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<title>Galaxies in early Universe developed much faster than previously believed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered a galaxy that has a furious rate of star formation, which indicates that galaxies in the early Universe developed either much faster or in a different way from what astronomers have thought.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 19 December 2007 10:59:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bangladesh to use new technology to double efficiency of urea fertilizer use</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Government of Bangladesh has announced that it will expand urea deep placement (UDP)-a technology that doubles the efficiency of urea fertilizer use to almost 1 million hectares (ha) of rice land, reaching about 1.6 million farm families, in the coming dry season. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 19 December 2007 10:45:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Harry Potter's invisibility cloak becomes a reality</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4130_Harry-Potters-invisibility-cloak-becomes-a-reality.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The dream of every Harry Potter fan of owning an invisibility cloak seems to have come true with researchers at the University of Maryland developing what can be termed as the world's first true invisibility cloak - a device able to hide an object in the visible spectrum of light.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 19 December 2007 10:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Here's why we feel cold</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4129_Heres-why-we-feel-cold.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scientists have traced the roots of feeling cold by identifying a protein that plays a key role in sensing cold.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 19 December 2007 10:25:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Z-shaped incision may drastically reduce invasive surgery</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4110_Z-shaped-incision-may-drastically-reduce-invasive-surgery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new surgical technique, which allows doctors to operate on patients by making a Z-shaped incision inside the stomach might potentially replace certain types of conventional surgery in humans, say Penn State medical researchers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 04:35:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Images of 11 billion year-old galaxies suggest galactic formation occurred earlier than believed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4104_Images-of-11-billion-year-old-galaxies-suggest-galactic-formation-occurred-earlier-than-believed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of Japanese astronomers has obtained images of galaxies dating 11 billion years, which indicates that a majority of galactic formation occurred earlier than previously estimated.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 04:23:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aerodynamic 'bellyflaps' may make aircraft easier to handle in emergency</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4102_Aerodynamic-bellyflaps-may-make-aircraft-easier-to-handle-in-emergency.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A US researcher has come up with an idea to make aeroplanes easier to handle, something that is very important for manoeuvring them in emergency situations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 04:20:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Inter-galatic shot in the dark shocks astronomers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4101_Inter-galatic-shot-in-the-dark-shocks-astronomers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic explosion that seems to have come from the middle of nowhere - thousands of light-years from the nearest galaxy-sized collection of stars, gas, and dust. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 04:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA reports first instance of "battle of the galaxies"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4099_NASA-reports-first-instance-of-battle-of-the-galaxies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New findings from NASA observatories indicate that a powerful jet from a super massive black hole is blasting and damaging a nearby galaxy, with this being the first reported instance of galactic violence.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 04:15:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vacuuming is the best way to get rid of fleas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4098_Vacuuming-is-the-best-way-to-get-rid-of-fleas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers Ohio State University have determined that vacuuming kills fleas in all stages of their lives, with an average of 96 percent success in adult fleas and 100 percent destruction of younger. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 04:13:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Monkeys can master basic maths just like humans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4093_Monkeys-can-master-basic-maths-just-like-humans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study conducted by researchers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has found a monkey's ability to handle basic addition is similar to that of humans.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 03:53:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists discover treasure trove of human, plant and animal fossils in Bahamas "blue hole"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4091_Scientists-discover-treasure-trove-of-human-plant-and-animal-fossils-in-Bahamas-blue-hole.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scientists have discovered human bones in a deep underwater cave in the Bahamas Islands, which might be of the first known human being in the region, among a treasure trove of other plant and animal fossils.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 03:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IIT alumnus close to making 'The Arabian Nights' flying carpet a reality</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4083_IIT-alumnus-close-to-making-The-Arabian-Nights-flying-carpet-a-reality.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian Institute of Technology-Chennai (IIT) alumnus has come up with instructions on how to make a flying carpet, just like the one in Walt Disney's creation 'The Arabian Nights'. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 03:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Coming soon, a 'Gizmo' to revolutionize disaster response</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4063_Coming-soon-a-Gizmo-to-revolutionize-disaster-response.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A device that looks like a cross between a remote-controlled toy truck and a lunar landing vehicle may make all the difference when it comes to saving lives during natural or manmade disasters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 02:09:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hot spot on Saturn's moon may harbour conditions germane for life</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4055_Hot-spot-on-Saturns-moon-may-harbour-conditions-germane-for-life.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New data gathered by the Cassini-Huygens Mission has detected a hot spot on Enceladus, the tiny satellite of Saturn, which has raised intriguing possibilities of whether or not life exists on its surface. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 01:57:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US divers create new record for longest underground cave passage swim</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4053_US-divers-create-new-record-for-longest-underground-cave-passage-swim.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Divers in Florida, US, have created a new diving record for the longest cave passage by swimming a total of 7 miles (11.25 kilometres) through underground freshwater caves.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 01:45:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Stem cell' find in mice may harbour breast cancer cure</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4047_Stem-cell-find-in-mice-may-harbour-breast-cancer-cure.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified the stem-like cells in mouse breast tissue, which are thought to give rise to cancer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 01:21:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Nile once flowed near ancient Egyptian temple at Karnak: experts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4044_The-Nile-once-flowed-near-ancient-Egyptian-temple-at-Karnak-experts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A series of discoveries at the foot of Egypt's famous Temple of Amun at Karnak have led archaeologists to believe that the river Nile once flowed near the temple.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 01:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WHO team to investigate bird flu "human to human" transmission in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4039_WHO-team-to-investigate-bird-flu-human-to-human-transmission-in-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A WHO (World Health Organization) team would soon be reaching Pakistan to investigate eight reported cases of bird flu in people living near the Afghan border in the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 12:44:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dating site offers 'better sex and healthier babies' through DNA matching!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4027_Dating-site-offers-better-sex-and-healthier-babies-through-DNA-matching.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An online dating website known as Scientific Match is offering DNA matching to its customers with the promise of a more satisfying sex life and healthier children for couples who are genetically matched.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 12:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>470 million year old asteroid collision may have caused biodiversity burst on Earth</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4021_470-million-year-old-asteroid-collision-may-have-caused-biodiversity-burst-on-Earth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new report by geologists suggests that a shattered asteroid may have sprayed Earth with high-speed debris 470 million years ago and spurred one of the biggest bursts of biodiversity in the planet's history, rather than wiping life out. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 12:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers make 'Colour Sudoku'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_4012_Researchers-make-Colour-Sudoku.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A doctoral student at the University of Warwick has invented a colourful and easier Sudoku, as part of his research on how to make computers more creative. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 11:45:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Electromagnetic radio waves may help predict large earthquakes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3961_Electromagnetic-radio-waves-may-help-predict-large-earthquakes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study by a Stanford professor has found out a possible method to provide predictions about large earthquakes before they strike.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 03:43:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New device brings artificial crystals and quantum computers closer to reality</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3958_New-device-brings-artificial-crystals-and-quantum-computers-closer-to-reality.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Physicists have created a device that can generate and trap huge numbers of elusive-yet-valuable ultra cold polar molecules, which would help to create exotic artificial crystals and stable quantum computers.
Called the Thin WIre electroStatic Trap, or TWIST, this device has been made from combining an atom-chiller with a molecule trap.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 03:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists warn Arctic might be ice-free by 2013</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3921_Scientists-warn-Arctic-might-be-ice-free-by-2013.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research has led scientists to warn that the Arctic sea might not have any ice left by 2013.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 01:21:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prague was a town made of stone and lime</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3919_Prague-was-a-town-made-of-stone-and-lime.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have excavated parts of Prague's oldest ramparts, dating back to the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries, which verify Jewish globetrotter Ibrahim ibn Jaqub's description of Prague as "a town made of stone and lime."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 01:13:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global warming induced seawater overflows may wipe out Scotland's whisky industry: Experts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3899_Global-warming-induced-seawater-overflows-may-wipe-out-Scotlands-whisky-industry-Experts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The overflow of millions of gallons of seawater, caused by global warming, could wipe out some of the most famous names in the whisky industry, scientists have warned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 12:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Soon, the moon will have traffic jams just like earth!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3891_Soon-the-moon-will-have-traffic-jams-just-like-earth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Standing long hours because of traffic light signals on 'earth' are now passé, because it might be time to consider traffic lights on the moon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 11:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New unmanned moon mission may unlock planet's mysteries</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3886_New-unmanned-moon-mission-may-unlock-planets-mysteries.