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Scientists show Einstein's theory of general relativity applies to cosmic scales
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03/16/2010 08:10 AM
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A team led by Princeton University scientists has tested Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity to determine that it applies to cosmic scales, much beyond our solar system.
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Even the Sun can't save us from global warming!
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03/16/2010 07:00 AM
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A new study has determined that even if the sun commenced a very long period of low activity, it cannot put the brakes on the relentless rise of global temperatures caused by greenhouse gases.
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Hurtling star could fire comets at Earth!
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03/16/2010 04:50 AM
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New calculations have suggested that a hurtling star is on its path to enter our solar system in about 1.5 million years, scattering millions of comets into paths that cross Earth's orbit.
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Noaa Fisheries Lists Pacific Smelt As Threatened
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03/16/2010 02:35 PM
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- The Pacific smelt, a small fish that is popular as food and bait, but is beset by climate change, declining river flows, and shrimp fishing, is getting fed...
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Avatar To Be Released On Dvd On Earth Day, April 22
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03/16/2010 02:21 PM
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Los Angeles - The eco-friendly cinematic blockbuster Avatar will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on Earth Day, April 22, Fox Home Entertainment said Tuesday. The movie has racked up more than 2.5 billi...
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Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Could Be Delayed Due To Leaks
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03/16/2010 02:20 PM
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Space shuttle Discovery arrives at pad 39A for launch preparations after a six hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, March 3, ...
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Nasa Needs A Clear Destination For Space Exploration, Experts Say
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03/16/2010 02:04 PM
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NEW YORK Top space experts on Monday bemoaned the lack of a clear destination in the new NASA space plan proposed by President Barack Obama, but they often disagreed on what that new goal sho...
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Are Venus And Earth In A Long-distance Relationship
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03/16/2010 02:03 PM
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Whenever Venus and Earth arrive at the closest point in their orbits, Venus always presents the same face to us. This could mean that Earth's gravity is tugging subtly on Venus, affecting its rotation...
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Are Cosmic Rays Really Causing Toyota's Woes
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03/16/2010 12:58 PM
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An anonymous tipster whose complaint prompted regulators to look at the issue said the design of Toyota's microprocessors, memory chips and software could make them more vulnerable than those of other...
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Are Cosmic Rays Really Causing Toyota's Woes
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03/16/2010 12:58 PM
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An anonymous tipster whose complaint prompted regulators to look at the issue said the design of Toyota's microprocessors, memory chips and software could make them more vulnerable than those of other...
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‘historic Flooding’ Possible In U.s., Noaa Says
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03/16/2010 12:45 PM
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March 16 (Bloomberg) -- One-third of the U.S. faces the possibility of “historic flooding” in coming weeks, especially the upper Midwest states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and...
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Through An Astronaut's Eyes
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03/16/2010 12:35 PM
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mountain road, it's slippery and you're doing a bunch of curves and you don't really see anything because you have a cliff falling away on one side and another cliff up on the other. Bu...
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Spacecraft Takes Express Tour Of Martian Moon
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03/16/2010 11:16 AM
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The sharpest images yet taken by the Mars Express spacecraft of Mars’ tiny moon Phobos reveal features as small as 4.4 meters across, the European Space Agency announced March 15. Some of the n...
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Noaa Warns Of Spring Floods In Upper Midwest
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03/16/2010 10:34 AM
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(Reuters) - The U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration warned Tuesday of "historic" spring flooding in the Upper Midwest and the major corn growing state of Iowa because of a huge snow pack ...
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Knowing Life Of Astronauts
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03/16/2010 10:03 AM
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SINA English is the English-language destination for news and information about China. Find general information on life, culture and travel in China through our news and special reports or find busine...
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Nasa Finds Deep Ice Holds Living Creatures
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03/16/2010 09:33 AM
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Posted on: Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 07:00 CDT Scientists trying to catch a glimpse of what the underbelly of an ice sheet in Antarctica looks like got the surprise of a lifetime when they found a sh...
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Scientists Show Einstein's Theory Of General Relativity Applies To Cosmic Scales
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03/16/2010 07:50 AM
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Washington, March 16 : A team led by Princeton University scientists has tested Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity to determine that it applies to cosmic scales, much beyond our solar syst...
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No-frills 'avatar' Home Release Set For Earth Day
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03/16/2010 07:17 AM
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L OS ANGELES — "Avatar" may be the ultimate big-screen experience, but how will it fit into the living rooms of America? That’s the challenge presented to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainm...
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International Study To Analyze Galaxy Formation
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03/16/2010 07:07 AM
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(MCT) Mar. 16--Looking back in time sounds like pure science fiction, but that's what happens every time you see a star. The light producing that image has been traveling through time for thousand...
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03/16/2010 06:54 AM
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This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 4:15 a.m. EDT shows widespread clouds over northern Texas as low pressure and an associated cold front spark showers and locally heavy rainfa...
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