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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Global Warming Won't Halt Ocean Current
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article discusses climate change in the face of several climate models and poses both the good and the bad news associated with global warming.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: A New Island Is Born in the Pacific
From ABC News in Science, this brief article explores the formation of a new volcanic island as found by scientists exploring the Solomon Islands.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Bats Use Compass for Long Trips
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses research connected to the tracking of several big brown bats as they headed back to their homes. The experiment utilized several magnetic fields in attempts to disrupt the paths taken by...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Mars as You've Never Seen It Before
From ABC News in Science, this article charts findings of the Rosetta ("Europe's comet-chasing spacecraft") as it took photographs of Mars from a close-up perspective.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: And Now, the Weather on Mars
From ABC News in Science, Marilyn Head's article explores recent developments in technology allowing for a closer rendering of information related to the various weather conditions on Mars.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Antarctic Glaciers Picking Up Speed
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses scientific research connected to the rise in sea level because of fast-moving glaciers in the Antarctic.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Antarctic Reveals Treasure Trove of Life
From ABC News in Science, Maggie Fox's article examines research connected to the various species of life discovered in the "dark waters around Antarctica." These findings include sponges, crustaceans, and new worms.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Aquarium Fish 'Threaten Biodiversity'
From ABC News in Science, Anna Salleh's article on aquarium biodiversity explores the problems associated with the large numbers of exotic fish imported yearly into Australia.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Astronomers Find 28 More Exoplanets
From ABC News in Science, Maggie Fox's article explores a new string of "exoplanets" discovered orbiting distant stars. This research leads to numerous possibilities, one of which being the existence of planetary systems containing life...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Astronomers Seek Life at End of Rainbow
From ABC News in Science, Marilyn Head's article explores the possibility entertained by several researchers that the key to discovering life beyond Earth (or habitable planets) is in studying rainbows.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: At Last! Blood Typing for Dogs
From ABC News in Science, Judy Skatssoon's article discusses the possibilities of blood transfusions for dogs and the impact this will have on the future of dog care.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Big Bang May Have Been a Big Bounce
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article suggests the possibility of the Big Bang having been created out of the remains of a previous universe which collapsed upon itself.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Bizarre Hexagons Found on Saturn
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article explores the discovery of Saturn's north pole of "a long-lived double hexagon formed in the clouds" which has been sighted just over Saturn's north pole.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Cane Toads Cannibalise Their Young
From ABC News in Science, Anna Salleh's article deals with the cannibalistic behavior of Cane toads toward their children. The adult toads wiggle their toes and the children, thinking they are chasing an insect, approach the adult toad...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Chimp Dna Sheds Light on Humanity
From ABC News in Science, Richard Ingham's article sheds light on scientific research comparing and contrasting the DNA of Chimpanzees with the DNA of humans.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Chimps Have the Jump on Us in Evolution
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article explores a comparison of genes between chimps and humans which suggests a larger evolutionary jump on the part of the chimps in the span of 6 million years.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Churning Sea Surprises Ocean Watchers
From ABC News in Science, this article examines the role that ocean currents play in global warming and climate issues. The article covers the impact of the Antarctic circumpolar current and its affect on surrounding oceans.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Comets Collide as Star System Dies
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article examines scientific evidence which suggests that the death of our solar system will be linked to the collision of comets.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Cosmos Packed With Black Holes
From ABC News in Science, Irene Klotz's article explores the abundance of black holes in the Cosmos currently at work "devouring nearby stars and other matter."
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Crabs Change Color
From ABC News in Science, Stephen Pincock's article, "Crabs change color to escape hungry birds," focuses on research conducted on tiny fiddler crabs and their defense mechanisms.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Cyclones? Don't Blame Climate Change
From ABC News in Science, Judy Skatssoon's article discusses the findings of a report group which suggest that tropical cyclones cannot be blamed on climate change.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Did Climate Change Drive Katrina?
From ABC News in Science, Alister Doyle's article deals primarily with the issue of global warming and the possibility of it as a cause for Hurricane Katrina.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Dogs Feel Jealous When Three's a Crowd
From ABC News in Science, Jennifer Viegas's article deals with dog's jealousy over any interruption in their relationship with another dog or their owner.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Dogs Prefer Winners
From ABC News in Science, Jennifer Viegas's article deals with social behavior of dogs and current research suggesting that they gravitate toward "winners." When they observe other animals or animal-human interaction, they go towards the...