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have announced a mission to map the moon's internal structure, gravity and reconstruct its thermal history, also helping to unlock secrets of evolution of the inner planets in our solar system.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 11:26:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Why we recognise the smell of a scent</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3883_Why-we-recognise-the-smell-of-a-scent.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US researchers have described a mechanism called 'dynamic connectivity', which explains why, when we notice a scent, the brain quickly sorts through input and determines exactly what that smell is. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 11:11:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New unmanned moon mission may unlock planet's mysteries</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3881_New-unmanned-moon-mission-may-unlock-planets-mysteries.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New images taken from NASA's orbiting HiRise camera have revealed surprising details about two bizarre features that are in the form of "spiders" and "fans", on the surface of Mars.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 11:08:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chemo, 'targeted' therapy combo shrinks metastatic brain tumours</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3879_Chemo-targeted-therapy-combo-shrinks-metastatic-brain-tumours.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ According to a report, a combination of a 'targeted' therapy and chemotherapy reduces metastatic brain tumours by at least 50 percent in patients with aggressive HER2-positive breast cancer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 11:04:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Forests drove woolly mammoths to extinction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3832_Forests-drove-woolly-mammoths-to-extinction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It took nothing more dangerous than trees to drive the biggest mammals, Woolly mammoths to extinction, a new study has revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 16 December 2007 02:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomer puts light on the star of Bethlehem</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3824_Astronomer-puts-light-on-the-star-of-Bethlehem.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Pennsylvania-based expert has come up with an astrological explanation on the appearance of a star in the East, which, according to the Bible, was followed by the Magi to visit Jesus Christ when he was a baby. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 16 December 2007 12:24:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Snake-like robots may form teams of rescue workers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3810_Snake-like-robots-may-form-teams-of-rescue-workers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Greek researchers have conceived an idea of using teams of coordinated snake-like robots for remote inspection, repair, and rescue work. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 16 December 2007 11:45:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Moss genome sequence reveals how plants invaded land</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3808_Moss-genome-sequence-reveals-how-plants-invaded-land.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The sequencing of a dainty moss called Physcomitrella has revealed as to how plants invaded the land and learned to survive heat and drought.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 16 December 2007 11:41:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gerbils can understand 'you' and 'me'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3803_Gerbils-can-understand-you-and-me.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A pair of researcher from the University of Alabama has shown that gerbils can be trained to recognise human vowel sounds. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 16 December 2007 11:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>High rise apartments with built-in greenhouse</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3798_High-rise-apartments-with-built-in-greenhouse.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Now one can imagine high-rise apartments with its own integrated greenhouses enabling residents to grow variety of vegetables for self-consumption and sufficient left over to generate additional income.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 16 December 2007 11:12:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists clone glowing fluorescent cats</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3779_Scientists-clone-glowing-fluorescent-cats.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers in South Korea have cloned a cat and modified its genes, to make it glow red under ultraviolet light.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 16 December 2007 10:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists prove ancient Egyptians were master glassmakers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3775_Archaeologists-prove-ancient-Egyptians-were-master-glassmakers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of archaeologists have demonstrated that Ancient Egyptian glassmaking methods were much more superior than previously believed, by reconstructing a 3,000-year-old glass furnace.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 11:09:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gender violence in Pak is an act of terrorism: Expert</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3738_Gender-violence-in-Pak-is-an-act-of-terrorism-Expert.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) political scientist has said that gender violence, or violence against women and girls, should be relabelled as terrorism.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:26:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Robotic submarine on Antarctic test before icy Jupiter ocean probe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3734_Robotic-submarine-on-Antarctic-test-before-icy-Jupiter-ocean-probe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scientists are developing a robotic submarine to explore the oceans thought to lie beneath the icy crust on Jupiter's moon Europa. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arctic would be ice-free by 2013</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3732_Arctic-would-be-ice-free-by-2013.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have predicted a grim prognosis for the Arctic's so-called perennial sea ice, given the expanding rate at which global warming is taking place.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:09:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Roadsides make great habitats for rodents</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3712_Roadsides-make-great-habitats-for-rodents.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If you consider roadsides to be useless for habitats, you better think again. The reason: Indiana State University researchers have discovered that roadsides serve as great habitats for rodents. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 01:24:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Deep impact extended mission heads for Comet Hartley Two</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3696_Deep-impact-extended-mission-heads-for-Comet-Hartley-Two.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA has given a University of Maryland-led team of scientists the green light to fly the Deep Impact spacecraft to the Comet Hartley 2 on a two-part extended mission known as EPOXI.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 12:22:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MIT mission to study moon's gravitational pull</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3683_MIT-mission-to-study-moons-gravitational-pull.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will lead a 375-million dollar mission to map the moon's nterior and reconstruct its thermal history.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 11:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global warming has already reached 'tipping points': Expert</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3671_Global-warming-has-already-reached-tipping-points-Expert.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A leading climate scientist has said that the global warming has already reached "tipping points", and that present levels of greenhouse gases will further worsen the climate on Earth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 10:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA satellites may make air quality forecasts possible</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3652_NASA-satellites-may-make-air-quality-forecasts-possible.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA satellites may soon provide a system to predict the quality of air, such as global forecasts of air pollution near the ground where it affects human health, say scientists. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 06:26:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hebrew University academic predicts more rights abuse for Iraqis</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3617_Hebrew-University-academic-predicts-more-rights-abuse-for-Iraqis.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A researcher at Jerusalem's Hebrew University has warned that present policies being followed by the U.S. in Iraq, could expose that country's citizens to human rights abuse similar to what they experienced in the last century.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 04:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Nokia phone to help you order the right food from foreign menus</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3614_New-Nokia-phone-to-help-you-order-the-right-food-from-foreign-menus.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Cell phone maker Nokia is planning to launch a cameraphone with the ability to keep track of whether a user is ordering a wrong dish from a foreign menu. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 04:03:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top 11 warmest years have occurred in the last 13 years</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3610_Top-11-warmest-years-have-occurred-in-the-last-13-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Top 11 warmest years have all occurred in the last the 13 years, according to preliminary global temperature figures for 2007 released by the University of East Anglia and the Met Office's Hadley Centre.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 03:48:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fish and humans share the same skin colour secrets</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3601_Fish-and-humans-share-the-same-skin-colour-secrets.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite a huge evolutionary gulf between humans and the three-spined stickleback fish, both species have a genetic commonness which helps them acquire the skin pigmentation that may enable them to thrive in their new environments.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 02:54:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ancient flesh-eating fungus found in 100-million-year-old amber</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3595_Ancient-flesh-eating-fungus-found-in-100-million-year-old-amber.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ German scientists have found an ancient flesh-eating fungus that preyed on tiny animals, trapped in a hundred-million-year-old lump of amber obtained from a quarry in South-western France. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 02:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Polymer scaffolds may help regenerate damaged nerves</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3593_Polymer-scaffolds-may-help-regenerate-damaged-nerves.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US scientists have found that a polymer laced with chemicals that mimic a key neurotransmitter has the ability to trigger the regeneration of damaged nerve cells. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 02:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers discover 1699 Captain Kidd Shipwreck in the Caribbean</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3576_Researchers-discover-1699-Captain-Kidd-Shipwreck-in-the-Caribbean.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indiana University's underwater archaeology team has discovered the remains of the ship abandoned by the unfortunate 17th century pirate Captain Kidd. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 01:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fresh investigations reveal detailed plan of Caistor Roman town</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3568_Fresh-investigations-reveal-detailed-plan-of-Caistor-Roman-town.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fresh investigations into the Caistor Roman town, which caused a sensation after its discovery in 1928, have revealed never been seen before detailed plans of the buried town.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 01:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Moss may help create crops to survive drought</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3561_Moss-may-help-create-crops-to-survive-drought.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Moss might be one of the simplest plants, but according to some scientists they can help in creating crops for surviving the ravages of drought.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 12:34:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One of two planets around Gliese 581 may indeed by habitable</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3555_One-of-two-planets-around-Gliese-581-may-indeed-by-habitable.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two independent studies confirm that one of the two Earth-like planets, the discovery of which was announced in April, may indeed be located within the habitable zone around the star Gliese 581.