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February 8, 2006
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NASA Could Get To Pluto In Weeks By Going Nuclear: Experts - SpaceDaily SD: You've said that a mission to Neptune could be accomplished in 15-and-a-half days? PC: Yes, at 1G acceleration all the way. You're accelerating at 1G all the time, and then when you get halfway, you turn the engine around and you decelerate at 1G. SD: Can you describe the powerplant that produces this? PC: The Russians have said that by 2050 they will have a highly efficient system that uses an extremely small amount of propellant. PC: No. It's a fusion device that produces extremely high-velocity particles, as much as a tenth of the speed of light. |
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Stark warning over climate change - BBC Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases may have more serious impacts than previously believed, a major scientific report has said. The report, published by the UK government, says there is only a small chance of greenhouse gas emissions being kept below "dangerous" levels. It fears the Greenland ice sheet is likely to melt, leading sea levels to rise by 7m (23ft) over 1,000 years. The poorest countries will be most vulnerable to these effects, it adds. In the report's foreword, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair writes that "it is now plain that the emission of greenhouse gases... is causing global warming at a rate that is unsustainable." The European Union (EU) has adopted a target of preventing a rise in global average temperature of more than two degrees Celsius. But that, according to the report, might be too high, with two degrees perhaps enough to trigger melting of the Greenland ice sheet. To have a good chance of achieving the EU's two-degree target, levels should be stabilised at 450ppm or below, the report concludes. But, speaking on Today, the UK government's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, said that was unlikely to happen. |
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Washington Post: Warming debate shifts to ‘tipping point’ Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing so rapidly that humans may be helpless to slow or reverse the trend. This "tipping point" scenario has begun to consume many prominent researchers in the United States and abroad, because the answer could determine how drastically countries need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years. Many say it is urgent that policymakers cut global carbon dioxide emissions in half over the next 50 years or risk the triggering of changes that would be irreversible. |
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Biosciences:
2/8/2005: Green turtle demise greatly exaggerated - New
Scientist
2/8/2005: Battle of the tiddler vertebrates - New
Scientist
2/8/2005: Safe pickings needed for India's vultures - New
Scientist
2/8/2005: Preterm Birth Risk Quickly And Accurately Detected With Proteomic Profiling - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Study Finds Anthrax Toxins Also Harmful To Fruit Flies - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Evolution
Mystery: Spider Venom And Bacteria Share Same Toxin - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Learning More About Beneficial Soil Fungi - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: A Granddad's Advice May Help Thwart Mosquitoes - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: From Lions To Honey
Badgers: Report Lists Top 20 Most-vulnerable African Carnivores - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Idaho Researcher Finds Rare Giant Palouse Earthworm - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Researchers Find That Sense Of Smell Is Dependent On Body Position - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Pesticide Combinations Imperil Frogs, Probably Contribute To Amphibian Decline - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Magic mushrooms given away by a glow - New
Scientist
Climate, Environment:
2/8/2005: Washington
Post: Warming debate shifts to ‘tipping point’
2/8/2005: Stark warning over climate change
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BBC
2/8/2005: Q&A: Climate change -
BBC
2/8/2005: Warming: The evidence -
BBC
2/8/2005: Ice caps footage -
BBC
2/8/2005: Blog follows probe of submerged volcano - MSNBC
2/8/2005: Return of La Nina confirmed - MSNBC
2/8/2005: Microbes In Manure Can Minimize Potential Pharmaceutical Pollution - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Mandate aims to make new electronics less toxic - CNN
Computers:
Devices
2/8/2005: Tainted classics: Sega fails to inspire nostalgia for the golden age of gaming -
BBC
2/8/2005: Games that stick it to 'The Man' - C/Net
2/8/2005: Images: Ad-busting game - C/Net
2/8/2005: GPS receiver for $499.99 - C/Net
2/8/2005: Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad - C/Net
Communications
2/8/2005: Hackers tap Greek government cell phones - C/Net
2/8/2005: Software-defined radio could unify wireless world - New
Scientist
Technology
2/8/2005: Centrino
Duo: Buy or wait? - C/Net
2/8/2005: Apple ads make things awkward for Intel
2/8/2005: Novel single-electron device formed, claims NIST - El.
Engr. Times
PC's
2/8/2005: Sign language Making software secure is tricky, says analyst Bill Thompson -
BBC
2/8/2005: Apple: Macs win the Mission hip wars - C/Net
Internet
2/8/2005: Worm causes no major damage in Hong Kong - Seattle
Times
2/8/2005: Kama Sutra worm hype may bite back - C/Net
2/8/2005: Google: Job seeker creates Google Earth music video - C/Net
2/8/2005: This week in search - C/Net
2/8/2005: FAQ: When Google is not your friend - C/Net
2/8/2005: Police: Teens may have met assailants on MySpace.com - CNN
2/8/2005: Computer virus fells Russian stock exchange - New
Scientist
Miscellaneous
2/8/2005: Microsoft says EU withholding files it needs for defense - Seattle
Times
2/8/2005: The open-source programmer who means business - C/Net
2/8/2005: Spyware tunnels in on Winamp flaw - C/Net
2/8/2005: Bloggers rally around librarians over DRM - C/Net
2/8/2005: This week in patent news - C/Net
Energy:
2/8/2005: Reducing Prices At Gas Pump Goal Of University Of Houston Engineers - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Consolidation to hit solar cell market - El.
