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| Mars study shows oceans of water FAN-SHAPED deltas at the edge of huge basins scattered across Mars were probably formed by a titanic influx of water, gushing from the bowels of the Red Planet, said a study released overnight. news.com.au |
MIT tackles urban gridlock with foldable car idea CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Wouldn't it be nice to drive a car into town without worrying about finding a parking space? feeds.reuters.com |
Giant Antarctic ice shelf breaks into the sea A vast hunk of floating ice has broken away from the Antarctic peninsula, threatening the collapse of a much larger ice shelf behind it, in a development that has shocked climate scientists.Satellite images show that about 160 square miles of the Wilkins ice shelf has been lost since the end of February, leaving the ice interior now "hanging by a thread".The collapsing shelf suggests that climate change could be forcing change much more quickly than scientists had predicted. "The ice shelf is hanging by a thread," said Professor David Vaughan of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). "We'll know in the next few days or weeks what its fate will be."The Wilkins shelf covers an area of 5,600 square miles (14,500 sq km). It is now protected by just a thin thread of ice between two islands. Vaughan was a member of the team that predicted in 1993 that global warming could cause the Wilkins shelf to collapse within 30 years.The shedding of peripheral... guardian.co.uk |
Geeks and Guinness: the formula for sexy science Science cafes are booming, although the subject is failing in our schools guardian.co.uk |
Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research AMHERST, Mass. (AP) -- One gray squirrel, its bushy tail twitching, barked a warning as another scrounged for food nearby.... hosted.ap.org |