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 12:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wild chimpanzees do not routinely experience menopause</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3553_Wild-chimpanzees-do-not-routinely-experience-menopause.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A ground-breaking study has revealed that wild chimpanzees do not routinely experience menopause, rebutting previous findings in captive animals that female chimpanzees reach reproductive senescence at 35 to 40 years of age.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 11:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Early treatment may help curb development of epilepsy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3551_Early-treatment-may-help-curb-development-of-epilepsy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the Yale University have shown the possibility to suppress the development of epilepsy in its early stages.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 11:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Saturn's elusive rotation path revealed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3549_Saturns-elusive-rotation-path-revealed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of European scientists has claimed that it is close to understanding what prompts the Planet Saturn to rotate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 11:42:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global warming sounding death knell for coral reefs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3529_Global-warming-sounding-death-knell-for-coral-reefs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A study has revealed that most coral reefs will not survive the drastic increases in global temperatures and atmospheric CO2 unless governments act immediately to combat current trends.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 14 December 2007 10:43:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hotspot under Earth's crust dangerously melting Greenland's ice: Experts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3513_Hotspot-under-Earths-crust-dangerously-melting-Greenlands-ice-Experts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A thin spot in the Earth's crust is enabling underground magma to melt Greenland's ice, scientists at the Ohio State University feel.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 05:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meat-eating dino that had teeth like "steak knives" identified</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3503_Meat-eating-dino-that-had-teeth-like-steak-knives-identified.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fossil experts have identified a new species of meat-eating dinosaur, which is larger than Tyrannosaurus Rex, from the remains found in North Africa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 04:51:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Combinatorial' approach helps catch software bugs faster</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3499_Combinatorial-approach-helps-catch-software-bugs-faster.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A group of computer scientists and mathematicians from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in association with University of Texas researchers, are developing an open-source tool which they believe will enable software developers to catch software errors more quickly.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 04:28:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, a Bamboo bridge that's strong enough for 8-ton trucks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3492_Now-a-Bamboo-bridge-thats-strong-enough-for-8-ton-trucks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The world's first bamboo bridge that can carry the weight of trucks has been built in a village in the central province of Hunan in China.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 03:51:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists find why size matters in nature</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3459_Scientists-find-why-size-matters-in-nature.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have shed light on the beauty of nature by explaining the mechanism behind the uniformity of leaf and flower size in individual plants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 01:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Milky Way's two stellar halos have opposing spins</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3429_Milky-Ways-two-stellar-halos-have-opposing-spins.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ We call it home, but the Milky Way can still surprise us. It does not have just one halo of stars, but two. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 12:04:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kith and kin more likely than strangers to agree that you're attractive</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3426_Kith-and-kin-more-likely-than-strangers-to-agree-that-youre-attractive.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Friends, siblings and spouses are more likely to agree on the attractiveness of your face than strangers, says a study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:54:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kith and kin more likely than strangers to agree that you're attractive</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3409_Kith-and-kin-more-likely-than-strangers-to-agree-that-youre-attractive.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Friends, siblings and spouses are more likely to agree on the attractiveness of your face than strangers, says a study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:21:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Primitive relative of armadillo identified by scientists</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3400_Primitive-relative-of-armadillo-identified-by-scientists.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of scientists has identified the fossilized remains of an extinct mammal as being a primitive relative of armadillos.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 10:48:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Study suggests genetic causes for male infertility</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3391_Study-suggests-genetic-causes-for-male-infertility.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US researchers have suggested that epigenetics, or the way DNA is processed and expressed, might be the underlying cause for male infertility.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 10:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists develop process by which microbes break down crude oil into gas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3388_Scientists-develop-process-by-which-microbes-break-down-crude-oil-into-gas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have developed a process by which crude oil in oil deposits around the world is naturally broken down by microbes into gas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 10:08:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Male Mozambique tilapia fish uses urine to beat off threat of competition</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3385_Male-Mozambique-tilapia-fish-uses-urine-to-beat-off-threat-of-competition.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has shed light on the role of male Mozambique tilapia fish's urine in asserting their dominance over fellow members of the same sex.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 10:04:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Primitive relative of armadillo identified by scientists</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3381_Primitive-relative-of-armadillo-identified-by-scientists.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of scientists has identified the fossilized remains of an extinct mammal as being a primitive relative of armadillos.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 09:52:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unprecedented 5 degree heating of part of Arctic Ocean due to global warming</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3374_Unprecedented-5-degree-heating-of-part-of-Arctic-Ocean-due-to-global-warming.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research has indicated that sea surface temperatures in one section of the Arctic Ocean have risen up to 5 degree Celsius above average, due to the effects of global warming.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 09:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists develop process by which microbes break down crude oil into gas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3353_Scientists-develop-process-by-which-microbes-break-down-crude-oil-into-gas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have developed a process by which crude oil in oil deposits around the world is naturally broken down by microbes into gas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 08:25:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shrinking Himalayan ice fields could affect more than 500 million people on the Indian subcontinent.</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3321_Shrinking-Himalayan-ice-fields-could-affect-more-than-500-million-people-on-the-Indian-subcontinent.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research has led scientists to speculate that the Himalayan ice fields have been gradually shrinking over the past 50 years, which could seriously affect the lives of more than 500 million people on the Indian subcontinent.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 12 December 2007 03:23:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Time does not slow in crisis situations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3312_Time-does-not-slow-in-crisis-situations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Accident victims often report experiencing the mishap in slow motion. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have now found evidence that this experience is a result of a trick of the people's memory.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 12 December 2007 02:49:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Uranus and Neptune played flip-flop four billion years ago</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3311_Uranus-and-Neptune-played-flip-flop-four-billion-years-ago.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A recent study by scientists has said that Uranus and Neptune had switched places four billion years ago, indicating that the planets in our solar system weren't always in the order they are today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 12 December 2007 02:47:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA software to help Mars rover find safe sites for winter</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3303_NASA-software-to-help-Mars-rover-find-safe-sites-for-winter.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA has developed a new software that is helping the Spirit Rover to find safe havens for the winter and also plan where it will explore in the future.
The Ohio State software uses images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. It compares those images to panoramas taken by the rovers on the ground to precisely map features on the surface.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 12 December 2007 02:05:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Money is the key to a happy marriage</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3301_Money-is-the-key-to-a-happy-marriage.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Even if you aren't the best looking of men, chances are bright that you will settle down to wedded bliss if you have a fat bank balance, says a pioneering study of the "marriage market".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 12 December 2007 02:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Earth's magnetosphere can protect astronauts from radiation on moon missions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3266_Earths-magnetosphere-can-protect-astronauts-from-radiation-on-moon-missions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research has suggested that the magnetosphere of Earth can protect some parts of the moon as well, thus protecting astronauts from radiation on future moon missions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 12 December 2007 01:14:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mars Express witnesses dust storm on the planet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3234_Mars-Express-witnesses-dust-storm-on-the-planet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New observations from Mars Express, a Mars exploration mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), have indicated the occurrence of a dust storm that engulfed the Red Planet recently.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 12 December 2007 10:39:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA discovers magnetic ropes which connect Earth to the Sun</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3233_NASA-discovers-magnetic-ropes-which-connect-Earth-to-the-Sun.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A fleet of NASA spacecraft has discovered the existence of giant magnetic ropes (a twisted bundle of magnetic fields), that connects Earth's upper atmosphere directly to the sun, among other findings.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 12 December 2007 10:39:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India, China and US at greatest 'socioclimatic risk'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3180_India-China-and-US-at-greatest-socioclimatic-risk.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research has found that India, China and the United States are at the greatest 'socioclimatic risk', which is a newly devised methodology that indicates different nations face different exposures to climate change depending on their socioeconomic dimensions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 07:30:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kidney cell biobatteries may power future insulin pumps, pacemakers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3171_Kidney-cell-biobatteries-may-power-future-insulin-pumps-pacemakers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A biophysicist at the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver says that kidney cells, which are particularly good at transporting ions, may pave the way for a miniature biobattery. