Sunday May 20 , 2012

Posts Tagged ‘photo_in_the_news’

PHOTOS: Ten Environmental Wins of 2009

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From the discovery of new ghostsharks to a potential new technique for mass production of solar panels, 2009 wasn’t all bad news for the environment. See what experts list as major wins for the year.

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New T.Rex Cousin Suggests Dinosaurs Arose in S. America

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The newfound, 215-million-year-old species suggests dinosaurs originated in what is now South America—and reveals the roots of the lineage that spawned T. rex and, eventually, birds.

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Virgin Galactic Unveils First Tourist Spaceship

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Aspiring space tourists got a first look at their future ride late Monday, when Virgin Galactic debuted the first of its long-awaited SpaceShipTwo planes—christening it, with a sci-fi flourish, V.S.S. Enterprise.

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Bears Go Bald at Zoo; Experts Stumped

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Three spectacled bears at Germany’s Leipzig Zoo have mysteriously lost their fur, and no one knows why they developed the non-life-threatening condition.





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SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Virgin Galactic Debut and More

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See the world’s first commercial spaceship, the first direct picture of a planet orbiting a sunlike star, the deepest known image of the universe, and more in our selection of the week’s best space pictures.





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Journalist-turned Internet technologist, data cruncher, researcher and communications strategist. I also teach these topics at Arizona State University. I enjoy SCUBA diving, mountain biking, hiking and road trips. Always up for a good cup of coffee. 2006 TIME Person of the Year.

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