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• WEDNESDAY 1. SEPTEMBER, 2010
• 19:37 Snoop Dogg Fights Cyber Crime, Fo Shizzle

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  A rap music contest shows that Snoop has no time for cybercrime.  

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• 18:53 Gang Alternative Movement Gains Momentum

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  Seven percent of U.S. teens belong to gangs. A new movement hopes to bring that number down.  

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• 18:19 Highest-Paid Athlete Hailed From Ancient Rome

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  Tiger Woods, move over. The highest paid athlete of all time was a charioteer from ancient Rome, say researchers.  

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• 18:17 Shape-Shifting Plane to Aid Maritime Rescues

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  The new unmanned aircraft could cut the cost of maritime search-and-rescue missions and reduce risks to human lives.  

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• 16:35 Hurricane Earl Looms Over East Coast

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  Earl, currently a Category 3 hurricane, could make landfall later this week.  

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• 15:29 Harvest Produce at the Grocery Store

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  Hydroponic, aeroponic and aquaponic farming are used to bring bountiful harvests to the urban environment.  

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• 14:39 Bacteria Make Gold Nuggets

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  The finding could help prospectors use biosensors to zero-in on where clumps of the precious metal may lie.  

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• 13:00 A Traffic Cop for Satellites

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  Satellite crashes may be rare, but when they happen, the impact can be long-lasting.  

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• 01:55 Phantom Planet Comes Back From Oblivion

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  Of the hundreds of exoplanets found so far, there’s one that’s been elusive and infamous 12 years after its purported discovery.  

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• 01:41 Climate Change Plays Unlucky for Horseshoe Crabs

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  American horseshoe crabs are declining across the entire East Coast, from Maine to Florida. Researchers suspect that climate change and human activities are to blame.  

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• 01:07 Whale Meat: WHO is it good for?

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  If concern for whales won't stop some people hunting whales, perhaps concern over their own health will, environmentalists hope.  

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• 00:59 The Geek's Guide to Hurricane Tracking

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  The Atlantic hurricane season of 2010 is churning away. Check out how to keep tabs on the latest in storm developments in every imaginable band of the electromagnetic spectrum.  

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• TUESDAY 31. AUGUST, 2010
• 22:53 Are the Oceans Getting Saltier?

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  Measuring ocean salinity is a bout a lot more than salt; changes in salinity can help us understand how Earth's climate is changing.  

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• 22:02 Can NASA Help Trapped Chilean Miners?

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  As NASA helps with the rescue effort, the psychological strain the Chilean miners are under may have more parallels with combat soldiers than astronauts.  

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• 21:05 Canadian Rockies Yields Fossil Trove

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  One of paleontology's most revered fossil sites now has a baby brother.  

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• 17:22 Hemp Tech Sneaks Over the Border

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  Forget about burlap-like shirts: Hemp tech is now greening electric vehicles and even building construction.  

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• 17:17 Millions of Songbirds Illegally Killed for Pickled, Poached Bird Recipe

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  Millions of songbirds are illegally killed each year for a pickled or poached bird dish known as ambelopoulia.  

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• 17:05 Super Capacitor Could Power Phone, Laptop for Days

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  If optimized, this new technology could fully charge consumer electronic devices almost instantaneously.  

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• 14:45 Chilean Miners' Suffering Like Soldiers'

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  Forget astronauts. The experiences of combat soldiers can teach the trapped miners even more, say psychologists.  

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• 13:00 Mars Probe Tech Keeps Windows Dust-Free

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  If applied to solar panels, this technology could transform deserts into massive power plants.  

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• 08:11 The Sounds of Stars: Ringing Like a Bell

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  Question: what is the sound of one star magnetically cycling? If it's the star affectionately known as HD 49933, it sounds for all the world like a bell ringing.  

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• 07:19 Getting to Know Your Asteroid Foes

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  Eventually, we're going to get hit with an asteroid or comet and we need to be ready. To keep an eye open for these interplanetary vagabonds, astronomers are calling on the Spitzer Space Telescope to help out.  

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• 05:26 ‘Orphan’ Film Adoption Fears Unfounded

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  In 2009, senators and congressmen joined adoption groups in protesting a horror film called 'Orphan', fearing it would lead to hatred of orphans and a drop in adoptions. A year later, was the concern fact or fiction?  

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• 02:20 To Eat or To Grow Biofuel: That is the Question

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  Is biofuel production competing with food production for African land space, or can the two forms of land-use coexist?  

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• 01:36 Are volcanic eruptions increasing?

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  With all the hubbub surrounding recent volcanic eruptions, it's tempting to believe that they are becoming more frequent. Not so, say scientists.  

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