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 06:47:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Voyager 2 sends back surprising findings about solar system's edge</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3155_Voyager-2-sends-back-surprising-findings-about-solar-systems-edge.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Surprising revelations about the boundary zone that marks the edge of the sun's influence in space, have turned up by the MIT Plasma Science instrument of the Voyager 2 spacecraft.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 05:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global warming will hit world's protected areas severely, warns study</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3154_Global-warming-will-hit-worlds-protected-areas-severely-warns-study.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has indicated that global warming is going to affect the world's protected areas so severely, that in some cases, the resulting environments will be virtually new to the planet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 05:33:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hazy red sunset discovered on extra-solar planet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3141_Hazy-red-sunset-discovered-on-extra-solar-planet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to detect, for the first time, strong evidence of hazes in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a distant star. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 05:09:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New NASA mission to reveal moon's internal structure, evolution</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3137_New-NASA-mission-to-reveal-moons-internal-structure-evolution.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA's Associate Administrator for Science, Alan Stern, has announced a new mission that will peer deep inside the moon to reveal its anatomy and  history.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 04:53:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Our solar system is squashed, proves findings by Voyager 2</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3136_Our-solar-system-is-squashed-proves-findings-by-Voyager-2.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Voyager 2 has proved that our solar system is squashed or dented, with information from a vast region at the end of our solar system.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 04:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Threatened birds much closer to extinction than earlier thought</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3133_Threatened-birds-much-closer-to-extinction-than-earlier-thought.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, and his fellow researchers have opined that birds that are a threatened species, may be closer to extinction than earlier thought.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 04:48:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA formulates strategy to launch first mission to collect Martian soil samples</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3131_NASA-formulates-strategy-to-launch-first-mission-to-collect-Martian-soil-samples.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA is developing plans to launch the first Mars mission to bring soil samples back to Earth, which will contribute significantly to answering questions about the possibility of life on the red planet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 04:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Largest digital survey of Milky Way released by astronomers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3130_Largest-digital-survey-of-Milky-Way-released-by-astronomers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Astronomers have released the largest optical digital survey of the Milky Way galaxy, which has stunning red images of nebulae and stars.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 04:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Exoplanets' "twilight zones" may be germane for harbouring life</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3112_Exoplanets-twilight-zones-may-be-germane-for-harbouring-life.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA scientists say that rocky planets beyond the solar system, called exoplanets, may support life. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 03:31:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Asteroid impact responsible for melting, recasting of Earth's crust</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3109_Asteroid-impact-responsible-for-melting-recasting-of-Earths-crust.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A University of Minnesota geologist has suggested that the continuous overturning, melting and re-casting of Earth's crust may have started with a massive asteroid impact in Earth's infancy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 03:12:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Quantum-dot light emiting diodes can outshine their rivals: Study</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3106_Quantum-dot-light-emiting-diodes-can-outshine-their-rivals-Study.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The size of the quantum dots can be tuned to produce several different colours, and a study has opined that quantum-dot light-emitting diodes (LEDs) require just three to four volts of electricity to run non-stop for over 300 hours.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 03:05:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Greenland experiencing global warming again after 90 years</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3103_Greenland-experiencing-global-warming-again-after-90-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two researchers, who have reviewed old maps of Greenland, have discovered that the area is experiencing the effects of global warming again after nearly 90 years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 02:50:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Excavators discover massive dinosaur 'graveyard' in Spain</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3100_Excavators-discover-massive-dinosaur-graveyard-in-Spain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have discovered a spectacular dinosaur "graveyard" in eastern Spain, which contains thousands of fossils. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 02:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Night shining" clouds above Polar Regions may be partly due to global warming</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3072_Night-shining-clouds-above-Polar-Regions-may-be-partly-due-to-global-warming.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Observations from a NASA satellite has led researchers to suggest that the phenomenon of clouds shining in the night 50 miles above the polar regions, may be partly due to global warming.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 01:48:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Punjab Agricultural University's nutrient management raises rice yields</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3055_Punjab-Agricultural-Universitys-nutrient-management-raises-rice-yields.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at Punjab Agricultural University have attained a significant success in increasing average rice yields in Punjab with the help of site-specific nutrient management strategies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 07:36:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most massive ever dinosaur species discovered in Antarctica</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3054_Most-massive-ever-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-Antarctica.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have discovered a new genus and species of dinosaur in Antarctica, which they say belongs to the Early Jurassic period. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 07:35:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Human evolution is speeding up, indicates new genomic research</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3051_Human-evolution-is-speeding-up-indicates-new-genomic-research.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research has indicated that human evolution is speeding up instead of slowing down or halting, indicating that humans on different continents are becoming increasingly different.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 07:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parenting skills don't suffer when couples get divorced</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3045_Parenting-skills-dont-suffer-when-couples-get-divorced.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has challenged the common notion that divorce has a negative effect on parenting skills, by finding that there are actually more similarities than differences in parenting practices between divorced and married parents.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 07:04:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Animals age faster when competition for food is fiercer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3027_Animals-age-faster-when-competition-for-food-is-fiercer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study by biologists has linked food supply to animal ageing by stating that animals may age faster depending on how much competition there is for food in their early life.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 December 2007 05:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Soon, socks and bulletproof vests made from spider silk</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_3013_Soon-socks-and-bulletproof-vests-made-from-spider-silk.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Thought spider's web's use was just confined to giving you goosebumps in scary films, think again because scientists in Japan have found a way to use spider's webs to make anything from tights and fishing nets to bulletproof vests.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 December 2007 04:26:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, an ' intelligent bra' with sensors</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2999_Now-an-intelligent-bra-with-sensors.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Women who are sick and tired of their ill-fitting bras can now breathe a sigh of relief, for scientists in Australia have developed an 'intelligent bra' with sensors.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 December 2007 03:22:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers find role of mini-molecules in leukaemia progression</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2989_Researchers-find-role-of-mini-molecules-in-leukaemia-progression.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US researchers have found that mini-molecules, called micro-RNA, might play a critical role in the progression of Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) from its treatable chronic phase to a life-threatening phase called as 'blast crisis'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 December 2007 02:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Belief, disbelief and uncertainty activate different parts of brain: Study</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2976_Belief-disbelief-and-uncertainty-activate-different-parts-of-brain-Study.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has found that belief, disbelief and uncertainty activate distinct regions of the brain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 December 2007 01:43:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Life could have evolved 500 million years earlier but for UV radiation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2961_Life-could-have-evolved-500-million-years-earlier-but-for-UV-radiation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research has suggested that life could have started in the universe 500 million years earlier than it did, but UV (Ultra Violet) radiation suppressed its formation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 December 2007 01:04:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The genetic switch that can turn homosexuality on and off identified</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2953_The-genetic-switch-that-can-turn-homosexuality-on-and-off-identified.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that a mutation in a gene known as 'gender-blind' (GB), can make fruit flies homosexual, and that manipulating its activity can switch this trait on and off within hours.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 December 2007 12:27:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>What a trip to the doctor would have been like in Roman times</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2890_What-a-trip-to-the-doctor-would-have-been-like-in-Roman-times.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Italian archaeologists have shed new light on how doctors practised in Roman times by discovering an ancient doctor's surgery.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 9 December 2007 01:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Serial killers may be killing more people than previously thought</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2883_Serial-killers-may-be-killing-more-people-than-previously-thought.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Serial killers may be responsible for up to 10 times more U.S. deaths than previously thought because investigators fail to notice marginalized victims like prostitutes and nursing home residents, according to a new study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 9 December 2007 12:41:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New plan to increase ocean's natural ability to suck up CO2</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2873_New-plan-to-increase-oceans-natural-ability-to-suck-up-CO2.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scientists have evolved a new idea to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere - building water treatment plants that would enhance the ocean's natural ability to absorb the gas on a large scale.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 9 December 2007 11:57:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Laser system may pave the way for cleaner diesel engines</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2863_Laser-system-may-pave-the-way-for-cleaner-diesel-engines.