Items tagged with earth

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Are There Nuclear Reactors at Earth's Core? Friday, May 16th, 2008 - 20:53:10 - Ehud Rattner Nuclear reactors could be burning deep beneath the ground, two scientists have claimed. They say that uranium could become sufficiently concentrated... read more

Air Balloons May Improve Tornado Prediction Monday, May 12th, 2008 - 22:48:03 - Ehud Rattner Three hot-air balloons dropped asphalt shingles, lumber, sticks, leaves and pine needles onto a north Alabama landfill, so scientists at The... read more

A Broad View of Quake 'Prediction' Sunday, May 11th, 2008 - 17:19:22 - Ehud Rattner After more than a century of effort, geophysicists still can’t predict when and where earthquakes will occur. Some have suggested that it may even be... read more

'Chemical Compass' Created Thursday, May 1st, 2008 - 12:34:57 - Ehud Rattner Research published this week proves for the first time that chemical reactions can be influenced by magnetic fields as weak as the Earth’s — a vital... read more

Ozone: Friend or Foe? Sunday, April 27th, 2008 - 19:07:19 - Ehud Rattner The ozone layer protects all life on Earth, but it's frustrating scientists' attempts to curb global warming. Take geoengineering: Researchers have... read more

New Estimation of Meteorite Impacts Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 - 23:50:29 - Ehud Rattner Scientists have developed a new way of determining the size and frequency of meteorites that have collided with Earth. Their work shows that the size... read more

The First Animal on Earth Was... Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 - 02:27:44 - Iddo Genuth A new study mapping the evolutionary history of animals indicates that Earth's first animal-a mysterious creature whose characteristics can only be... read more

Space Station Discards Russian Cargo Ship Thursday, April 10th, 2008 - 18:09:26 - Iddo Genuth Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) jettisoned a Russian cargo ship packed with trash early Monday to clear a parking spot for an... read more

Intel to Tackle Cosmic Ray Threat Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 - 10:54:14 - Ehud Rattner Computer processor manufacturer Intel have revealed details of a patent for protecting future generations of computers from the growing threat of... read more

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