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7,366 articles mezi dny 1.12.2011 a 31.12.2011

• SATURDAY 31. DECEMBER, 2011
• 07:15 Twin NASA Probes Set for New Year's Moon Rendezvous (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - NASA is counting down to a New Year at the moon with two new robot probes arriving in lunar orbit this weekend.   

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• 07:15 12 Must-See Skywatching Events in 2012 (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - As the year 2011 comes to a close, some might wonder what is looming sky-wise for 2012? What celestial events might we look forward to seeing?   

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• 07:14 Apocalypse Not Now: 2012 Doomsday Predictions Debunked by NASA (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - On Dec. 21, 2012, many doomsday believers fear the apocalypse — anything from a rogue planet smashing into us to our world spinning end over end. However, the world should expect nothing more next year than the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, NASA says.  

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• 07:00 12 Must-See Skywatching Events in 2012 (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - As the year 2011 comes to a close, some might wonder what is looming sky-wise for 2012? What celestial events might we look forward to seeing?   

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• 06:39 VIDEO: Bleak future for Tripoli zoo animals?

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  Staff say money to feed the hundreds of animals there is running out.  

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• 06:10 Blog - Starts 'n' Stops

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  Highlights from the Physics arXiv this week

  

   

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• 06:10 Warmer Water Leads to Male Offspring -- if You're a Fish (Time.com)

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  Time.com - Global warming may lead to a dramatic skewing of fish populations around the world. Already, fish farms are suffering an imbalance  

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• 06:00 New report highlights need for action on health in the aftermath of war

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  New report highlights need for action on health in the aftermath of war and calls for attention to be paid to non communicable diseases.  

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• 04:05 Questions About Organic Produce and Sustainability

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  Even as more Americans buy foods labeled organic, the products are moving away from a traditional emphasis on local growing and limited environmental strain.
  
   

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• 04:04 Drilling Down: South African Farmers See Threat From Fracking

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  A plan to drill for natural gas in Karoo, South Africa, would use millions of gallons of water in a drought-stricken region.
  
   

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• 03:57 Facing Consequences of Success in Bid to Save a Goose

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  A century of efforts to sustain snow geese along their migratory paths may have succeeded a little too well.
  
   

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• 03:25 Digestive Acts of Sea Cucumbers May Be Dissolving Coral Reefs (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - Sea cucumbers secrete acidic compounds that may be weakening the structure of the coral communities in which they live.  

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• 02:27 Scientists well represented in GG's honours

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  A dozen scientists and technological leaders are honoured by the Governor General.

   

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• 02:23 How a cone snail catches its prey

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  A venomous cone snail engulfs its prey before spearing it with a harpoon-like barb and paralysing it, footage shows.  

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• 02:22 Court delays EPA rule on coal plants (Reuters)

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  Reuters - A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday issued a last-minute order to delay the January 1 implementation of stricter federal limits on pollution from coal-fired plants, providing a temporary win for utilities worried about the cost of implementation.  

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• 02:17 Court delays border-crossing pollution rule (AP)

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  AP - A federal court Friday put on hold a controversial Obama administration regulation aimed at reducing power plant pollution in 27 states that contributes to unhealthy air downwind.  

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• 01:20 Could hypersonic flight become a reality?

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  Could hypersonic flight become a reality?  

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• 01:08 Knighthoods for graphene pioneers

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  Two Nobel laureates involved in creating graphine, a flat sheet of carbon just one atom thick, are among the scientists recognised in the New Year Honours.  

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• 00:24 Anonymous releases more Stratfor data

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  Online "hacktivist" group Anonymous has released a trove of email addresses and credit card numbers stolen from the website of intelligence analysis firm Stratfor and promised further attacks.  

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• 00:24 Cameras show 35 rare rhinos in Indonesia: official

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  Hidden cameras in the jungles of Indonesia's Java island have captured images of 35 critically endangered Javan rhinos, including five calves, an official said Friday.  

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• 00:24 WHO: Bird flu research raises safety questions

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  (AP) -- The World Health Organization is warning that dangerous scientific information could fall into the wrong hands after U.S. government-funded researchers engineered a form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus more easily transmissible between humans.  

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• 00:13 Court blocks EPA rule in last-minute order (Reuters)

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  Reuters - Efforts by U.S. regulators to cut air pollution from coal-fired power plants faced a setback on Friday when a federal appeals court issued a last-minute order delaying their January 1 implementation.  

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• 00:10 2012 Outlook: Huge Quakes Not on the Rise (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - From the massive and disastrous temblor that struck Japan to the surprising East Coast quake, 2011 has been quite a year for earthquakes.  

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• 00:09 Court delays border-crossing pollution rule (AP)

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  AP - A federal court Friday put on hold a controversial Obama administration regulation aimed at reducing power plant pollution in 27 states that contributes to unhealthy air downwind.  

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• 00:00 12-Year-Old Iceberg's Death Caught on Camera (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - In mid-December, a NASA satellite snapped an image of the disintegration of a large iceberg that first broke away from Antarctica nearly 12 years ago, and has been wandering the Southern Ocean ever since.  

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