Observatory: Along With Sound and Light, Fireworks Displays Produce a Brief Flare of Pollution
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Fireworks that may not be entirely benign, engineering the quest for ethanol and the largest flying bird ever.
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Listen to an iPod during a storm and you may get more than electrifying tunes.
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Next week brings us the    return of the famous Leonid Meteor Shower, a meteor display that over the past    several years has brought great anticipation and excitement to sky watchers    around the world.
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Smoggy, sooty, unhealthy air returned to settle over the Washington area this week, setting off Code Orange pollution alerts and signaling that -- even after decades of cleanup efforts -- summertime here can still mean irritants in every breath.
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Solar flares are tremendous explosions on the surface of our Sun, releasing as much energy as a billion megatons of TNT in the form of radiation, high energy particles and magnetic fields.
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BEIJING -- An explosion at a fireworks factory yesterday in northern China killed 25 and injured nine, officials said. Most of the victims at the Xiangliu firecracker factory in Shanxi province were young women, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The cause of the explosion was under investigation, Xinhua said, and authorities were looking for the owner of the factory, ...
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Computer problems caused problems with Seattle's New Year's Eve fireworks show, forcing the company handling the display, Pyro Spectaculars, to launch the fireworks manually.
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Fireworks are believed to have been invented by the Chinese in ancient times. And a bunch of Frenchmen called Group F are currently displaying their skills with fireworks in the home country of the art.
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Scientists hoped good weather yesterday and today would allow them to get a better look at the volcano. A flurry of small earthquakes beginning in late September were followed by a burst of steam and ash on
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On-the-spot Â£80 fines come into force to tackle the misuse of fireworks ahead of 5 November.
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Backyard use of fireworks and related injuries are increasing nationwide, according to industry and government data, and researchers say thousands of children each year are among the victims.
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SYDNEY : More than a million people are expected to turn out for the annual fireworks show in Sydney on Friday as Australia&#39;s biggest city brings in the New Year in a celebration subdued by tragedy and turned into a fundraiser for tsunami victims.
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Early morning joggers, dog-walkers and commuters are enjoying a dazzling predawn light show in the eastern sky this week. Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets visible
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Lights across France dim for five minutes as part of a campaign designed to raise awareness of climate change.
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Have you ever visited New York on a hot day and seen that haze that appears to hover at the end the street? Is it diesel exhaust? The Con Ed plant? A Korean barbecue?
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Revelers in Australia staked out prime spots along Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge foreshore Monday, ready to be among the first to usher in 2008 with a massive fireworks display. Meanwhile, celebrations in other parts of Asia were marred by casualties.
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HONOLULU-Sound waves can hitch a ride   along magnetic fountains that shoot out from inside the Sun   and help to heat up the solar atmosphere, according to   a new study presented here at a meeting of the American Astronomical   Society.&nbsp;