Archive for December, 2007

Deep Impact spacecraft zips past Earth (AP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

AP - NASA’s comet-busting spacecraft is on its way to rendezvous with another comet in an extended mission that will also hunt for Earth-sized planets around a cluster of stars. The Deep Impact probe zipped past Earth Monday, the first of three flybys designed to use the planet’s gravity to hurtle the spacecraft toward comet […]

Summary: A glimpse of air safety survey (AP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

AP - HANDING IT OVER: NASA grudgingly released some results Monday from an $11.3 million federal air safety study it previously withheld from the public.
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(AP)AP - Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented nat…Deep Impact spacecraft zips past Earth
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The Claim: Drinking Makes You Warmer in Winter

Monday, December 31st, 2007

In moderation, the right beverage can bring cheer on a cold winter night. But will it really warm you up?
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(Reuters)Reuters - NASA postponed the
launch scheduled for Thursday of the U.S. space shuttle
Atlantis after …“Naukowcy ostrzegają przed GMO”Profesor Mieczysław Chorąży polemizuje z tezami arcybiskupa Życińskiego ws. […]

When Hospitals Kept Children From Parents

Monday, December 31st, 2007

From the 1960s onward, advances in hospital architecture have radically changed accommodations for family members.
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(Reuters)Reuters - NASA postponed the
launch scheduled for Thursday of the U.S. space shuttle
Atlantis after …“Naukowcy ostrzegają przed GMO”Profesor Mieczysław Chorąży polemizuje z tezami arcybiskupa Życińskiego ws. żywności modyfiko…Wintry weather on tap […]

Disparities: Obesity and the Odds of a Kidney Transplant

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Researchers report that the higher a person’s body mass index is, the less likely he is to receive a kidney transplant.
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(Reuters)Reuters - NASA postponed the
launch scheduled for Thursday of the U.S. space shuttle
Atlantis after …“Naukowcy ostrzegają przed GMO”Profesor Mieczysław Chorąży polemizuje z tezami arcybiskupa Życińskiego […]

NASA gives glimpse of air safety survey (AP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

AP - NASA begrudgingly released some results Monday from an $11.3 million federal air safety study it previously withheld from the public over concerns it would upset travelers and hurt airline profits. It published the findings in a format that made it cumbersome for any thorough analysis by outsiders.
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Iran says first cloned sheep thriving (AP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

AP - Iranian scientists said Monday that the country’s first cloned sheep is thriving 15 months after birth, eating well and frolicking among a flock of normal sheep. The cloned male sheep named Royana was born Sept. 30, 2006 in the historic central city of Isfahan, less than two months after the country’s first cloned […]

How to convert to digital TV (AP)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

AP - Beginning Feb. 18, 2009, television stations will stop broadcasting analog signals. An older, non-digital television without cable or satellite service will need a special converter box to receive a picture.
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Cold shoulder from new year (weather.com)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

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10 odkryć naukowych, które zmieniły świat

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Genomy poszczególnych ludzi różnią się bardziej, niż dotąd sądzili naukowcy - to odkrycie zostało uznane przez tygodnik “Science” za największe wydarzenie naukowe roku 2007.
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