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December 2nd, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
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On Monday, in Venice, Italy heavy rains left Venice almost completed flooded and sorrounded sea levels rose to their highest in 22 years.
City officials say the sea level topped 156 centimeters (61 ...
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November 3rd, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
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Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANI): A team of archeologists, which has discovered six ancient relics, a Chinese coin, and a temple foundation in a village in the island of Java, Indonesia, have ...
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October 16th, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): New evidence has emerged that, given enough time, climate change can even alter the course of plate tectonics, by grinding them down.
The march of plate tectonics had ...
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October 10th, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
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Berlin, Oct 10 (ANI): A scientist from Germany has claimed to have uncovered tracks from the worlds oldest dinosaur, though the footprints at the center of the find have sparked a ...
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October 9th, 2008 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): A new research has found that frozen arctic soil contains nearly twice the greenhouse-gas-producing organic matter as was previously estimated, which reveals new clues to climate change.
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October 9th, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): Researchers have demonstrated that wetlands in tropical areas are able to absorb and hold onto about 80 percent more carbon than can wetlands in temperate zones.
The scientists ...
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October 8th, 2008 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 8 (ANI): Researchers have captured on camera the deepest fish caught alive ever, the ghostly snailfish, at the depth of 4.8 miles (7.7 kilometers) beneath the surface of the ...
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September 4th, 2008 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, September 4 (ANI): Scientists have unearthed a piece of fossilized tree sap known as amber containing parts of a hundred-million-year-old gecko, which is the oldest specimen ever found of the ...
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July 25th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington , July 25 (ANI): University of Michigan engineers are seeking to develop a "lab-on-a-chip" kit that people can assemble on their own.
The simple 16-piece kit brings microfluidic devices to the ...
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July 16th, 2008 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 16 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander is using its robotic arm to enlarge an exposure of hard subsurface material expected to yield a sample of ice-rich soil for analysis ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 8 (ANI): Golfers whore good at the game are more likely to see the hole as larger than their not so well playing counterparts, says a new research.
"Golfers have ...
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June 29th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
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London , June 29 (ANI): A new computer simulation has suggested that a weak and under-active solar cycle could keep thousands of pieces of the destroyed Chinese satellite Fengyun-1C in orbit ...
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June 28th, 2008 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
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London, June 28 (ANI): A new computer simulation has suggested that a weak and under-active solar cycle could keep thousands of pieces of the destroyed Chinese satellite Fengyun-1C in orbit for ...
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June 27th, 2008 - 11:43 am ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 27 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Landers preliminary results have indicated that the soil near the North Pole of the Red Planet is surprisingly earthlike, which is ripe for growing ...
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June 24th, 2008 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 24 (ANI): A new study has suggested that despite their vastly different sizes, ancient wombats that roamed Australia about two million to 10,000 years ago, all belonged to the ...
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June 19th, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 19 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander has made a new test trench by digging in an area called Wonderland on the Red Planet, taking its first scoop of soil ...
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June 18th, 2008 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 18 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander is baking its first sample of Martian soil, while its robotic arm continues to dig deeper into the soil to learn more about ...
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June 11th, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
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London, June 11 (ANI): An astronomer has suggested that Nix and Hydra, two of Plutos moons, are spray-painting the planet and Charon with their dust.
According to a report in New Scientist, ...
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May 24th, 2008 - 12:22 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 24 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander, that is all set to land on the surface of the Red Planet on May 25, will face a harrowing seven minutes during ...
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April 10th, 2008 - 11:23 pm ICT by admin
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Stockholm, April 10 (RIA Novosti) Scientists in northern Sweden believe they have discovered the world's oldest living tree dating back nearly 8,000 years, local media said Thursday. A Norway spruce, which ...
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April 3rd, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by admin
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By Juhan Samuel
Kalpetta (Kerala), Apr 3 (ANI): A re-excavation, conducted after 114 years, by the Kerala State Archeology Department has unearthed 40 odd engravings, artifacts of Neolithic period and some tools ...
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March 26th, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by admin
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London, March 26 (ANI): A scientist of Indian origin has developed a new mechanism which would be able to power a micro air vehicle that would not be affected by light ...
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March 24th, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, March 24 (ANI): European scientists have developed a car protection system that thinks intelligently and protects its occupants before a side-impact.
The research is part of a project funded by the ...
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March 23rd, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, March 23 (ANI): European scientists have developed a car protection system that thinks intelligently and protects its occupants before a side-impact.
The research is part of a project funded by the ...
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March 14th, 2008 - 2:19 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, March 14 (ANI): A new study has indicated that without dams and reservoirs, sea levels would have risen 30 percent more than they already have.
According to a report in National ...
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March 12th, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, March 12 (ANI): Scientists have rediscovered the Carrikeri Harlequin Frog, which had been missing for 14 years, in a remote mountainous region in Colombia.
This frog, which is critically endangered, was rediscovered ...
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February 5th, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by admin
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Shimla, Feb 5 (ANI): Fresh snowfall led to road blockade in Himachal Pradesh disrupting transport service in the hilly state and causing inconvenience to residents and tourists alike.
Heavy snowfall in the upper ...
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January 29th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Jan 29 (ANI): The origin of the horseshoe crab has been pushed back by at least 100 million years with the discovery of two nearly complete fossil specimens in Canada.
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January 5th, 2008 - 4:06 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI): A 100-million-year-old turtle fossil was recently discovered in a river in Central China.
A local resident discovered organic remains of the turtle in a river in Jiaxian, located ...
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December 8th, 2007 - 8:52 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Dec 8 (ANI): Researchers have identified the worlds largest and most deadliest known species of spitting cobra.
Named as 'Ashes spitting cobra', or 'large brown spitting cobra', this reptile can reach lengths ...
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