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dutch researcher Bas Bougie has developed a laser-based system to measure soot formation in diesel engines. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 9 December 2007 10:46:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Penguins can dive underwater for over 20 minutes on a single breath</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2847_Penguins-can-dive-underwater-for-over-20-minutes-on-a-single-breath.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has suggested that Emperor penguins, the largest of all penguin species, manage to dive underwater for more than 20 minutes on a single breath because of a supercharged form of a blood protein in their body.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 9 December 2007 09:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists discover 3,000-years-old wood and ropes in Romania</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2839_Archaeologists-discover-3000-years-old-wood-and-ropes-in-Romania.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists in Romania have discovered 3,000-years-old well-preserved wood and ropes at Beclean in the country's northern Bistrita-Nasaud County.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 9 December 2007 09:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Studies reveal genetic links between cancer and schizophrenia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2837_Studies-reveal-genetic-links-between-cancer-and-schizophrenia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A series of studies have revealed that there is a genetic link between schizophrenia and cancer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 9 December 2007 09:21:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers create first-ever genetic animal model of autism</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2829_Researchers-create-first-ever-genetic-animal-model-of-autism.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US researchers have created what might be an accurate model of autism not associated with a broader neuropsychiatric syndrome, which includes conditions like - Fragile X, the most common cause of inherited mental impairment, and Rett Syndrome, a childhood neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by normal early development followed by slowed brain and head growth, seizures, and mental retardation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 9 December 2007 08:55:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's largest and deadliest spitting cobra identified</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2812_Worlds-largest-and-deadliest-spitting-cobra-identified.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have identified the world's largest and most deadliest known species of spitting cobra.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 8 December 2007 12:53:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, a warm lining that can be shorn without removing pants or shoes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2807_Now-a-warm-lining-that-can-be-shorn-without-removing-pants-or-shoes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two graduates from the University of Wisconsin-Stout have invented a warm-weather garment lining for pants that can be taken off without removing the outer pants, or even the wearer's shoes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 8 December 2007 12:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, a car that generates electricity, cash</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2799_Now-a-car-that-generates-electricity-cash.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a system that not only facilitates vehicle propulsion on electricity, but also revenue generation by storing and providing electricity for utilities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 8 December 2007 12:04:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian origin scientist creates oil resistant material</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2780_Indian-origin-scientist-creates-oil-resistant-material.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of engineers led by an Indian origin scientist at Massachusetts Institute Of Technology has devised a simple process to manufacture materials that have a high tendency to repel oil and can be applied as a flexible surface coating. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 06:13:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists get closer to understanding the fundamental constituents of the universe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2774_Scientists-get-closer-to-understanding-the-fundamental-constituents-of-the-universe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After decades of intense research, scientists have come up with a complex computer code that could bring us a significant step closer to understanding the fundamental constituents of the universe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 05:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global warming could make 30pct of land-bird species extinct by 2100</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2766_Global-warming-could-make-30pct-of-land-bird-species-extinct-by-2100.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With habitats fast shrinking due to global warming, a new study warns that climate change will accelerate the rate of extinction among birds and animals.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 05:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists unearth Roman-style dining utensils in London</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2765_Archaeologists-unearth-Roman-style-dining-utensils-in-London.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have unearthed more than 1,100 objects in London, which they say date from the first to third centuries AD. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 05:09:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ancient flood shut down Gulf Stream 8200 years ago</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2760_Ancient-flood-shut-down-Gulf-Stream-8200-years-ago.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A massive release of fresh water from a huge glacial lake in Canada triggered the most dramatic spell of chill in Europe and North America some 8200 years ago, according to a new study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 04:46:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Light-using connectors may make supercomputers as small as a laptop</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2730_Light-using-connectors-may-make-supercomputers-as-small-as-a-laptop.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A research by scientists at IBM has raised hopes for the development of supercomputers as small as a laptop. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 03:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A person's smell decides his likeability</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2713_A-persons-smell-decides-his-likeability.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Animals aren't the only one who use their sense of smell to sniff out people they like, for humans also do so.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 01:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now an unmanned seaplane inspired by 'flying fish' that takes off and lands on its own</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2703_Now-an-unmanned-seaplane-inspired-by-flying-fish-that-takes-off-and-lands-on-its-own.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Engineers have developed an unmanned seaplane with a 7-foot wingspan, inspired by flying fish. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 01:13:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Caffeine Cream may help you get those perfectly toned tighs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2697_Caffeine-Cream-may-help-you-get-those-perfectly-toned-tighs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Caffeine not only helps you stay awake, but a cream made from it can also help tone your thighs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 12:54:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists zero in on the origins of Saturn's moons</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2691_Scientists-zero-in-on-the-origins-of-Saturns-moons.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Images of Saturn's moons orbiting near the planet's outer rings, taken by NASA, have shed light on their origin.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 12:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Detection of extra solar planet's atmosphere might help in finding extraterrestrial life</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2684_Detection-of-extra-solar-planets-atmosphere-might-help-in-finding-extraterrestrial-life.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Astronomers have made the first ground-based detection of the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system, which might turn out to be an incremental step in finding life in the universe. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 11:50:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Emissions must be reduced by 2050 to check global warming</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2681_Emissions-must-be-reduced-by-2050-to-check-global-warming.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scientists have suggested that emissions must be reduced by at least 50 per cent by 2050 to check global warming.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 11:46:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA images shed light on origin of solar winds</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2675_NASA-images-shed-light-on-origin-of-solar-winds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New images from NASA funded  telescopes board  a  Japanese  satellite have shed light  about  the  sun's agnetic  field  and the origin of solar  winds,  which  disrupts ower grids, satellites and communications on Earth.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 11:29:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Genetic mutation that makes us once bitten, twice shy identified</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2670_Genetic-mutation-that-makes-us-once-bitten-twice-shy-identified.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Most people tend to learn from their mistakes and avoid a similar fate in the future. Now, researchers have found that the reason we are able to do so, is because of a gene that makes us once bitten, twice shy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 11:04:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists zero in on the origins of Saturn's moons</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2667_Scientists-zero-in-on-the-origins-of-Saturns-moons.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Images of Saturn's moons orbiting  near he planet's outer rings, taken by NASA, have shed light on their rigin.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 10:51:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Like humans, monkeys too have the ability to plan ahead</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2654_Like-humans-monkeys-too-have-the-ability-to-plan-ahead.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In humans the way of grasping an object, no matter how uncomfortable, is typically influenced more by their knowledge of what they intend to do with it rather than its immediate appearance. Now, a study has found that monkeys also follow the 'end-state comfort effect'.
'End-state comfort effect' is when we adopt initially unusual, and perhaps uncomfortable postures to make it easier to actually use an object. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 10:09:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Good looking people get better jobs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2653_Good-looking-people-get-better-jobs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If you are good looking, then you surely have an edge over any other average looking person, especially if the interviewer is of the opposite sex, revealed a study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 10:08:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Generosity does lie in the genes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2645_Generosity-does-lie-in-the-genes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found that some people are genetically programmed to be generous.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 09:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA to use high altitude balloons to unravel secrets about radiation belts surrounding Earth</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2634_NASA-to-use-high-altitude-balloons-to-unravel-secrets-about-radiation-belts-surrounding-Earth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new NASA project is going to use more than 40 high altitude balloons in order to gather more information about particular radiation belts surrounding our planet. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 08:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kids close to their parents are more independent as adults</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2621_Kids-close-to-their-parents-are-more-independent-as-adults.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A close relationship with parents is often viewed as a sign of dependence, but a new research has found that young adults who share a strong bond with their parents exhibit greater independence in their personal lives than those who have a distant relationship. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 07:24:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Volcanic 'face' on the Moon developed over 4 billion years ago</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2619_Volcanic-face-on-the-Moon-developed-over-4-billion-years-ago.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A scientist of Indian origin is part of a new study based on a moon rock, which indicates that volcanoes, that are visible from Earth and resemble a face on the surface, developed on the moon soon after its formation, leading to new information about how planets develop in their early stages. