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Comet Lulin will be closest to the Earth this week, and more precisely on February 24th. Comet Lulin will streak by the earth within 38 million miles – 160 times farther than the moon -and is expected to be visible to the naked eye.
The comet was discovered just one year ago, and the “Green Comet” [...]

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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) may have discovered some ancient hot springs on the red planet. The significance is that liike Earth, organisms may have also thrived in the springs. Life on Earth can thrive in and around hydrothermal springs.
Carlton C. Allen and Dorothy Z. Oehler, from the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate [...]

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The La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles are the site of the richest ice age deposits in the world. Animals became stuck in a tar pit along a river bed over 40,000 years ago which is why there are such a large amount of fossils.
Typically these fossils are spread out, or mixed with [...]

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It’s not all that often you get to see a comet in the sky is it? No idea really. I just can’t remember ever seeing one, or hearing about seeing one other than Haley’s Comet which is observable every 78 years. Slim chance you would ever see that one twice eh? Better chance to find [...]

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Oh boy…this study may sound quite ridiculous to you. It certainly did to me when I read the heading. At least until my marketing sense started tingling.
I’m sure it is no surprise that many women, and I’m sure a lot of men, find the cuteness of a baby something that makes them a [...]

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My first thought when seeing this story was that we already have this in most computers. You can have your PC shut itself down whenever you want if it isn’t being used in Windows at least. Have it hibernate, shut down, go to standby, whatever. In fact, I’m still trying to figure out how exactly [...]

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Malaria claims the life of one child every 30 seconds across the world. Drug-resistant malaria has also become a major problem. Finding ways to treat it have been a serious concern.
A team of Monash University researchers led by Professor James Whisstock has made a major breakthrough in the international fight against malaria, however that [...]

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