Engr. Times
Health:
Cardiovascular
2/8/2005: Strokes ignorance 'costing lives' -
BBC
2/8/2005: New Plant Compounds Could Aid Blood Flow - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Engineered Heart Tissue Offers Insights Into Irregular Heartbeats, Defibrillator Failure - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Gap Widens Between Optimal Versus Actual Cholesterol Levels - Science
Daily
Cancer
2/8/2005: Molecular Force Field Helps Cancer Cells Defend Against Attack - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: New Mouthwash Helps With Pain Linked To Head And Neck Cancer - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Post-pregnancy Events Promote Breast Tumor Metastasis - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Partner Proteins May Help Estrogen Foster Breast Cancer - Science
Daily
Infectious
2/8/2005: New child jab for lethal disease -
BBC
2/8/2005: New Teams Join Network To Model Pandemic Flu, Other Infectious Outbreaks - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Human Antibodies To Protect Against Smallpox - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Study Demonstrates Rapid Diagnosis Of Urinary Tract Infections With Biosensor Technology - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: HOOF-Prints Help Find Where Outbreaks Begin - Science
Daily
Non-Infectious
2/8/2005: Black, White Teens Show Differences In Nicotine Metabolism - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Weight Loss Improves Bladder Control In Women With Prediabetes - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Researchers Studying Diabetes Find A Possible Cause Of Infertility - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Women Pregnant With Girls Experience More Severe Asthma Symptoms - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Obesity May Be Factor In Accelerated Type I Diabetes In Some Patients - Science
Daily
Miscellaneous
2/8/2005: Cosmic
Log: The science of hibernation - MSNBC
2/8/2005: 'Lost cells' offer obesity clue -
BBC
2/8/2005: Eating
fads: What can you do if your child refuses healthy food? -
BBC
2/8/2005: Nature Suggests A Promising Strategy For Artificial Bone
2/8/2005: Weight Gain Myth - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Profiling Amniotic Fluid Yields Faster Test For Infection And Preterm Birth Risk, Researchers Find - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Kama Sutra worm hits home - CNN
History, Anthropology:
2/8/2005: Robot spots ancient shipwreck - MSNBC
2/8/2005: Roman-era tomb unearthed on Crete - MSNBC
2/8/2005: Scientists force evolution in the lab - MSNBC
2/8/2005: Archaeologists Find Evidence Of Earliest African Slaves Brought To New World - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Scientists See And Analyze 650-Million-Year-Old Fossils Inside Rocks In Three Dimensions - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Was ancient ‘Iceman’ a childless outcast? - MSNBC
2/8/2005: Early Earth's oxygen boost linked to clay - New
Scientist
Miscellaneous:
2/8/2005: Ex-Gen Re, AIG officials face fraud indictments - Seattle
Times
2/8/2005: Boeing ultra-long-range jet certified - Seattle
Times
2/8/2005: Thinking outside the tube - C/Net
2/8/2005: Holograms to protect game - C/Net
2/8/2005: Images: Satellite Super Bowl - C/Net
2/8/2005: Photo: Livermore Labs gets guns - C/Net
2/8/2005: Ciao, Olympic venues - C/Net
2/8/2005: Reporter
roundtable: Google earnings dissected - C/Net
2/8/2005: Week in
pictures: Super views, tricky pics - C/Net
2/8/2005: Texas town a haven for patent pirates - Technology
Review
2/8/2005: Exam measures students' 'information literacy' - CNN
2/8/2005: Plane poised for record-breaking flight
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Nature
2/8/2005: Is it best to expect the
worst?
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Nature
Neurosciences:
2/8/2005: Father's feelings: 'My baby died, but they did not acknowledge me' -
BBC
2/8/2005: Yale Findings Hold Promise For Stopping Progression Of Bipolar Disorder - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Can Snoring Ruin A
Marriage? - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Researchers Prove A Single Memory Is Processed In Three Separate Parts Of The Brain - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Gun-toting motorists more prone to road rage - New
Scientist
Physics and Astronomy:
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Space:
2/8/2005: NASA Could Get To Pluto In Weeks By Going
Nuclear: Experts - SpaceDaily
2/8/2005: NASA's Stardust Spacecraft Placed Into Hibernation Mode - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Mars Rovers Advance Understanding Of The Red Planet - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Path To Finding Life On Mars And In Outer Space Begins By Looking At Earth's Inner Space - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: SuitSat1: no empty suit - El.
Engr. Times
2/8/2005: Andromeda's new satellite galaxy is faintest yet - New
Scientist
2/8/2005: Opportunity Takes Microscopic Images, Collaborates With Mars Express ... - SpaceDaily
2/8/2005: Spirit Completes Fourth Mile On Mars - SpaceDaily
Technology:
2/8/2005: Telegrams. Stop: How the age of e-mail has ended the era of the US telegram -
BBC
2/8/2005: The Little Beam That Could- Laser-driven Ion Beams Offer Multiple Uses - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: New Technologies Enhance Quantum Cryptography - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: High-tech Sieve Sifts For Hydrogen - Science
Daily
2/8/2005: Will Google help navigate your
Jetta? - C/Net
2/8/2005: Holograms help protect Super Bowl - C/Net
2/8/2005: Solid-state lighting competition launched - El.
Engr. Times