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 07:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Seeing adults doing something wrong makes it harder for kids to do it right</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2617_Seeing-adults-doing-something-wrong-makes-it-harder-for-kids-to-do-it-right.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Children learn by imitating adults, in fact this occurs to such an extent that they will change their perception of how an object works if they see you using it in the wrong manner.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 07:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers discover odd dwarf star with a magnetic personality</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2614_Astronomers-discover-odd-dwarf-star-with-a-magnetic-personality.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered a dwarf star that has an unusually active and complex magnetic field, stronger than our own Sun's, and a huge hot spot that covers half of its surface. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 06:59:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dolphins too use 'flowers' to woo their females</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2606_Dolphins-too-use-flowers-to-woo-their-females.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Men use flowers, chocolates and gifts to woo women. However, impressing females comes a lot cheaper to dolphins as just a bunch of weeds can cut the ice for them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 06:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New findings shed light on missing chemicals from earth's mantle</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2598_New-findings-shed-light-on-missing-chemicals-from-earths-mantle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New observations by geophysicists might shed light on the age-old mystery of missing chemicals from the Earth's mantle. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 05:30:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists make breakthrough in understanding new state of matter</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2597_Scientists-make-breakthrough-in-understanding-new-state-of-matter.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the University of Alberta have made a remarkable advancement in the understanding of what they call a new state of matter or supersolidity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 05:26:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Planets can get twice as close to their suns without evaporating</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2588_Planets-can-get-twice-as-close-to-their-suns-without-evaporating.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new computer simulation has suggested that giant gas planets can get twice as close to their stars as Mercury is to the Sun without evaporating. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 04:15:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, a 'diabetes tattoo' to replace painful jabs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2580_Now-a-diabetes-tattoo-to-replace-painful-jabs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A US researcher has devised 'diabetes tattoo' which might help in providing relief to diabetes sufferers from the constant pain of needle sticks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 03:38:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Damming the Red Sea might generate 50 gigawatts of electrical power for the Middle East</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2577_Damming-the-Red-Sea-might-generate-50-gigawatts-of-electrical-power-for-the-Middle-East.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new report has suggested that building a dam around the Red Sea could solve the growing energy demands of millions of people in the Middle East and alleviate some of the region's tensions pertaining to oil supplies through hydroelectric power. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 03:27:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pheromones that trigger aggression between male mice identified</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2573_Pheromones-that-trigger-aggression-between-male-mice-identified.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have identified pheromones, which are responsible for the aggression response in mice.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 03:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First stars in the Universe might have been "dark stars" with no twinkle</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2571_First-stars-in-the-Universe-might-have-been-dark-stars-with-no-twinkle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Washington, Dec 6: The first stars in the beginning of the universe might have been invisible "dark stars", which were powered by the presence of dark matter, a new study has indicated. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 03:14:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Self-healing materials just got more cost-effective</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2562_Self-healing-materials-just-got-more-cost-effective.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new bonding mechanism discovered by US researchers could make self-healing composite materials that help fix small cracks in the structures of planes, bridges, and wind turbines more cost-effective.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 02:55:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA to use high altitude balloons to unravel secrets about radiation belts surrounding Earth</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2559_NASA-to-use-high-altitude-balloons-to-unravel-secrets-about-radiation-belts-surrounding-Earth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new NASA project is going to use more than 40 high altitude balloons in order to gather more information about particular radiation belts surrounding our planet. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 02:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers discover odd dwarf star with a magnetic personality</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2552_Astronomers-discover-odd-dwarf-star-with-a-magnetic-personality.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered a dwarf star that has an unusually active and complex magnetic field, stronger than our own Sun's, and a huge hot spot that covers half of its surface. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 02:15:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pine tree extract reduces Osteoarthritis knee pain</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2521_Pine-tree-extract-reduces-Osteoarthritis-knee-pain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A study has found that an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree improves physical function in patients suffering from OsteoArthritis of the knee (OA) by 52 percent. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 12:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Herbal extract of yellow-flowered mountain plant increases fruit flies' lifespan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2486_Herbal-extract-of-yellow-flowered-mountain-plant-increases-fruit-flies-lifespan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant native to the Arctic regions of Asia and Europe has been found to increase the lifespan of fruit fly populations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 11:11:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Female elephants can keep track of at least 17 relations simultaneously</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2482_Female-elephants-can-keep-track-of-at-least-17-relations-simultaneously.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Experiments carried out by researchers from the University of St Andrews and the Amboseli Trust for Elephants in Kenya have shown that female elephants possess the ability to remember where they can find the members of their families, while their herd is searching for food. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 12:50:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Humans and Neanderthals may have interbred, but had no hybrids</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2477_Humans-and-Neanderthals-may-have-interbred-but-had-no-hybrids.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has suggested that humans may have interbred with Neanderthals, but there were no hybrids that emerged as a result. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 12:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Here's why men like to marry women almost half their age</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2472_Heres-why-men-like-to-marry-women-almost-half-their-age.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ever wondered why men like to marry women who are years younger them? Well, you can now give your mind a rest, for a study has found that men prefer young women due to their high fertility.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 11:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian researcher reveals why enjoying a movie is contagious</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2455_Indian-researcher-reveals-why-enjoying-a-movie-is-contagious.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The next time you watch a movie, make sure you have company with you, for a new study conducted by an Indian researcher suggests that the presence of other people might enhance a person's movie-watching experience.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 11:08:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>White dwarfs get a "kick" to hurl them to the edge of their cluster</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2444_White-dwarfs-get-a-kick-to-hurl-them-to-the-edge-of-their-cluster.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided evidence that white dwarfs, the burned out relics of stars, are propelled to the outer reaches of their star cluster at the time of their formation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 07:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IIT, Bombay alumnus develops technique to control nanoparticle size</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2441_IIT-Bombay-alumnus-develops-technique-to-control-nanoparticle-size.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Those who have got bored of watching the same conventional black car tyres may now expect vehicles with colourful tyres to hit the roads in the days to come. The reason: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay alumnus Pratim Biswas has developed a method to control the size of the nanoparticles, opening up possibilities for new nanotechnology applications and different techniques.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 07:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mars rover frees itself from loose soil</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2436_Mars-rover-frees-itself-from-loose-soil.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Reports indicate that NASA's Mars Rover Spirit has freed itself from the loose soil it had been stuck in for about two weeks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 07:09:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Life may have originated inside mineral mica layers in ancient oceans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2435_Life-may-have-originated-inside-mineral-mica-layers-in-ancient-oceans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new hypothesis by scientists has suggested that life may have originated inside layers of mineral mica in ancient oceans. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 07:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microbes can make inter-continental travel and survive for centuries, confirms study</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2428_Microbes-can-make-inter-continental-travel-and-survive-for-centuries-confirms-study.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scientists have confirmed that microbes can travel thousands of miles across continents by attaching themselves to dust particles. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 06:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Neanderthals grew up physically more rapidly than humans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2420_Neanderthals-grew-up-physically-more-rapidly-than-humans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research by scientists has found evidence for a rapid physical development pattern in Neanderthals as compared to humans. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 05:41:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Female elephants can keep track of at least 17 relations simultaneously</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2413_Female-elephants-can-keep-track-of-at-least-17-relations-simultaneously.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Experiments carried out by researchers from the University of St Andrews and the Amboseli Trust for Elephants in Kenya have shown that female elephants possess the ability to remember where they can find the members of their families, while their herd is searching for food. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 05:10:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Early Southwestern Indians made beer centuries before Spanish arrived</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2377_Early-Southwestern-Indians-made-beer-centuries-before-Spanish-arrived.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Indians of the American Southwest had been consuming food or beverages made from fermenting corn centuries before the arrival of the Spanish, according to a study. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 01:37:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian scientist advances process to make silicon chips cooler, faster, cheaper</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2315_Indian-scientist-advances-process-to-make-silicon-chips-cooler-faster-cheaper.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research, led by an Indian scientist, has developed a new process technology that leads to a significant reduction in heat generated by silicon chips, hence making them faster and more cost-effective.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 12:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Molecular mechanism that keeps cells in shape identified</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2300_Molecular-mechanism-that-keeps-cells-in-shape-identified.