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Oldest Dinosaur Nest Site Found

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Scientists have uncovered multiple clutches of fossilized eggs at a dinosaur nesting site in South Africa that are 10 million years older than any found before. The newly discovered nesting ground, described in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is located in Golden Gate Highlands National Park. The site contains at least 10 nests at different rock levels with clutches of up to 34... 

NEOShield set to assess Earth defense

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A new international project is scheduled to be launched to assess the threat posed by asteroids or comets and look for solutions to protect Earth from an impact. The new European-led NEOShield project will calculate any threat posed by Near Earth Objects (NEO) and figure the best possible way to shield the Earth. The project initiated by the German space agency’s (DLR) Institute of Planetary... 

Samsung unveils Transparent Smart Windows

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Samsung unveiled its transparent 46-inch LCD Smart Window panels at CES 2012 show, Vesti.Ru reports. The lighting, which is an inseparable part of any LCD display is only used during the dark time of the day. During the daytime, the panel uses the light that comes from the sun or from the room illumination. The South Korean electronic giant promised to establish the production of such transparent... 

Russia to hold US accountable for loss of Phobos Ground space probe

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Vladimir Popovkin, the head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency, named the main versions, which became the reasons for the failure of the nation’s Phobos Ground Mars exploration project. US officials stated that the US government was in no way connected with the breakdown of the spacecraft. However, the chairman of Roscosmos still believes that the Russian spacecraft could come out of order... 

Planets with Two Suns are Common

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An artist's impression of Kepler-34b orbiting a double-star system Astronomers have discovered two new circumbinary planet systems showing that planets with two suns are common, with probably many millions existing in our Galaxy. According to the article published in the journal Nature, the two new Saturn-sized planets, Kepler-34b and Kepler-35b, and their systems are located in the constellation... 

Milky Way's True Colors Revealed

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Astronomers at the University of Pittsburgh say they have determined the exact color of the Milky Way Galaxy as it is seen from other far away galaxies. Findings indicate that the Milky Way is redder than most spiral galaxies but when combined with its blue arms its overall color is white. “The best description I can give would be that if you looked at new spring snow, which has a fine grain... 

New H3N2v Variant Spreading Human to Human

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Note: The following topic is under heavy investigation, no conclusions have been made at this time. We do not yet know the full extent of the variation (mutation). No one has died from the strain at this time. It is also worth noting that this may be more scare tactics in order to further push and pad the pockets of the vaccine industry. The CDC in Atlanta admits 12 people in 5 states have been infected,... 

Cornell University Invents Time Cloak for Pentagon

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Scientists at Cornell University have created a new invisibility technique that doesn't just cloak an object but also masks an entire event. Pentagon-sponsored scientists at Cornell University have invented a time cloaking device that makes an entire event invisible for a very short period of time. According to a study published in Thursday’s edition of the journal Nature, the new device... 

Pentagon Readies Psychological and Physical Destruction Non-Lethal Weapon

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The ADS (Active Denial System) is an American non lethal weapon. Non-lethal weapons leave no immediately visible marks on their victims, but can cause startling psychological and physical destruction. And a leak of the latest Pentagon projects shows that fears of such dystopian damage are already coming true. ­In a 1908 New York Times letter to the editor, revolutionary scientist Nikola Telsa wrote,... 

Turkey's spy sat to zoom in on Israeli secrets

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Gokturk satellite system Israel’s politicians and military have a new headache to worry about. High resolution photos of the country’s territory, which are currently unavailable to the public, may soon turn up in the hands of any of its many enemies. Until now, only the Americans had the technology capable of taking satellite images greater than two meters per pixel resolution, and American law... 

Iran ranks first in scientific growth

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Iran’s Deputy Minister of Health and Medical Education Mostafa Qanei says the country has ranked first in scientific progress in the world in 2011. “According to the statistics published in Nature, Iran ranks 40th in science production and first in scientific growth in the world in 2011,” Qanei said on Saturday. He went on to say that the Islamic Republic has witnessed a 20% growth in... 

Sony develops 'bio battery'

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The Japanese electronics company, Sony has introduced a paper-powered battery that generates electricity by turning paper into sugar, using it as fuel. The company has announced that the bio-battery is environmentally friendly, as no harmful chemicals have been used in the product. The power generating process uses the enzyme cellulose to decompose paper into glucose sugar. The produced sugar is then... 

Sun Storms to Cause Radio Blackouts

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Particles from a recent solar storm are expected to induce temporary radio blackouts in some areas and create Northern Lights, or auroras. Following a massive eruption of solar plasma known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) on December 26, experts predict the fast-moving charged particles strike the Earth’s magnetic field on Wednesday, December 28, for about seven hours. Particles from another... 

World's tiniest microphone made by Iranian scholar

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An Iranian researcher has invented the world’s tiniest capacitor microphone that can be used in making small and invisible hearing aids. Bahram Azizollah-Ganji, a faculty member of Noushirvani University of Technology in the northern city of Babol, has built a very small microphone which is only 0.5 x 0.5 mm big. The device, which is the tiniest microphone in the world, is mainly developed for... 

Drones: invisible to radar but vulnerable to primitive viruses?

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The billion-dollar defense complex that keeps America safe and sound is yet again under attack, with an antiquated computer virus now apparently attacking the Pentagon’s drone aircraft fleet. Sykipot, a malicious piece of malware that has been around since at least 2006, was recently waged at the computer systems of US governmental department and defense contractors. Although Symantec, a world-wide... 
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