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Radio
signal: Hello from alien life?
discovery.com
An enigmatic radio signal picked up three
times from the same area of the sky is a
candidate for a call from intelligent alien
life: New Scientist mag.
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Space
elevator competition starts
xinhuanet.com
The project, named "Elevator: 2010"
will focus on innovations in fields that could
open the way for payloads to be lifted into
space by light-powered platforms.
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Moho
gone missing, geologists say
eurekalert.org
About 25 miles beneath the Earth's surface is
a discrete boundary between the planet's rocky
crust and the mantle below that geologists
call the Moho.
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Signals
from 1000 light years away
newscientist.com
In 2003, astronomers involved in the search
for extraterrestrial intelligence pointed the
massive radio telescope at around 200 sections
of the sky.
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Comet
research pioneer Whipple dies
yahoo.com
Fred L. Whipple, a pioneer in astronomy who
proposed the "dirty snowball" theory
for the substance of comets, has died. He was
97. Click for more information.
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Cheops
final resting place pinpointed?
discovery.com
Two French amateur archaeologists say they
have found the secret burial chamber of the
Pyramid of Cheops near Cairo, the largest
pyramid ever built.
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Smart
watch helps forgetful people
xinhuanet.com
Are you a person with a poor memory or are you
always forgetting things in your daily life?
Now an unusual watch can help you break the
habit.
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Robots
to rule world in table football
xinhuanet.com
Freiburg University researchers in Germany
have developed a robot that they claim will
grab the world title in table soccer by the
end of the decade.
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Owl
uses dung to get food
discovery.com
A clever species of owl baits its lair with
dung to attract tasty beetles, offering a
remarkable case in wildlife where an animal
uses a tool to help it survive.
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Satellites
detect 'glow' of plankton
eurekalert.org
For the first time, scientists may now detect
a phytoplankton bloom in its early stages by
looking at its red "glow" under
sunlight, thanks to two NASA satellites.
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Astronomers
spot smallest planets yet
yahoo.com
American astronomers say they have discovered
the two smallest planets yet orbiting nearby
stars, capping the latest round in a frenzied
hunt for other worlds.
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Single
gene removes sex differences
newscientist.com
Significant structural differences in the
brains of males and females may result from
selective cell death orchestrated by a single
gene during early development.
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