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have decoded a molecular mechanism that plays an important role in the development of a cell's shape.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 11:28:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Young chimps better than humans in remembering numerals</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2292_Young-chimps-better-than-humans-in-remembering-numerals.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Young chimpanzees overshadowed human adults in remembering numerals in a recent study, published in the journal Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 06:42:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New smartpen, paper technology to help visually impaired students</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2291_New-smartpen-paper-technology-to-help-visually-impaired-students.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Blind students can now take a breather as far as their studies are concerned, for a new revolutionary smartpen and paper technology that works with touch and records classroom audio aims to bring subjects like - physics, calculus and biology to life for the visually-impaired students.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 06:41:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Computer servers 'as bad' for the climate as SUVs, says UK survey</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2285_Computer-servers-as-bad-for-the-climate-as-SUVs-says-UK-survey.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The UK-based environmental organisation, Global Action Plan, has in a report, claimed that computer servers are as great a threat to the climate as SUVs or the global aviation industry.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 06:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mystery of cosmic rays might be solved by its radiation flashes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2277_Mystery-of-cosmic-rays-might-be-solved-by-its-radiation-flashes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The mystery of the origin and source of cosmic rays might be solved by recording the radiation flashes which its particles emit, suggests a new research. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 05:45:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists excavate rare Mayan "Death Vase"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2258_Archaeologists-excavate-rare-Mayan-Death-Vase.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have discovered an extremely rare and intricately carved "death vase" in the 1,400-year-old grave of a member of the Maya elite. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 05:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India-based ICRISAT new agricultural innovations helps Chinese farmers and scientists</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2253_India-based-ICRISAT-new-agricultural-innovations-helps-Chinese-farmers-and-scientists.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The India-based International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), a non-profit and non-political research organization, has helped Chinese agricultural scientists and rural communities embrace diverse agricultural innovations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 04:44:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carbon stored in trees and forests can prevent deforestation: Experts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2248_Carbon-stored-in-trees-and-forests-can-prevent-deforestation-Experts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An international consortium of researchers has challenged the view that forests are worth more dead than alive. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 04:24:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Affect of global warming on food supply might be worse than thought</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2244_Affect-of-global-warming-on-food-supply-might-be-worse-than-thought.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New reports indicate that the affects of global warming on the world's food supply could be worse than previously thought. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 03:55:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unpredictability may be pretty predictable after all</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2235_Unpredictability-may-be-pretty-predictable-after-all.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In what may have significant implications for medicine, mathematics, the environment etc., scientists have developed an analytical model that may soon be able to calculate when things take place.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 03:12:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Earth's magma sculpted valleys and mountains 180 mln years ago: Study</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2231_Earths-magma-sculpted-valleys-and-mountains-180-mln-years-ago-Study.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A professor of earth and planetary sciences at the Johns Hopkins University who challenged the century-old concept that the Earth's outer layer formed when crystal-free molten rock called magma oozed to the surface from giant subterranean chambers hidden beneath volcanoes, has taken his analysis further in the decade following his discovery.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 02:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Key gene behind boron toxicity tolerance in barley identified</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2169_Key-gene-behind-boron-toxicity-tolerance-in-barley-identified.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian scientists have discovered the key gene behind boron toxicity tolerance in barley, permitting breeders to select barley varieties that are tolerant to boron with 100 percent accuracy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 01:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Helium isotopes may identify potential sources for geothermal energy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2165_Helium-isotopes-may-identify-potential-sources-for-geothermal-energy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research by geologists has suggested that areas with high resource potential for geothermal energy can be identified using the ratio of helium isotopes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 01:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientific answers to your kids' most bizarre questions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2146_Scientific-answers-to-your-kids-most-bizarre-questions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ How many hairs do I have on my head? Why do we have eyebrows? Why is the sky blue? Why do my toes go wrinkly in the bath? Ever wondered the best way to answer such random, awkward backseat questions from your kids?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 12:27:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New techniques confirm blood of animal sacrifices on ancient African sculptures</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2133_New-techniques-confirm-blood-of-animal-sacrifices-on-ancient-African-sculptures.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New diagnostic techniques used by chemists have confirmed the presence of blood from ritual animal sacrifices in the patina of ancient sculptures found in western Africa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 11:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Human embryonic stem cells used to heal large skull defects in mice</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2116_Human-embryonic-stem-cells-used-to-heal-large-skull-defects-in-mice.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at John Hopkins University revealed that a bone tissue grown from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) has successfully been used to heal large skull defects in mice. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 07:25:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Key gene involved in Lupus identified</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2088_Key-gene-involved-in-Lupus-identified.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have identified a key gene involved in the disease Lupus.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 02:14:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA plans mission to probe secrets of magnetic reconnection</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2087_NASA-plans-mission-to-probe-secrets-of-magnetic-reconnection.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA has outlined a mission that will probe known magnetic reconnection sites, that might prove be an important source of energy regeneration in the universe. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 02:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aging helps improve organic transistor's performance</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2084_Aging-helps-improve-organic-transistors-performance.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ageing is the secret behind a good wine, and this also seems to be true for a plastic transistor that scientists have found doubles its performance if simply left to sit at room temperature for a week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 01:46:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First stars in the Universe might have been "dark stars" with no twinkle</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2073_First-stars-in-the-Universe-might-have-been-dark-stars-with-no-twinkle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The first stars in the beginning of the universe might have been invisible "dark stars", which were powered by the presence of dark matter, a new study has indicated. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 01:13:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Excavations reveal ancient Egyptians were master dam builders</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2067_Excavations-reveal-ancient-Egyptians-were-master-dam-builders.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient dam, dating back to some 4,000 years, in Upper Egypt, proving theories that ancient Egyptians were master dam builders. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 12:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Duckbilled dinosaur 'mummy' may help shed light on its biological secrets</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2066_Duckbilled-dinosaur-mummy-may-help-shed-light-on-its-biological-secrets.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The 'mummy' of a duckbilled dinosaur unearthed in the United States has palaeontologists extremely excited, as it might help shed light on the biological secrets of dinosaurs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 12:45:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Robot' guitar that tunes itself</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2064_Robot-guitar-that-tunes-itself.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A first-of-its kind self-tuning guitar is going to be launched which uses robotic technology for it's functioning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 12:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global warming might shrink half of North American tree ranges</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2061_Global-warming-might-shrink-half-of-North-American-tree-ranges.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has indicated that global warming could cause 130 North American trees to shift their ranges northward by hundreds of kilometers and might also result in shrinking them by more than half. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 12:31:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Find out if a person is really paying attention to what you're saying</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2038_Find-out-if-a-person-is-really-paying-attention-to-what-youre-saying.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ever get the feeling that the attention of the person you're talking to has wandered even though he may be looking straight at you? Well, now you can figure this out for yourself thanks to a researcher who has found a way to measure covert attention.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 11:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian-origin astronomer theorises that Milky Way could have a hidden twin</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_2007_Indian-origin-astronomer-theorises-that-Milky-Way-could-have-a-hidden-twin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of astronomers including an Indian born scientist have hinted at the possibility of the Milky Way galaxy having a twin, based on data from the 2 Micron Redshift Survey (2MRS), which aims to map the distribution of galaxies and dark matter in the local universe. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 08:04:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fin whales can swallow 'ocean soup' enough to fill a school bus</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1998_Fin-whales-can-swallow-ocean-soup-enough-to-fill-a-school-bus.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scientists have discovered that while lunging towards krill and fish with an open mouth, a single fin whale can engulf up to 2,900 cubit feet of the ocean "soup", which is almost equal to a large school bus.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 05:20:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists create software to unravel the genetics of inflammation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1989_Scientists-create-software-to-unravel-the-genetics-of-inflammation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have developed a powerful tool to aid scientists in studying the genetics of inflammatory diseases, using information about the genes that are known to be linked to inflammation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 04:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Quarks' constituent particles may comprise Universe's mysterious dark matter</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1986_Quarks-constituent-particles-may-comprise-Universes-mysterious-dark-matter.