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2008-10-03 05:54:00

WASHINGTON(, Oct 2)(Reuters) - Joe Biden and Sarah Palin agreed that climate change is real, but differed on whether human activity was its root cause in Thursday's U.S. vice presidential debate. Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska, acknowledged that

2008-10-03 03:44:00

A researcher who worked out that Coke explodes sperm and scientists who discovered that people will happily eat stale crisps if they crunch loudly enough have won awards at a wacky science ceremony. The alternative Ig Nobel prizes honour real scientific d

2008-10-03 02:32:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - When people feel they have lost control of a situation they are often inclined to use paranoia or superstition as an explanation to establish some control, according to a study published in the journal Science. "The less control people

2008-10-03 02:22:00

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - In the depths of the Antarctic winter, expeditioners at Australia's research bases might as well be on the moon. Or on their way to Mars. "When you are in Antarctica you know you can't get out -- there's no rescue during winter. And

2008-10-03 01:59:00

NEW YORK (AFP) - Scientists who unlocked the inner secrets of dog fleas, crisps and tangled string swept the tongue-in-cheek annual Ig Nobel Prizes on Thursday. The awards, a light-hearted alternative to Scandinavia's Nobel Prizes for otherwise serious re

2008-10-02 21:39:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Researchers on Thursday reported inroads in an ambitious project to map the genetic sequence of wheat, which ultimately could lead to the creation of more fertile and disease-resistant wheat strains. Scientists from INRA -- the French N

2008-10-02 20:34:00

PARIS (AFP) - A second test satellite for Galileo, Europe's rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), closed itself down for more than two weeks last month because of space radiation, concurring sources said Thursday. The Giove-B satellite, launche

2008-10-02 20:02:00

GENEVA (AFP) - Leading European physicists will feast on a molecular gastronomy buffet at the inauguration of the multi-billion dollar machine designed to shed light on the "Big Bang," a statement said Thursday. The buffet will be the work of award-winnin

2008-10-02 19:22:00

PARIS (AFP) - The launch of a satellite to monitor Earth's gravitational field, which had been postponed from September 10 to October 5, has been delayed for a second time, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday. The one-tonne Gravity field and

2008-10-02 03:02:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US space probe will fly over Mercury next week to photograph the solar system's smallest planet, in the second of three planned passes, NASA announced on Wednesday. The spacecraft MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochem