Scientists hail Titanic leap for mankind
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IT WAS the message dozens of the worldâs leading space scientists had waited years to hear. Huygens - a spacecraft the size of a family car - had successfully detached from the mother ship and begun its mission to unlock the secrets of life on earth.
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The science makes a space elevator a legitimate possibility.
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The scientific world has just been given an amazing new insight into the complexities of human evolution. A team of Indonesian and Australian scientists has discovered fossils of a new human
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British scientists are claiming a world first after finding a way to use hydrogen to fuel cars.
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For the first time ever, scientists are taking an incredible journey to the dawn of the universe
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The launch of the Columbus science laboratory marks a key moment in space exploration for Europe.
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WASHINGTON - The discovery by a pair of wheeled robots that Mars once had vast pools of water and could have harboured life was chosen by the editors of the journal Science as the most important scientific achievement of 2004.
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After 100 years of speculation, scientists have finally found proof that strong tides can trigger earthquakes. The link was confirmed by a trio of researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles
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Plasma physicists have made an unprecedented measurement in their study of the Earth's magnetic field.
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A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are conducting research that could one day save humanity from asteroids threatening Earth.UAH Laser Science and Engineering Group (LSEG), headed by Dr.
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Marine biologists say they have obtained the first proof that sharks can spot changes in magnetic fields, boosting evidence that the fish have an internal compass to guide them as well as a phenomenal sense of smell.
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Scientists believe that they have reconstructed the pivotal event that created the one-celled organism from which all animals and plants are descended.
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Imagine two stars with winds so intense that they eject an Earthâs worth of material roughly once every month. Next, imagine those two winds colliding head-on. Such titanic collisions produce multimillion-degree gas, which radiates brilliantly in X-rays.
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Stunned British and American scientists watched a seven-year dream fall to Earth yesterday at 150mph, potentially smashing the fruits of a $250m mission.
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It&#39;s the discovery by two Mars rovers that the Red Planet once had water and possibly could have supported life. That recognition comes today from the journal Science.
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Russian and US spacemen have landed safely back on Earth after completing their mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Russians Yuri Shargin and Gennady Padalka and American Michael Fincke touched
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HAMBURG (Der Spiegel) - Scientists here recently simulated the sinking of the Estonia, the 1994 Baltic Sea ferry disaster that killed 852 people. The bottom line: Scientific evidence shows that the vessel was traveling much too fast in stormy seas and that the crew's attempts to save the ship by turning it actually caused it to capsize...