Geologist Finds a Meteorite Crater in Google Earth - Universe Today

Geologist Finds a Meteorite Crater in Google Earth - Universe Today
Want to discover an impact crater, and even get it named after you? All you've got to do is spend a few (hundred) hours poring over images in Google Earth or Google Maps. That's
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Meteorite doubts emerge - Aftenposten
Astronomers were excited by what they thought was a meteorite that fell near a Norwegian house over the weekend. Now an expert at the National History Museum in Oslo says he thinks
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Improved Rock-Dating Method Pinpoints Dinosaur Demise With - Terra Daily
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Berkeley Geochronology Center have pinpointed the date of the dinosaurs' extinction more precisely than ever thanks to
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Naomi Watts in The Painted Veil, a flick about sick - News.com.au
AS A general rule, epidemics are best avoided. As in, if you walk down the road and see a cholera epidemic walking towards you, the best thing to do is to cross the street. That
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The Story of the Human Flame 1

The Story of the Human Flame 1

The Story of the Human Flame 1

Alright, since no one else seems willing to do this, I guess I’ll have to. After all, thanks to my Apex City research, I’ve spent LOTS of time reading the Martian Manhunter Showcase , so I’m as inoculated as one can get against the characteristic lunacy of a J’onn J’onnz story. And since I...

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Fire in the Sky

Fire in the Sky

I came across an interesting shop when I was Abu Dhabi at the end of March. Its the closest thing I've seen to an antique shop since I arrived in the Gulf. It had some nice 18th Century figurines some antiquities (possibly made in a workshop just down the road, who can tell?) and in one corner a col...

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SINCE THERE IS NO DESERT HERE YET

SINCE THERE IS NO DESERT HERE YET

Constantines - "Time Can Be Overcome". Somewhere on the 33rd floor of a 51-storey apartment bloc in South Korea there is a man called Yes. He has dwelled on the 33rd floor for the past fourteen years, since he left his parents' home and went to work at the software company. Every day he has the Kore...

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Cross Lake Minerals Ltd.: Improved Operations and Performance of QR - Market Wire

Cross Lake Minerals Ltd.: Improved Operations and Performance of QR - Market Wire
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 28, 2008) - Cross Lake Minerals Ltd. ("Cross Lake" or the "Company") (TSX:CRN) is very pleased to announce that operations and
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First CCIC overseas laboratory Opens in Indonesia - Xinhua News Agency
JAKARTA, April 28 (Xinhua) -- China Certification and Inspection Co. Ltd (CCIC) Jakarta, an overseas branch of CCIC, opened here Monday. Located near the Jakarta International
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Precious Metals Equity - Morningstar
"Funds in the Precious Metals Equity category must invest at least 90% of their equity holdings in the securities of companies in the Gold and Precious Metals & Minerals sub
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Pierre Jamieson from Canada writes: Time to buy a horse? - Globe and Mail
Byron Rottweiler from Canada writes: A few months ago I made a bet with a futures broker where I predicted oil at the $200 mark in 5 years. Strange to see this CIBC prediction in
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Diamond prospector's gem will 'run for the roses' - Globe and Mail
VANCOUVER — The tale of the Ekati diamond mine is Canadian lore, a story of two dogged geologists discovering riches in the remote reaches of the Northwest Territories and
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