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UK 'could face blackouts by 2016'The UK could face blackouts as green
energy is not coming on stream fast enough, the government's new energy adviser has told the BBC.
BBC Friday, September 11, 2009Studies: One dose of swine flu vaccine worksWASHINGTON -- Good news in the world's flu fight: One dose of the new swine flu vaccine looks strong enough to protect adults - and can spark protection within 10 days of the shot, Australian and U.S. researchers said Thursday.
Seattle Post Intelligencer Friday, September 11, 2009Bad weather forces space shuttle to skip landingCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Bad weather prevented space shuttle Discovery from returning home Thursday and kept its astronauts circling the world for at least an extra day.
Seattle Post Intelligencer Friday, September 11, 2009Bad weather delays shuttle landing for a dayBad weather has delayed space shuttle Discovery's homecoming. NASA decided to skip its first landing attempt late Thursday afternoon.
USATODAY Friday, September 11, 2009U.S., Canada Take First Good Look at Far Reaches of Continental ShelfA joint American-Canadian cruise exploring the frigid Arctic Ocean has mapped broad swaths of the extended continental shelf for the first time,
scientists reported Thursday.
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Amazon Friday, September 11, 2009Greenland's melt mystery unfolds, at glacial paceHELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland -- Suddenly and without warning, the gigantic river of ice sped up, causing it to spit icebergs ever faster into the ocean off southeastern Greenland.
Seattle Post Intelligencer Friday, September 11, 2009Brain Scientists Misled By SquidFor years
scientists have used squid data to estimate how human brains use
energy. Squid brains are easy to study, as some of their nerve signals are big enough to be seen by the naked eye. Now German scientists say these data are misleading, and they are working to set the record straight.
NPR Friday, September 11, 2009Migrating birds chill to fatten upMost migrating birds can't carry enough fuel to reach their destinations, so refuel en route. However the aviators expend twice as much
energy during stopovers as they use in transit. Wondering whether migrating blackcaps save energy by dropping their body temperature during stopovers, Michał Wojciechowski and Berry Pinshow measured the bird's temperatures as they refuelled and found that they drop their body temperatures at night by up to 30 percent to conserve energy and fatten faster.
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