he Appendix: Useful and in Fact Promising
LiveScience.com
Charles Q. Choi
Special to LiveScience
Mon Aug 24, 10:30 am ET
The body’s appendix has long been thought of as nothing more than a worthless evolutionary artifact, good for nothing save a potentially lethal case of inflammation.
Now researchers suggest the appendix is a lot more than a useless remnant. Not only […]
Jupiter Apparently Hit By Object, According to NASA
In this image released by NASA/JPL showing a large impact on Jupiter’s south polar region captured on Monday, July 20, 2009, by NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Astronomers say Jupiter has apparently been struck by an object, possibly a comet. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL)
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Isn’t it bad enough we already have to fight
Mexico, China and Indonesia
in the marketplace?
I don’t conveniently forget about my forays into the crystal ball. The enclosed post was a response to the story about the New Seven Wonders poll in March.
I present for all to see that I failed to agree on even one of the winners. As it was an international poll, I can assuredly say […]
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A wildfire rages behind the Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park north of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Reuters
Mercury’s spin reveals molten, not solid core
Thu May 3, 2007 3:10PM EDT
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Using a fancy version of a common chef’s trick, scientists have discovered that Mercury’s core may be partially molten, making it a little more Earth-like than once thought.
Chefs can tell whether an egg is hard-boiled or raw by spinning […]
This artistic illustration released by the European Southern Observatory on Tuesday, April 24, 2007, shows the newly discovered planet Gliese 581 c orbiting the red dwarf star, Gliese 581. Astronomers believe that the newly discovered planet is potentially habitable. (AP Photo/European Southern Observatory)
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Potentially habitable planet found
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer 2 hours, 31 minutes […]
by their failure to have ever noticed this body of water.
Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 09:51 GMT
Probe reveals seas on Saturn moon
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News, Houston
Cassini radar image of the sea on Titan compared with image of Lake Superior
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Nasa’s Cassini probe has found evidence for seas, probably filled with liquid hydrocarbons, at […]
Image: (L’il Oleg) newyorkmetro.com; (craft)aa-alpha-net.ne.jp; (dress) metmuseum.org
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The Air and Space Museum’s planetarium show depicts a too-close encounter between a young Earth and another planet.
Photo Credit: American Museum Of Natural History
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