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30 June, 2010
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Comunicas.- Researchers have discovered the fossilised remains of an ancient whale with huge, fearsome teeth. Writing in the journal Nature, the scientists have dubbed the 12 million-year-old creature “Leviathan”. It is thought to have been more than 17m long, and might have engaged in fierce battles with other giant sea creatures from the time. Leviathan [...]
23 June, 2010
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Comunicas.- This morning, the BBC News reported that attempts to reach a compromise at the International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting this week have failed. That’s good news for whales. The IWC was considering a proposal to lift the nearly 25-year-old moratorium on commercial whaling in favor of quotas that would legitimize the whale hunts of [...]
27 May, 2010
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Comunicas.- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says that “more is needed” from Facebook to address privacy criticisms. In a blog post, the civil liberties group praised Facebook for a “great first step” towards giving members of the site more control over their data. However, it warned members against choosing the site’s recommended privacy control setting. [...]
17 May, 2010
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Comunicas.- A supermassive black hole may have been observed in the process of being hurled from its parent galaxy at high speed. The finding comes from analysis of data collected by the US Chandra space X-ray observatory. However, there are alternative explanations for the observation. The work, by an international team of astronomers, has been [...]
31 August, 2010
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Comunicas.- It’s not for nothing the U.S. Southwest is called the “Saudi Arabia of solar energy.” The vast deserts of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado and Utah have some of the highest solar radiation levels in the world, not to mention wide-open tracks of federally-owned land just asking for development. It should be a [...]
31 August, 2010
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Comunicas.- If you are worried about garlic breath, drink a glass of milk, say scientists who claim it can stop the lingering odour. In tests with raw and cooked cloves, milk “significantly reduced” levels of the sulphur compounds that give garlic its flavour and pungent smell. The authors told the Journal of Food Science it [...]
20 August, 2010
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Comunicas.- A study has measured the amount of plastic debris found in a region of the Atlantic Ocean over a 22-year period. US researchers, writing in Science, suggest the volume of plastic appeared to have peaked in recent years. One reason could be tighter marine pollution rules that prevent vessels dumping their waste at sea. [...]
5 August, 2010
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Comunicas.- Recent research uncovered one of America’s most rampant drug addicts — soybeans. Turns out the protein-rich plants are sucking up more than just vitamins and nutrients from their soil and irrigation water. They’re hard-core users of both pharmaceuticals and chemical compounds found in personal care products. Better start writing those intervention letters, tofu-eaters. Every [...]
19 July, 2010
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Comunicas.- South African wildlife experts are calling for urgent action against poachers after the last female rhinoceros in a popular game reserve near Johannesburg bled to death after having its horn hacked off. Wildlife officials say poaching for the prized horns has now reached an all-time high. “Last year, 129 rhinos were killed for their [...]
7 July, 2010
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Comunicas.- An experimental aircraft that draws its power from the sun is making a round-the-clock test flight. The aim is to assess whether the plane can fly in darkness, using solar cells on its wings to generate enough power to stay in the air for 24 hours. The HB-SIA plane, which took off from Switzerland, [...]
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