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'Very serious' ammonia leak outside ISS - Russian official

by  Agence France-Presse  on  May 10, 2013

Russian and American space experts on Friday, May 10, will discuss a "very serious" ammonia leak outside the...

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IN PHOTOS: May 10 annular solar eclipse

by  RAPPLER.COM  on  May 10, 2013

General Santos City had one of the best views of this eclipse in the Philippines

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Small ammonia leak outside space station - NASA

by  Agence France-Presse  on  May 10, 2013

The International Space Station suffered a small leak of ammonia used to cool its power system on Thursday, May 9, but...

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[Science Solitaire] Hurray for math tutoring!

by  Maria Isabel Garcia  on  May 10, 2013

We have to start math with the young so they can shake hands with it before it gets fearsome which is the case for most...

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France fears more cases of deadly SARS-like virus

by  Nicolas Gubert, Agence France-Presse  on  May 09, 2013

French health authorities said Thursday, May 9, they feared the country's first case of a new SARS-like virus may have...

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May 10 solar eclipse visible in southern PH

by  Rappler.com  on  May 09, 2013

An annular solar eclipse will be seen Friday, May 10, across large areas of the Pacific, including areas in the...

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Buzz Aldrin: US must colonize Mars

by  Kerry Sheridan, Agence France-Presse  on  May 09, 2013

The 83-year-old said the United States should apply what it learned decades ago by reaching the moon toward building a...

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Prehistoric, modern languages may have shared words

by  Agence France-Presse  on  May 08, 2013

Our Ice Age ancestors in Europe, 15,000 years ago, may have used words we would recognize today, according to a new...

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Antarctica is Filipino scientist's laboratory

by  KD Suarez  on  May 07, 2013

As Filipinos endure the summer heat, a Filipino-American scientist deals with months of darkness, sub-zero temperatures...

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Basic disinfectant could halt bird flu spread - study

by  Agence France-Presse  on  May 06, 2013

Live poultry markets can act as hotbeds for H5N1 bird flu, but simple measures such as disinfecting trucks, equipment...

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