August 2007 (Archive)

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McDonald's recalls Shrek glasses due to potential cadmium risk — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced…
Hogchoker - the new Internet star — A small flatfish living along the coast of North America is the…
Cancer deaths are projected to double by 2030 — Cancer deaths are projected to double in the next two decades.…

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Wasps clock faces like humans — Face recognition in golden paper wasps may be an adaptation to…
Entangled diamonds vibrate together — Objects big enough for the eye to see have been placed in a weirdly…
How animals predict earthquakes — Animals may sense chemical changes in groundwater that occur…
New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact — Hundreds of metres under one of Iceland's largest glaciers there…

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News | Archive (4 August 2007)

Archived news stories published on 4 August 2007 [chronologically, reverse order]
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Unravelling the chemistry of Titan's hazy atmosphere
Unravelling the chemistry of Titan's hazy atmosphere — An international team of scientists has announced the confirmation of a key chemical reaction that forms the molecule triacetylene…
Longest lightning storm on Saturn breaks Solar System record
Longest lightning storm on Saturn breaks Solar System record — A powerful lightning storm in Saturn's atmosphere that began in mid-January 2009 has become the Solar System's longest continuously…
New transient radiation belt discovered at Saturn
New transient radiation belt discovered at Saturn — Scientists using the Cassini spacecraft's Magnetospheric Imaging instrument (MIMI) have detected a new, temporary radiation…
Craters on Vesta and Ceres could hold key to Jupiter's age
Craters on Vesta and Ceres could hold key to Jupiter's age — Crater patterns on Vesta and Ceres could help pinpoint when Jupiter began to form during the evolution of the early Solar…

Phoenix heads for polar region of Mars

— 15:33 GMT | Astronomy

NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission blasted off Saturday, aiming for a 25 May 2008, arrival at the Red Planet and a close-up examination of the surface of the northern polar region. Perched atop a Delta II rocket, the spacecraft left Cape Canaveral Air Force Base at 5:26 AM Eastern Time into the predawn sky above Florida's Atlantic coast…

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