2010
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While the world has reacted with shock and anger to the massive amounts of oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the Deepwater Horizon platform blowout, a UC Santa Barbara scientist has proposed that methane ...
Environment
May 24, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful. A new image transmitted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows signs of severe ice ...
Space Exploration
May 24, 2010
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Like a patient getting a regular checkup, our understanding of climate gets poked and probed in a number of ways. And just as doctors keep a regular clipboard of vital statistics such as blood pressure and weight, meteorologists ...
Earth Sciences
May 24, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This beautiful composite image shows N49, the aftermath of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A new long observation from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, shown in blue, reveals evidence ...
Space Exploration
May 24, 2010
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