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Ocean temperatures and sea level increases 50 percent higher than earlier predictions

Washington, June 19 : A new research has suggested that ocean temperatures and associated sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were 50 percent higher than earlier predictions.

Quadrupling of genes over 550 million years behind vertebrate evolution

London, June 19: Sequencing the genome of a marine invertebrate known as the lancelet, University of California-Berkeley scientists have come up with an explanation as to how a four-fold duplicatio

Parents should be able to pick baby's sex, say New Zealand experts

Wellington - Couples having IVF (in vitro fertilisation) treatment should be able to choose the sex of their babies, New Zealand's advisory Bioethics Council told the government in a report release

Australians make progress with drought-resistant wheat

Sydney  - Field trials of wheat genetically modified (GM) to be drought-tolerant have shown good results, Australian scientists said Wednesday.

NASA unveils sci-fi like rescue mission to salvage future space shuttle

London, June 18 : In a scenario straight out of a science fiction flick, NASA has unveiled an elaborate contingency plan to rescue the shuttle Atlantis should it get into trouble while on its way t

Cyrus the Great’s mausoleum in Iran cracking up due to high level of humidity

London, June 18 : Cracks have started to appear on the stonework of the mausoleum of Cyrus the Great in the archaeological site of Pasargadae in Iran, thanks to an all time high level of humidity.

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