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— McDonald's recalls Shrek glasses due to potential cadmium risk — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced…
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— Cancer deaths are projected to double by 2030 — Cancer deaths are projected to double in the next two decades.…

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News | Archive (13 August 2007)

Archived news stories published on 13 August 2007 [chronologically, reverse order]
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Study shows adding UV light helps form 'Missing G' of RNA building blocks
Study shows adding UV light helps form 'Missing G' of RNA building blocks — For scientists attempting to understand how the building blocks of RNA originated on Earth, guanine - the G in the four-letter…
Zooming in on an infant solar system
Zooming in on an infant solar system — A team led by University of Arizona astronomer Joshua Eisner has observed in unprecedented detail the processes giving rise…
A new look into the Whirlpool Galaxy
A new look into the Whirlpool Galaxy — The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) is a classic, a real must that now gets into Calar Alto Documentary Photo Gallery with this impressive…
Following the motion of an exoplanet
Following the motion of an exoplanet — For the first time, astronomers have been able to directly follow the motion of an exoplanet as it moves from one side of…

First glimpses from the Perseid meteor shower

— 16:09 GMT | Astronomy

Enthusiastic observers were rewarded by a nice display of the Perseid meteor shower that was visible at its best in the night between 12 and 13 August 2007. We present glimpses of the spectacle and the scientific rewards of staying up all night. The comet Swift-Tuttle orbits the Sun with a period of about 130 years. Whenever the comet comes close to the Sun in its orbit, it ejects a stream of dust particles, which are then distributed along its orbit. When the Earth passes through their path - a regular occurrence every August - we see a meteor shower, a fabulous spectacle for viewers on Earth. The last such ejection from Swift-Tuttle took place in 1992…

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