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World shark attacks rise slightly but continue long-term dip

The total number of shark attacks worldwide increased from 61 in 2005 to 62 in 2006 and the number of fatalities remained stable at four, far below the 79…

NASA Study Finds Warmer Future Could Bring Droughts

The researchers compared historical records of the climate impact of changes in the sun's output with model projections of how a warmer climate driven by…

2006 Was Earth's Fifth Warmest Year

Other groups that study climate change also rank these years as among the warmest, though the exact rankings vary depending upon details of the analyses….

Planetary scientist says: Focus on Europa

Yogi Berra supposedly suggested that when you come to a fork in the road, you are supposed to take it. That's just what planetary scientists studying the rich…

3-D seismic model of vast water reservoir revealed

A seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis has made the first 3-D model of seismic wave damping — diminishing — deep in the Earth's mantle and has…

Shedding New Light on Proteorhodopsin

“Our research shows that proteorhodopsin contributes to a bacterial cell’s energy balance only under certain environmental conditions, namely when the cell’s…

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