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According to current knowledge, our ancestors first appeared in eastern Africa, where the oldest, human-like fossils were found. They are believed to have then left the continent in successive migrations, eventually spreading across the planet and beginning their domination of the world. However, historians and paleo... |
10 November 2009
04:57 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study from researchers in China, it may be that raindrops play a much larger role in nature than first believed. The experts theorize that the small droplets may have been one of the largest driving forces behind the evolution of flowers, and their shapes. They believe that some species ... |
6 August 2009
06:47 GMT |
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The appropriate jailbreak tool for iPhone 3G S devices has reportedly been released for the Mac platform as well. Last week, as Softpedia reported the tool’s availability, supported platforms included Windows machines only. This week, a Mac version of PurpleRa1n is available to the public. On Friday, July 3, ... |
6 July 2009
02:38 GMT |
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A blogger going by the name of George Hotz has posted what looks like the appropriate tool to jailbreak an iPhone 3G S. Going by the screen name of George Hotz or GeoHot, the author of the Purplera1n tool reveals that the method is currently supported on Windows platforms only, while Windows 7 is not compatible with ... |
3 July 2009
06:20 GMT |
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The scientific theory that holds that bacteria in clouds may be, to some extent, responsible for rain formation has drawn immense criticism from the scientific community when it first appeared, a good 25 years ago. Ever since, a small number of researchers have continued their investigations into this belief, and the... |
15 June 2009
18:41 GMT |
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A new scientific study shows that, during heavy storms, the smaller droplets of water falling from the sky are actually traveling faster than others, and also faster than they should be able to. The find, which scientists say is like discovering the meteorological equivalent of breaking the light-speed barrier, could... |
13 June 2009
03:33 GMT |
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The ritual of rain-making has been with humans since our race first began harvesting plants for consumption. Since the very survival of the individuals depended entirely on the crops, the need for such a ritual came with the territory, anthropologists say. It was the shaman's job to learn the right words, and to... |
20 January 2009
13:01 GMT |
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It's common knowledge that bacteria are everywhere around, near and even inside us. In fact, the human body is host to countless species of bacteria, and is entirely dependent on them for its very survival. Now, researchers begin to uncover a new role that bacteria seem to possess, that of being able to summon t... |
12 January 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Although people take it for granted, it doesn't mean that clouds remain up there in the sky just because we're accustomed to. There is a number of reasons for which this happens, and these include water particles' size, air and wind pushing or weight.Surely, this is a question that reminds us of the Ig... |
17 October 2008
02:55 GMT |
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It is clear that once there was plenty of water on Mars. The recent findings of NASA's Phoenix Lander indicated that currently, the red planet is pretty much covered by an underground layer of water ice (non-carbonic). However, it remains to be seen exactly to what extent the Martian ice spreads. But what form d... |
27 September 2008
07:17 GMT |
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Today, Sahara is a huge desert area, with erratic dunes (ergs) and plains covered by rugged rocks (hamada), punctuated by mountains with heights of up to 3,400 m (11,000 ft), covering 8.8 million square kilometers (3.3 million square miles), a surface bigger than that of Australia. At great distances one from another... |
9 May 2008
05:03 GMT |
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When the rain dance fails, turn to cloud seeding, say the Chinese officials. With the imminent approach of the 2008 Olympics, Beijing is seriously taking into consideration the use of technology to clear pollution in the city and inhibit the rain from falling from the sky when it is not required, which basically mean... |
29 February 2008
09:05 GMT |
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Samsung just released one of its latest music phones, Samsung Anycall MusiCall F258, a pretty little slider that brings lots of features to users who mainly want music capabilities from a cell phone. The new handset is specially designed for the fans of Rain. And if you haven't heard about Rain (real name: Jung ... |
16 February 2008
04:56 GMT |
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Since the day was coming to an end, I thought why not hit Apple Discussions to see what iPod/iPhone users have been at lately. A laugh is always guaranteed since not everyone takes appropriate care of their Apple devices, but some go to extremes in killing their electronics. This poster claims his iPod "was in the ra... |
6 February 2008
11:53 GMT |
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Oh no... it's starting again! I mean I like all these energy converting devices that try to harness the full potential power resulted during a natural physical process, but what's enough is enough. I know the universe is all about energy and all the different ways it is converted, but all the trouble one ha... |
22 January 2008
10:59 GMT |
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Many of you haven't even heard of Rain, the Korean artist who sings numerous hits in Asia and attracted lots of fans. But what's interesting is that his website was hacked and more importantly, it was modified to host a money mule fraud attempt as the folks at F-Secure wrote on the official blog of the comp... |
14 November 2007
05:04 GMT |
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Many acids result from the combination of a nonmetal oxide with water.Water can be found in nature, the oxides can be dumped by human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels. This is how acid rains result: rains filled with acids. The main causes are the nitrogen and sulfur oxides, that give nitric and sulfu... |
5 June 2007
15:06 GMT |
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There is music and there is music. Of course, this music has to be recorded somewhere and processed by someone before you buy the CD. Now, as today's audio is getting more and more complex, with highly-advanced processing and most subtle sound effects, it would take months to have your album ready with yesterday... |
4 June 2007
03:27 GMT |
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Many people are afraid that the global warming will turn many areas into deserts, besides flooding low areas and melting the mountain glaciers and polar ice caps. But a new analysis of 20 years of satellite data shows that rising temperatures will bring in fact more rainfall, challenging classic climate model concept... |
1 June 2007
08:24 GMT |
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The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile and reaches a small part of southern Peru (South America), climbing up to 3,200 m (10,670 ft) altitude on an area of 181,300 square km (72,500 square mi). It spreads like a rather narrow stretch between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains over a distance of 960 km... |
23 May 2007
11:33 GMT |
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The Twilight Umbrella is definitely not the type of umbrella you often forget at home. If you leave in a hurry for work, there's no way you could miss its built-in tiny lights. An umbrella that sparks, how's that for visual stimuli, eh? You can choose from two flavours: one is black and studded with plenty ... |
30 April 2007
11:48 GMT |
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Spring in the temperate areas is the time when a cycle interrupted by the winter is restarted. Many people are worried by the fact that the extremely warm winters - due to the current man made global warming - could make trees bloom in January or February. But this is not going to happen, as plants and most animals r... |
17 April 2007
11:00 GMT |
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Now, I have been telling you about what Rain Recordings are up to on the face of the Earth: they're sworn to keep on producing the coolest and the most efficient recording equipment when it comes to PC, whether we're into laptop or desktop systems. This time, Rain outdid themselves and stepped boldly forwar... |
13 March 2007
11:14 GMT |
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