Pollutants change He frogs Into She Frogs

Frogs that started life as male tadpoles were changed in an experiment into females by estrogen-like pollutants similar to those found in the environment, according to a new study.
The results may shed light on at least one reason that up to a third of frog species around the world are threatened with extinction, [...]

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An Inconvenient Truth Wins Oscar for Best Documentry

“An Inconvenient Truth,” the documentary that turned former vice president Al Gore’s power-point presentation on global warming into an engaging and entertaining film, won the Oscar Sunday night. Sunday, Gore used the Oscar win not to further his political career but to boost his campaign to find solutions for global warming and other environmental problems. [...]

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Asteroid To Hit Earth in 2036?

An asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036 and the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it, a group of astronauts, engineers and scientists said on Saturday.
Astronomers are monitoring an asteroid named Apophis, which has a 1 in 45,000 chance of striking Earth on April 13, 2036.
Although [...]

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January 2007 Hotest On record

It may be cold comfort during a frigid February, but last month was by far the hottest January ever.
The broken record was fueled by a waning El Nino and a gradually warming world, according to U.S. scientists who reported the data Thursday.
Records on the planet’s temperature have been kept since 1880. 
Spurred on by unusually [...]

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Sir Francis Walsingham

 Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532—April 6, 1590) is remembered by history as the “spymaster” of Queen Elizabeth I of England. An admirer of Machiavelli, Walsingham is remembered as one of the most proficient espionage-weavers in history, excelling in the use of intrigues and deception to secure the English Crown. He is widely considered as the [...]

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An Inconvenient Truth

Last night i saw Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth“, A movie based on the reasons, consequences and solution of global warming. Movie revolves around a slide show presentation by Al Gore which he has presented in more than 1000 places worldwide during the past few years.
Movie also highlights Al Gore personnel efforts as US senator [...]

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Global Warming : Man made and Unstoppable

The world’s leading climate scientists said global warming has begun, is “very likely” caused by man, and will be unstoppable for centuries, according to a report obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
The scientists — using their strongest language yet on the issue — said now that world has begun to warm, hotter temperatures and [...]

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Intel 45nm chips are here

Intel has produced what are believed to be the industry’s first fully functional static random access memory (SRAM) chips using 45-nanometer (nm) process technology, our next-generation, high-volume semiconductor manufacturing process.
Achieving this milestone means Intel is on track to manufacture chips with this technology in 2007 using 300mm wafers, and continues the company’s focus on pushing [...]

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