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October 7, 2008 at 00:00 CDT
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Report Shows 1 In 4 Mammals Faces Extinction
An international survey showed on Monday that a quarter of the world's mammals are threatened with extinction due to destruction of habitats and hunting....
An international survey showed on Monday that a quarter of the world's mammals are threatened with extinction due to destruction of habitats and hunting....
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Dust Plume off Iceland.
Dust storms usually call to mind vast sand seas along the Equator, or dried up lakebeds in Central Asia, but such storms can also occur at much higher latitudes. On September 17, 2008, the MODIS on NA...
Microscope Image of a Martian Soil Surface Sample.
This is the closest view of the material underneath NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. This sample was taken from the top centimeter of the Martian soil, and this image from the lander's Optical Microscope d...
Youthful Wrinkles.
During a distant flyby encounter with Enceladus, Cassini imaged the moon's wrinkled leading hemisphere. At the scale visible here, this region of the surface is generally devoid of impact craters, sug...
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Fact of the Day
The primary purpose of growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings -- rice can, in fact, be grown in drained areas.Sponsored links
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Quote of the Day
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein
Word of the Day
venal
Pronunciation: /VEE-nul/
adj : capable of or characterized by bribery or corruption
"Unfortunately, venal policemen and venal politicians are common stories on the news."
Today in History
October 6, 1991
Elizabeth Taylor was married - for the 8th time - to construction worker Larry Fortensky. The wedding took place at Michael Jackson's estate in California amidst a flurry of paparazzi.
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