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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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Archived news stories published on 14 January 2011 [chronologically, reverse order]
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Scientists tweak quantum force, reducing barrier to tiny devices
Scientists tweak quantum force, reducing barrier to tiny devices — Cymbals don't clash of their own accord - in our world, anyway. But the quantum world is bizarrely different. Two metal plates,…
New molecular tag identifies bone and tooth minerals
New molecular tag identifies bone and tooth minerals — Enlisting an army of plant viruses to their cause, materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology…
'Fuel for thought' on transport sector challenges
'Fuel for thought' on transport sector challenges — A report on how Australia can best respond to the environmental and economic challenges arising from its dependence on fossil…
An extreme stellar machine found
An extreme stellar machine found — Astronomers have uncovered an extreme stellar machine - a galaxy in the very remote universe pumping out stars at a surprising…

Cassini rocks Rhea rendezvous

— 15:20 GMT | Astronomy

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea, returning raw images of the icy moon's surface. Pictures of the Rhea surface taken around the time of closest approach at 4:53 a.m. UTC on Jan. 11, 2011, which was 10:53 p.m. PST, Jan. 10, show shadowy craters at a low sun angle. A portrait of bright, icy Rhea also captures Saturn's rings and three other moons clearly visible in the background…

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