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Desalination: Reasons for and against
Water expert Heather Cooley spoke with EarthSky about promises and problems of desalination in California.
August 4, 2011
LEGO figurines going to Jupiter with Juno spacecraft
NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft will carry LEGO likenesses of Galileo Galilei, the Roman god Jupiter, and his wife Juno to Jupiter.
August 4, 2011
In urban fox families, mother knows best
Mothers wear the trousers in urban fox families: They decide which cubs get to stay in the group and which ones have to leave, and dads have no say in the matter, a recent study has found.
August 4, 2011
Humanity winning on global challenges, yet world is unstable
The 2011 State of the Future Report says the world is in a race between an improving human condition - and bigger and more complex global problems.
August 3, 2011
Some types of nanoparticles negatively affect test heart
Researchers found that some commonly used nanoparticles negatively affected the heart rate, rhythm and ECG values of a test heart.
August 3, 2011
Astronomers find 96 new star clusters hidden in Milky Way dust
Astronomers found 96 new star clusters in our Milky Way - the first time so many have been found at once. Each spans light-years and contains 10-20 stars.
August 3, 2011
Where will Tropical Storm Emily go?
On August 1, 2011, Tropical Storm Emily, the 5th named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, formed 40 mph winds and a pressure reading of 1006 mb.
August 2, 2011
Juno spacecraft’s goal to reveal Jupiter’s secrets
On August 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a $1.1 billion mission to Jupiter. The craft will orbit for a year and sweep near Jupiter's cloudtops.
August 2, 2011
Crop-circle art created using physics?
A physicist suggests that crop-circle art might be done using GPS, lasers and microwaves to create intricate patterns on farmer's fields.
August 2, 2011
Did humans evolve bigger brains to see at dim latitudes?
Humans living farther from the equator evolved bigger brains. But it doesn't mean that they're smarter - they need bigger brains in order to see in low light.
August 2, 2011
