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Kepler 22-b: Earth-like planet confirmed

The Kepler space telescope was designed to look at a fixed swathe of the night sky, staring intently at about 150,000 stars. The telescope is sensitive enough to see when a planet passes in front of its host star

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Protests at climate change summit in Durban

Halfway through this summit, some progress has been made, but a few countries including the US, Canada and Saudi Arabia are holding out on important issues such as the future of the Kyoto Protocol

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Blanket ban on plastic bags; violators to face 5-year jail

In a major environment-friendly move, the Delhi government will impose a blanket ban on usage and manufacturing of plastic bags in the next two months and those violating it could face imprisonment up to five years

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Twelve new frog species found in Western Ghats

Years of combing tropical mountain forests, shining flashlights under rocks and listening for croaks in the night have paid off for a team of Indian scientists which has discovered 12 new frog species

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It Turns Out Some Borders *Are* Visible from Space

There is an oft-repeated and perhaps beautiful saying that you can’t see political borders from space. Well, it turns out that saying isn’t true; not anymore. ISS astronaut Ron Garan

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Human Feces Bacteria Jumped to Coral, Caused Die-off

A mysterious disease that ravaged coral populations in the Caribbean and Florida Keys for more than a decade came from microbes living in human feces, a new study finds.

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Masses of Humans May Have Sent Neanderthals Packing

Territory wars, superior brain power, better tools, changing climate — many reasons have been suggested as to how humans won out over Neanderthals in Europe, but new research is suggesting that pure population power

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Scare tactics, calf can't get whale out of river

A wayward gray whale remained on California's Klamath River on Wednesday, even after its calf found its way back to sea and wildlife officials tried a scare tactic: blasting the sounds of its main predator, killer whales.

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WHO to help in study on presence of NDM1 in Delhi's water supply

Menabde was clear that WHO was not contesting the recent studies published in the 'Lancet' which in August 2010 spoke of NDM1's existence and this month about its presence in Delhi's water supply.

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Fools Gold May Not Be So Foolish for Solar Energy

Pyrite, also known as fool's gold, was the stuff of heartbreak for many a gold miner. Mimicking the look of the precious gold they were after, Pyrite was considered essentially worthless. But for the solar energy industry

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