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Russia says Soyuz space landings will be safe
A day ahead of a Soyuz launch, Russian space authorities say they have improved safety measures for when the spaceships return to Earth
Gates declares war on farm animal disease
A $28-million fund is set to revolutionise the struggle against diseases that kill farm animals and cost poor farmers their livelihood
Avoiding waves that go bump in the flight
A new model that predicts gravitational waves caused by fast moving air could help pilots avoid clear air turbulence
Saturn's rings may be remains of ancient moon
Early in its history, Saturn's fast spin meant it could harbour a moon for longer than the other planets and then came the late bombardment...
Over-budget Mars mission granted stay of execution
NASA is pressing ahead with plans to launch its Mars Science Lab rover in 2009 - but it's not clear where it will get the money to do so
Space tourist confident ahead of Soyuz launch
Video game tycoon Richard Garriott, who is set to lift off on a Soyuz craft on Sunday, is unfazed by the prospect of a bumpy ride back to Earth
US wildfires pushed ozone past legal limits
Californian fires in 2007 pushed levels of the pollutant way past what is considered safe the effects may have been felt as far as Nevada
The greenhouse effect that may be cooling the climate
The roofs of Spanish horticulture hothouses are reflecting so much sunlight that local temperatures have dropped in recent decades
US climate fix could help solve financial crisis
If the US focused on curbing global warming it could help pull the world from the financial brink, say Al Gore's environmental policy experts
Digital blueprint for fish created
The computer model was created by tracking all the cells in a zebrafish embryo for the first 24 hours of its existence
Our psychology helps politicians bend the truth
Mental shortcuts that we use to make sense of the world may explain why we so often let politicians pull the wool over our eyes
Hubble replacement part has glitches of its own
A spare part for a failed Hubble instrument has unresolved 'anomalies' that could further delay a mission to fix the telescope
Fossilised shrimp show earliest group behaviour
Newly discovered ancient chains of up to 20 crustaceans linked head-to-toe are the earliest record of collective behaviour in any animal
Gecko-grip material aims to be the end of glue
A forest of tangled nanotubes grips slippery surfaces more firmly than some geckos, yet can be unstuck with a quick tug
Fossils of dancing shrimp show earliest group behaviour
Newly discovered ancient chains of up to 20 crustaceans linked head-to-toe are the earliest record of collective behaviour in any animal

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