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[Australian sailors exposed to radiation after radar error - 11 Mar 2010 Sailors on board an Australian warship were exposed to radiation after another naval ship accidentally locked its long-range air warning radar onto the tanker during a refuelling stop.... [Proposed mission would return sample from asteroid 'time capsule' - 11 Mar 2010 Meet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. It also might hit us someday.... [Van-sized robot to hunt radiation - 11 Mar 2010 A remotely operated vehicle is to be built to recover radioactive particles from the seabed near Dounreay.... [Oldest measurement of Earth's magnetic field reveals battle between sun and Earth for our atmosphere - 04 Mar 2010 Scientists have discovered that the Earth's magnetic field 3.5 billion years ago was only half as strong as it is today, and that this weakness, coupled with a strong wind of energetic particles from the young Sun, likely stripped water from the early Earth's atmosphere.... [Stephen Hawking 'considers leaving Britain over university cuts' - 03 Mar 2010 Professor Stephen Hawking is considering leaving Cambridge University in protest at Government cuts....	[James M. Gentile: Science Education: The Value of Undergraduate Research - 08 Mar 2010 Growing concern about America's continued leadership in science and innovation is well- documented, and now new research offers hope. It provides, for the first time,...... [GCSE science guide ignores biology, chemistry and physics - 04 Mar 2010 Education chiefs have issued a guide to teaching science that fails to mention biology, chemistry or physics.... [Creationists And Climate Deniers Take On Teaching Climate Science In Schools - 04 Mar 2010 Last week, Treehugger and ThinkProgress reported that the South Dakota state legislature passed a resolution to urge schools to teach climate science and facts about global warming as "astrological" and "cosmological" theories rather than hard science.... [School science undermined by 'easy' exams - 24 Feb 2010 Pupils' grasp of science and maths is being undermined by the growth of multiple choice exams and bite-sized courses, according to a Government-backed report....	[Doctors to Unveil Sticking Plaster as Skin Cancer Cure - 12 Mar 2010 The Ambulight high-tech device contains a small light that combines with a chemical cream to kill skin cancer cells.... ['Biodegradable' plastic bags may not be as eco-friendly as thought - 11 Mar 2010 ''Biodegradable'' plastic bags used by major supermarkets do not break down as quickly as believed and may not be as environmentally-friendly as they sound, according to Government-funded research.... [Quantum dots spotlight DNA-repair proteins in motion - 11 Mar 2010 Repair proteins appear to efficiently scan the genome for errors by jumping like fleas between DNA molecules, sliding along the strands, and perhaps pausing at suspicious spots, say researchers who tagged the proteins with quantum dots to watch the action unfold.... [New Alzheimer's test offers better opportunities for early detection - 11 Mar 2010 Early detection is key to more effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive impairment, and recent research shows that a new test is more than 95 percent effective in detecting cognitive abnormalities associated with these diseases.... [Nigeria : The Imperatives of Sustainable Development in Niger-Delta - 11 Mar 2010 Watchers of the post amnesty programme truly heaved a sigh of relief when the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan told the nation that his administration was determined to give more than lip service to the programme that resulted in the cessation of hostilities between the Federal Government and the restive youths in the Niger Delta region.... [Annie Leonard On Colbert - 10 Mar 2010 What's Your Reaction' Environmental activist/consumerist critic Annie Leonard appeared on The Colbert Report Tuesday to discuss her new book, "The Story of Stuff," which was released Tuesday.... [Humans are driving extinction faster than species can evolve - 08 Mar 2010 Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change For the first time since the dinosaurs disappeared, humans are driving animals and plants to extinction faster than new species can evolve, one of the world's experts on biodiversity has warned. Conservation experts have already signalled that the world is in the grip of ...... [Simon Sinek: Meet The New Chairman of the FED: Charles Darwin - 16 Feb 2010 As if Charles Darwin himself were personally involved, the significant economic dips and downturns we face seem designed to weed out the weak. It's a......


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