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Discovery Channel News Headlines
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- Who Writes Wikipedia Articles?
It takes a village of contributors -- adding paragraphs here, inserting references there -- to craft a quality Wikipedia article.
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:00:00 EDT
- News Flash: Einstein Is Still Right
After analyzing 70,000 galaxies within 3.5 billion light years from Earth, physicists show that Einstein's theory of general relativity still holds strong.
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:32:36 EDT
- Another Good Reason Not to Shoot Nukes at Asteroids
A new study suggests that even if you did successfully blow up an asteroid with a nuclear weapon, the newly radioactive asteroid pieces could reform under mutual gravity in an astonishingly fast rate.
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:13:49 EDT
- Demolition Derby is Never-Ending in Saturn's Rings
A billion miles away there is a never-ending demolition derby taking place among myriad flying boulders that have been bumping and grinding inside Saturn’s magnificent rings since the early days of the solar system.
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:13:00 EDT
- Bio Breakthrough Signals Future Sensors
A piece of research news went practically unnoticed recently, except to the scientists in the field who saw it for what it is: an exciting development that could lead to sci-fi-like biosensors and ultra-efficient microelectronics.
Researchers at the University of ...
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:28:00 EDT
- A Windy Link Between Hurricane Basins
The eastern North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans set up a see-saw of weather conditions that affect how hurricanes form in both regions.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:06:33 EDT
- Whales May Change Color with Age, Stress
Can whales change color due to age, illness and/or stress? Marine biologist and noted whale expert Carrie Newell suspects they might. Since 1992, Newell has been documenting the comings and goings of gray whales at Depoe Bay, Oregon. A small ...
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:06 EDT
- Turbulence Tamed in Water Pipes
A technique to keep turbulence down in pipes could save money and could even be used to make vessels more fuel efficient and keep arteries clear.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:22:00 EDT
- Is There Water On The Moon? Bucketloads.
A huge quantity of water has been discovered in craters at the north lunar pole, enough water to supply a large US city for three years. Also, there also appears to be evidence for a lunar "hydrosphere".
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:20:32 EDT
- iPhone App Helps Zap City Blight
Tap an icon on the phone's screen to record city eyesores and then keep track of when fixes are made.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:03:00 EDT
- Watching the Seismic Dragon Sleep
Monitoring the periodic twitches in North America's most dangerous fault has got to be a nerve-wracking occupation.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:00:41 EDT
- A Major Blow to Bluefin Tuna
A proposed global ban on trading the fish failed today, leaving their future in jeopardy.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:25:00 EDT
- Five Explorer Robots We Really, Really Miss
A few days ago, I was saddened by the news that we had lost ABE, the Autonomous Benthic Explorer, off the coast of Chile. For 15 years, ABE had plumbed the depths, literally and figuratively, for the Woods Hole Oceanographic ...
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:15:03 EDT
- Red River Flooding Brings Nostalgia
The flooding in North Dakota brings back one reporter's memories of a community determined to hold back the high waters.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:42:57 EDT
- NASA Mission Posters Bring the Cheese
Blasting humans into the unforgiving vacuum of space is cool and all, but do you really expect us to buy into it without snazzy poster art? NASA's thinking exactly.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:18:40 EDT
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