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alt Apple iCloud: What it is, and what it costs
With Apple revealing iCloud price details along with the beta version of iCloud.com, now seems like a good time to explain what the service is to anyo...
Wednesday, 03 August 2011
Ancient tides wildly different than today
The ebb and flow of the tides is such a regular occurrence that almanacs predict them years in advance for coastal cities and beaches. But those predi...
Wednesday, 03 August 2011
alt Scientists always anger those who prefer the Earth to be flat
In 1870 a biologist set out to test a popular myth. A skeptic had bet £500 that nobody could prove the Earth was anything but flat and Alfred Russel ...
Wednesday, 03 August 2011
alt Scientists stunned by surface of asteroid Vesta
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The first close-up pictures of the massive asteroid Vesta reveal a northern hemisphere littered with craters — including a trio ...
Wednesday, 03 August 2011
alt Amazon deforestation on the rise again in Brazil
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon accelerated in June, with more than 300 square kilometers destroyed, a 17 percent increase over the previous month, g...
Wednesday, 03 August 2011
alt African rat protects itself with poison
NEW YORK (UPI) -- Researchers, including U.S. conservationists, say they've discovered the first known mammal to use plant poison to defend itself.A p...
Wednesday, 03 August 2011
alt Snakes masquerade as poisonous vipers to avoid attacks
Harmless snakes can apparently squish their heads to look like venomous vipers and avoid getting eaten, scientists find.Vipers such as rattlesnakes ar...
Tuesday, 02 August 2011
alt Particle accelerators full of spin and fury, signifying something
In the sidewalk con game known as three-card monte, you have to try to follow one of three cards (the red ace, say) as a dealer shuffles them back and...
Tuesday, 02 August 2011
alt Oxygen molecules discovered in space. Do astronauts really need space suits?
Astronomers can finally breathe a sigh of relief: A team of scientists has discovered the first oxygen molecules in deep space, capping a nearly 230-y...
Tuesday, 02 August 2011
alt Prehistoric ice meltings analyzed
EUGENE, Ore. (UPI) -- An analysis of prehistoric discharges of icebergs in the North Atlantic shows even slight warming can trigger a collapse of ice ...
Tuesday, 02 August 2011
 
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