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 DEPTHX, NASA’s latest deep-water robot, is set to investigate one of Earth’s deepest sinkholes, Mexico’s El Zacatón, during a mission that precedes NASA’s intentions of exploring the cold oceans of Jupiter’s moon Europa.In 20 years from now we will probably witness the historic event of a deep (literally) exploration of one of the few...
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 A new study concluded that oceans’ ability to absorb the huge amounts of CO2 emanated in the atmosphere has decreased, thus boosting the global warming.The study, published in the most recent issue of Science magazine, says that oceans have lost their capacity to retain the atmospheric CO2, thus contributing to the accelerated phenomenon...
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Astronomers have recently discovered that a distant planet discovered three years ago is hosting a strange climate, where water is found in an exotic, unknown state of aggregation called “hot ice”.The planet isn’t unique only because of its unusual climate, but also because it is the first of all the relatively small exo-planets (Uranus...
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 With more than 50 square kilometers of Arctic ice melting every day due to the global warming, scientists now learn, using high-precision NASA satellites, that the interior of the Southern ice cap is also diminishing rapidly.The accelerating meltdown is caused by a phenomenon previously unknown to climatologists, which determines masses...
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 Scientists have come up with yet another “irrefutable” proof that the elusive, but extremely convenient, dark matter actually exists.Dark matter is considered today as the best explanation for a series of fascinating phenomena that take place in our ever-expanding Universe. If I might put it this way, dark matter and dark energy theory...
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 The impenetrable Equatorial forests that cover a large part of Colombia’s territory are still hosting a plethora of unknown species of animals, insects and plants, and the recent discovery of a rare hummingbird is certainly an event to talk about.Unfortunately, the bird’s habitat is endangered by heavy industrial deforestation and by the...
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 No, it’s not what you’d think: a group 1,500 scientists have declared that Canada’s vast coniferous woods should actually get more protection than they get now, since those trees are probably the last standing bastion against aggravated global warming.As one of the largest green belts in the world, covering an area over 12 times the size...
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 As NVIDIA continues to outshine its former Canadian rival ATI (now AMD’s property), the recent launch of the long-expected R600 video card (or, if you prefer, the HD 2900 XT) is leaving ATI fans with a bitter taste of failure, for the new piece of hardware will definitely NOT dethrone Nvidia from its tyrannical position on the...
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Did you think that the warm winter we had recently was an accident? Think of this: by 2080 summer temperatures will rise by 10 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NASA’s predictions.Scientists Barry Lynn and Leonard Druyan of Columbia University and NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies have countered previous climate studies and...
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 James “Scotty” Doohan’s ashes, blasted into suborbital space this month, have returned to earth but their exact location is not yet known.Doohan died in the summer of 2005 at the age of 85 and his last wish was to be buried in space, among the stars he sailed through for many years onboard the Enterprise. Two years after his death, one...
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