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US presidential candidates’ stands on important scientific issues revealed

Mohit Joshi 4 January 2008

Washington, Jan 4: A special news report in the current issue of the journal Science has profiled the nine leading candidates for the United States Presidential elections of 2008, on their stand on

Warming of North Atlantic more due to natural variability, than global warming

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Global WarmingWashington, Jan 4: A new report has claimed that the warming of the North Atlantic Ocean’s surface waters is more attributable to natural variability, than global warming.

The report suggests that though human-caused global warming may be affecting recent ocean heating trends, the data collected by researchers can’t support that view for the North Atlantic.

Plate tectonics may stop at least once again in Earth’s history

Sahil Nagpal 4 January 2008

Washington, January 4: Carnegie Institution researchers say that Plate tectonics — the geological process responsible for creating the Earth’s continents, mountain ranges, and ocean basins — may ha

Parts of comet Wild 2 formed close to the sun

Sahil Nagpal 4 January 2008

Comet Wild 2Washington, Jan 4: New analysis of the samples of the material picked up during N

Astronomers find building blocks of life in red dust of disk surrounding star

Mohit Joshi 4 January 2008

HR 4796A starWashington, Jan 4: Astronomers have found the first indications of highly comp

Insects may have caused dinosaur extinction, suggests new study

Mohit Joshi 4 January 2008

DinosaurWashington, Jan 4: A new study by scientists has suggested that dinosaurs might have been wipe

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