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Has Your Sign Really Changed?
Fans of the Zodiac have been bombarded with the unsettling news that their astrological sign may not be what they thought. The horror of switching from Gemini to Taurus had people rushing to the Web for answers, sending searches for “zodiac signs” into the stratosphere. So has your sign changed? Probably not. But it all [...]
Gecko Lizards provide Medical Benefits
A woman prepares dead geckos for drying in Siwalan Tegal village in Probolinggo, Indonesia. The reptiles are believed to provide medicinal benefits.
US, Russian satellite collision threaten’s other satellite spacecraft in orbit
In Moscow – U.S. and Russian officials traded shots Thursday over who was to blame for a huge satellite collision this week that sent speeding clouds of debris into space, threatening other unmanned spacecraft in nearby orbits. The smashup 500 miles (800 kilometers) over Siberia on Tuesday involved a derelict Russian spacecraft designed for military communications [...]
California feels the 5.4 earthquake
At 11:42 am on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area experienced its largest earthquake in years as a magnitude 5.4 event occurred 8.5 miles beneath the Chino Hills. This earthquake was felt across much of southern California, and as far away as Las Vegas, Nevada. Latest Earthquakes – Last 7 Days
Water should be Harvested Before it melts
Some glaciers in Europe have suffered significant losses The rate at which some of the world’s glaciers are melting has more than doubled, data from the United Nations Environment Programme has shown. Average glacial shrinkage has risen from 30 centimetres per year between 1980 and 1999, to 1.5 metres in 2006. Some of the biggest [...]
Saturn moon ‘once had ocean’
- Tethys-one of Saturn’s moons may once have harbored a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface, scientists reported to a conference in Houston, Texas. Tethys is a mid-sized satellite with a density close to that of pure ice. There is a large valley system visible today which could have formed when the crust was repeatedly [...]
