Scientists Weigh Option of Burying Greenhouse Gases
In the fight against global warming, some scientists have chosen to focus on efforts to transform greenhouse gases into a solid form, making them capable to be buried under the seabed.What is the redOrbit Knowledge Network?
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Dissolving Bodies Could be the Future of Death
Humans have either buried or burned their dead since the beginning of civilization, but now a new option is gaining interest in mortuary science circles—dissolving...
Humans have either buried or burned their dead since the beginning of civilization, but now a new option is gaining interest in mortuary science circles—dissolving...
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Cyclone Nargis Flooding in Burma.
The first cyclone of the 2008 season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating one for Burma. Cyclone Nargis made landfall with sustained winds of 130 mph and gusts of 150-160 mph, which is th...
Bright Slope Streaks on Dark Slopes in Bahram Vallis.
This image reveals bright slope streaks in Bahram Vallis, a long sinuous valley that winds across northeastern Lunae Planum and Xanthe Terra to the circum-Chyrse basin.
Typically, dark an...
Interacting Galaxy NGC 6670.
NGC 6670 is a gorgeous pair of overlapping edge-on galaxies resembling a leaping dolphin. Scientists believe that NGC 6670 has already experienced at least one close encounter and is now in the ear...
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The first U.S. patent for an animal was issued to geneticists at Harvard University in 1988. The animal--called an oncomouse--is a genetically engineered mouse that is highly susceptible to breast cancer.Sponsored links
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magnanimity
Pronunciation: /mag-nuh-NIM-i-tee/
n : the act or quality of being noble in spirit
"The magnanimity of the victims in not seeking revenge was commendable."
Today in History
May 9, 1961
In a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton N. Minow condemned television programming as a ``vast wasteland.''




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