Astronomers discovered a planetary system orbiting a nearby star that is only 54 light-years away. All three planets orbit their star at a distance closer than Mercury orbits the sun, …read more Source:: Science
Day: April 28, 2015
Beijing Olympics study links pollution to lower birth weight
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•Exposure to high levels of pollution can have a significant impact on fetal growth and development, researchers conclude. Their study found that women who were pregnant during the 2008 Beijing …read more Source:: Science
Unmasking the secrets of Mercury, in color
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•The MESSENGER spacecraft is the first ever to orbit the planet Mercury, and the spacecraft’s seven scientific instruments and radio science investigation are unraveling the history and evolution of the …read more Source:: Science
Mitchell Hashimoto follows up Vagrant with Vault key encryption
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•By Serdar Yegulalp After creating the Vagrant devops tool, Mitchell Hashimoto has been anything but complacent. He’s launched several projects, including the Atlas end-to-end management system for controlling the open source projects …read more Source:: OpenSource
Not much size difference between male and female Australopithecines
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•Lucy and other members of the early hominid species Australopithecus afarensis probably were similar to humans in the size difference between males and females, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Space station docking with supply ship delayed by technical hitch
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•MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia was forced to postpone the docking of an unmanned cargo ship with the International Space Station on Tuesday because of a problem receiving data from the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
How cracking explains underwater volcanoes and the Hawaiian bend
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•Geoscientists have helped prove that some of the ocean’s underwater volcanoes did not erupt from hot spots in the Earth’s mantle but instead formed from cracks or fractures in the …read more Source:: Science
Childhood bullying causes worse long-term mental health problems than maltreatment
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•Bullying adversely affects children in later life more than being maltreated, according to new research. A new study shows that children who have been bullied by peers suffer worse in …read more Source:: Science