Posts Tagged ' earth '
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Is fracking our only choice?
December 13, 2012
The UK government has approved the controversial technique of shale gas fracking.
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Gravity pulls gravity probe
November 19, 2012
The GOCE satellite is to move to a lower orbit to take a closer look at Earth’s gravity.
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Blooming solution to climate change?
July 19, 2012
Could we grow sea algae to combat climate change?
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Rain: a storm-soother?
February 24, 2012
The frictional force of raindrops in a storm shower has enough energy to weaken the storm’s winds.
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Water world out there
February 22, 2012
Astronomers have found a ‘water world’ orbiting a red-dwarf star 40 light years away.
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Take a leap second…
January 19, 2012
Experts are deciding whether to abolish the extra seconds that keep atomic clocks in sync with the Earth’s rotation.
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Winter cooling
January 13, 2012
Scientists have modelled a link between snow cover in Siberia and colder winters elsewhere.
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Could this be Earth 2.0?
December 6, 2011
NASA’s Kepler telescope has confirmed the existence of the most Earth-like planet discovered so far.
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A new Earth?
September 13, 2011
Astronomers have found a planet slightly larger than Earth with the right properties to support life.
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Our galactic gold source
September 8, 2011
Scientists have shown that gold and other precious metals came from outerspace.
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