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Student Innovation Could Improve Data Storage, Magnetic Sensors (Science Daily)
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| Paul Morrow, who will graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on May 17, has come a long way from his days as an elementary school student, pulling apart his mother's cassette player. The talented young physicist has developed two innovations that could vastly improve magnetic data storage... |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514111746.htm
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16 May 08
03:13:47
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Big Bird to star in planetarium film (Moldova.org)
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| An educational film featuring Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Elmo is set to debut in several planetariums in the United States and China.The Sesame Workshop -- the non-profit educational organization behind the children's television show Sesame Street -- along with the Beijing Planetarium,... |
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http://movie.moldova.org/stiri/eng/119517/
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16 May 08
02:15:43
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District Puts All the World in Classrooms (New York Times)
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| A district in Nassau County is taking globalization to the graduate level, integrating international studies into every aspect of its curriculum. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/education/16global.html
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16 May 08
02:11:05
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Big Bird to star in planetarium film (UPI)
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| NEW YORK, May 15 (UPI) -- An educational film featuring "Sesame Street" characters Big Bird and Elmo is set to debut in several planetariums in the United States and China. |
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http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2008/05/15/big_bird_to_star_in_planetarium_film/7039/
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16 May 08
01:39:25
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Key Molecule Found In Venus Atmosphere (SpaceDaily)
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| by Staff Writers Paris, France (ESA) May 16, 2008 Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus's dense atmosphere. |
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http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Key_Molecule_Found_In_Venus_Atmosphere_999.html
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16 May 08
00:38:31
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Weird Stellar Pair Puzzles Scientists (SpaceDaily)
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| by Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) May 16, 2008 Astronomers have discovered a speedy spinning pulsar in an elongated orbit around an apparent Sun-like star, a combination never seen before, and one that has them puzzled about how the strange system developed. |
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http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Weird_Stellar_Pair_Puzzles_Scientists_999.html
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16 May 08
00:38:21
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Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast - May 16-18, 2008 (Universe Today)
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| "Everybody dancing in the moonlight? Dancing in the moonlight? Everybody feeling warm and bright? It's such a fine and natural sight? Everybody dancing in the moonlight." Oh! Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Pardon me while I celebrate the return of Spring and enjoy viewing the Moon. This weekend w... |
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http://www.universetoday.com/2008/05/15/weekend-skywatchers-forecast-may-16-18-2008/
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16 May 08
00:21:35
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Astronomers baffled by weird, fast-spinning pulsar (Straits Times)
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| WASHINGTON - ASTRONOMERS are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun - an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects. |
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http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Tech+%2526+Science/STIStory_237930.html
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15 May 08
23:49:10
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Mars Is REALLY Cold (Universe Today)
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| We knew Mars was cold, but new observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought. And scientists say any liquid water that might exist below the planet's surface, and any possible organisms living in t... |
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http://www.universetoday.com/2008/05/15/mars-is-really-cold/
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15 May 08
23:21:43
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Astronomers baffled by weird pulsar (The West Australian)
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| Astronomers, including an Australian, are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun - an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects. |
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http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=482823
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15 May 08
22:37:36
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