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A Panoramic View of the Red Planet's Victoria Crater
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- Published 27/01/2008
The main body of the crater appears in the upper right of this panorama, with the far side of the crater lying about 800 meters (half a mile) away. Bracketing that part of the view are two promontorie...
Lead Linked to Aging in Older Brains
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- Published 27/01/2008
A new research by Johns Hopkins University suggests that an earlier exposure to some pollutants can cause harm that shows up only years later, according to media reports Monday.
Sharp cuts in en...
Biologist claims significant step towards artificial life
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- Published 27/01/2008
An important step has been taken in the quest to create a synthetic lifeform.
A US team reports in Science magazine how it built the entire DNA code of a common bacterium in the laboratory using bl...
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- Published 18/01/2008
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MESSENGER’s modern camera has revealed detail that was not well seen by Mariner 10, including the broad ancient depression overlapped by the lower-left part of the Vivaldi crater.
Scientists at a small biotech company in California say they have cloned five human embryos from the cells of in a technological feat they claim will one day provide a source of viable embryonic stem cells. 
Similar facial features make people trust, but not fancy, each other, research has suggested.


Observations of the planet Venus might assist efforts to tackle the threat of climate change here on Earth.

Dawn's goal is to characterize the conditions and processes of the solar system's earliest epoch by investigating in detail two of the largest protoplanets remaining intact since their formations.
For the first time, astronomers have spotted a cosy alien planet that might be hospitable to life. The planet is not much bigger than the Earth, and it enjoys balmy temperatures of about 20° C (68° F) as well as spectacular scarlet sunsets.