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• WEDNESDAY 18. MAY, 2011
• 19:00 Lonely Planets Populate the Cosmos

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  Who needs a solar system? Research shows solitary planets may be more common in the universe.  

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• 15:57 Telepresent Blimp Boss Micro-Manages from Overhead

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  Blimps that project video and audio feeds from a remote boss are capable of overseeing workers.  

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• 13:00 Tarantulas Shoot Out Silk Like Spiderman

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  A fall can be fatal for these spiders, but they have a sticky trick to make sure they land safely.  

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• 12:48 Over 100 Baby Products Loaded With Toxins

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  Flame retardant chemicals, some of which are probable carcinogens, turned up in car seats, nursing pillows and more.  

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• 12:43 Snake Attack of the Ketchup Kind

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  Snakes have a viscous way of using their venom.  

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• 11:09 Exploding Melon Mishap in China

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  Misuse of growth hormones on the melon farms in China is causing a rupture in goods.  

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• TUESDAY 17. MAY, 2011
• 23:57 National Plan to Fight Bat Killer Unveiled

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  This disease has killed more than a million hibernating bats in eastern North America alone since 2006.  

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• 21:50 Restaurants Admit Cherry-Picking Customers

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  Restaurants prefer to seat smaller groups and will even discourage larger parties. But is this practice really to their advantage?  

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• 21:01 Dinosaurs May Soon Go Extinct—Again

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  Certain dinosaurs may have only existed in the minds of paleontologists.  

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• 19:35 Protecting Marine Wildlife With Tags

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  Satellite tagging of animals can have conservation benefits.  

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• 19:22 Hawking: Surprise! There's No Heaven

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  Death, according to Hawking, is even more of a drag than we thought.  

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• 18:58 Iron-laden Icebergs Fertilize Ocean

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  Icebergs are nature's iron fertilizers in the Southern Ocean, nurturing phytoplankton blooms that draw out carbon dioxide from Earth’s atmosphere.  

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• 18:45 God Particle Mystery May Soon Be Solved

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  The search for the Higgs Boson could be over by the end of 2012.  

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• 17:39 Feral Camels Plague Australian Outback

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  Wild camels in the Australian desert are attacking air conditioning units, toilet systems and more in a desperate search for water.  

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• 17:25 Police Caution as 'Planking' Goes Global

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  A Facebook craze could be putting some people in harm's way.  

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• 17:24 Daytime Bites for Zombie Ants

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  Most ants in the grip of a deadly fungus spend their last moments on Earth around midday.  

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• 14:00 Recalculating...Don't Trust Your GPS

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  Don't let your GPS lead you along. It might not know where you're going either.  

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• 13:56 RIP: Recycle in Peace

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  Want to plant a tree in the afterlife? A biodegradable urn that doubles as a seed-starter kit makes it easy to take that green thumb with you to the grave.  

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• 13:00 As Boomers Retire, Millennials Make Their Mark

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  While it is impossible to predict the future, experts say that population changes tend to follow patterns.  

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• 03:30 Legacy Space Worms Flying on Shuttle

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  Caenorhabditis elegans worms, descendants from worms that survived the 2003 shuttle Columbia disaster, have just become the next generation to do science in orbit.  

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• MONDAY 16. MAY, 2011
• 22:24 Marine Reserves Pick Up Pace of Ocean Protection

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  Marine protected areas are good. Big marine reserves are better.  

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• 22:16 Tricorder X PRIZE Offers $10 Million For Mobile Medical Solution

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  The X-Prize Foundation and Qualcomm have teamed up to design a handheld medical analysis device.  

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• 22:00 Gliese 581d: An Exoplanet Fit for Humans?

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  The world -- located 20 light-years from Earth -- might sustain liquid water, but it would be a very alien place to visit.  

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• 20:24 Youthful Ingenuity Honored at Intel Science Fair

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  Young scientists receive awards in international competition.  

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• 19:54 Are Humans Reshaping Earth?

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  For the first time in Earth's history, a single species has not only radically changed the planet, it is now aware of having done so.  

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