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scientists have come up with a new theory suggesting that hypothetical particles known as preons might account for a significant proportion of the mysterious dark matter that makes up a big chunk of the tangible mass of the Universe. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 03:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global warming resulting in an increased similarity of plants in Alps</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1985_Global-warming-resulting-in-an-increased-similarity-of-plants-in-Alps.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New research by environmentalists indicates that global warming has resulted in an increased similarity of vegetation in mountain summits in the Alps.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 03:33:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Santa Claus' gas cloud in our galaxy excites astronomers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1978_Santa-Claus-gas-cloud-in-our-galaxy-excites-astronomers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Paris , Dec 1: European Space Agency's (ESA) XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has discovered a huge cloud of high-temperature gas shaped somewhat like the silhouette of Santa Claus, in the Orion constellation in our galaxy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 03:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Miniature airplanes to help in tracking hurricanes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1971_Miniature-airplanes-to-help-in-tracking-hurricanes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have developed miniature airplanes that could someday track hurricanes, thus helping to better predict the course and strength of the storms.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 12:23:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Study sheds light on anorexia's lasting impact</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1966_Study-sheds-light-on-anorexias-lasting-impact.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has revealed the clues to anorexia's lasting impact by showing that young women who have maintained a normalized body weight after recovering from anorexia nervosa demonstrate vastly different patterns of brain activity compared to similar women without the eating disorder.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 12:05:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Music scholar rediscovers lost 16th century Catholic Mass</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1965_Music-scholar-rediscovers-lost-16th-century-Catholic-Mass.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A music scholar has rediscovered a 16 th century choral work of Italian composer Alessandro Striggio in the Bibliothèque Nationale, the national library of France.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 12:04:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Experts warn home genetic testing kits are 'a waste of money'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1961_Experts-warn-home-genetic-testing-kits-are-a-waste-of-money.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Experts have warned that the genetic tests, which claim to predict the risk of developing life-threatening diseases, are a waste of money and can frighten healthy people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 11:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists dig up remains of ancient city in east China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1948_Archaeologists-dig-up-remains-of-ancient-city-in-east-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese archaeologists claim they have discovered the remains of an ancient city in eastern Zhejiang Province of China, a finding that could better prove the long history of Chinese civilization.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 11:15:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New study urges disposal of secondary fridges to fight against global warming</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1908_New-study-urges-disposal-of-secondary-fridges-to-fight-against-global-warming.html</link>
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London, Nov 30: A new study has suggested Canadian, North American and Australian homes to get rid of vintage secondary fridges, which add to increasing household greenhouse gas emissions, leading to global warming. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 03:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New sources of geothermal energy discovered</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1904_New-sources-of-geothermal-energy-discovered.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two American geochemists have claimed that they have discovered a new tool for identifying potential geothermal energy resources. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 02:43:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers doubt global warming will be reduced by ocean fertilization</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1902_Researchers-doubt-global-warming-will-be-reduced-by-ocean-fertilization.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Research undertaken at the Universities of Stanford and Oregon State have raised doubts about the viability of plans to fertilize the ocean in a bid to neutralize global warming.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 02:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IPCC chief Pachauri, experts disagree on whether it needs to be nimbler to be more effective</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1895_IPCC-chief-Pachauri-experts-disagree-on-whether-it-needs-to-be-nimbler-to-be-more-effective.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two scientists have urged the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to become a nimbler body if it is to remain relevant in the coming years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 02:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers create comprehensive map of imprinted genes in human genome</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1887_Researchers-create-comprehensive-map-of-imprinted-genes-in-human-genome.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at Duke University have created the first map of imprinted genes throughout the human genome.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 01:54:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Early humans might have lived in 'harem' societies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1877_Early-humans-might-have-lived-in-harem-societies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An analysis of fossils from the primate species that lived in Africa about 2 to 1.2 million years ago suggests that some early human ancestors might have lived in harem societies, just like modern gorillas and orang-utans do today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 01:43:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New glucose powered fuel cell to act as biomass resource</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1871_New-glucose-powered-fuel-cell-to-act-as-biomass-resource.html</link>
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Washington, Nov 30: Scientists have built a glucose-powered fuel cell that would help to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels and increase the usage of biomass resources. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 01:37:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers discover cradle where planets form</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1866_Astronomers-discover-cradle-where-planets-form.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Astronomers have observed an embryonic sun-like star sprouting giant jets of gas, which might ultimately prove to be a cradle where planets and moons form. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 01:27:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers solve cosmic puzzle behind formation of galaxies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1865_Astronomers-solve-cosmic-puzzle-behind-formation-of-galaxies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have exposed a very violent and critical relationship between interstellar gas and dark matter when galaxies are born, that has largely been ignored by the current model of how the universe evolved. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 01:16:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New study sheds more light on blood stem cell's biological role</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1862_New-study-sheds-more-light-on-blood-stem-cells-biological-role.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ No other stem cell is understood as thoroughly as the blood, or Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC), which have been the driving force behind successful bone marrow transplants for decades. And now, a new study suggests that HSCs' biological role is far more versatile and dynamic than thought to be.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 01:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ingredients for more powerful Atlantic hurricanes revealed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1861_Ingredients-for-more-powerful-Atlantic-hurricanes-revealed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have found that the Atlantic organizes the ingredients for a powerful hurricane season.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 01:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Here's how you turn cockroaches into 'zombie slaves'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1860_Heres-how-you-turn-cockroaches-into-zombie-slaves.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have uncovered a neurological trick used by a species of wasp that live in tropical regions of India, Africa and the Pacific Islands, to turn cockroaches into 'zombie slaves'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 12:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Worker honeybees 'cheat' their way to royalty</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1830_Worker-honeybees-cheat-their-way-to-royalty.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A genetic analysis of South African Cape honeybees, a sub-species of the Western honeybees, has revealed that worker bees overthrow the monarchy by sneaking their eggs into the colony so that their offspring be raised as royals. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 11:49:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Antarctica ship disaster raises safety and environmental concerns</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1821_Antarctica-ship-disaster-raises-safety-and-environmental-concerns.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Washington, Nov 29: The sinking of the M.S. Explorer, a small Canadian cruise ship, in Antarctica, has raised safety and environmental concerns. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 11:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Astronomers detect youngest known solar systems in the Milky Way</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1817_Astronomers-detect-youngest-known-solar-systems-in-the-Milky-Way.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered what might be some of the youngest solar systems in the Milky Way. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 10:59:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microwave radiation could bring vehicles to a stop</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1816_Microwave-radiation-could-bring-vehicles-to-a-stop.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The microwave radiation that reheats your food could soon be used to bring a vehicle to a stop quickly.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 10:58:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers expose violent processes during formation of galaxies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1813_Researchers-expose-violent-processes-during-formation-of-galaxies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have exposed a very violent and critical relationship between interstellar gas and dark matter when galaxies are born, that has largely been ignored by the current model of how the universe evolved. he new findings solve a longstanding problem of the widely accepted model - Cold Dark Matter cosmology - which suggests there is much more dark matter in the central regions of galaxies than actual scientific observations suggest. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 10:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Seasonal seas may help coral reefs survive global warming</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1800_Seasonal-seas-may-help-coral-reefs-survive-global-warming.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has found that corals might survive rising ocean temperatures in 'tough love' seas with wide-ranging temperatures. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 10:16:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN in favour of compensating developing countries for reduced emissions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1799_UN-in-favour-of-compensating-developing-countries-for-reduced-emissions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new plan to compensate developing countries for reduced emissions and saving their forests and woodlands, is going to be discussed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Bali (3-14 December 2007). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 10:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Charles Darwin's 'Group Selection' theory no longer a taboo</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1774_Charles-Darwins-Group-Selection-theory-no-longer-a-taboo.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Charles Darwin's theory of group selection, which has been neglected for about four decades, has once again found supporters in leading evolutionary scientists David Sloan Wilson and Edward O. Wilson. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 04:48:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mum's diet may influence baby's gender</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1773_Mums-diet-may-influence-babys-gender.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study on mice has revealed that a child's gender could be influenced by the mother's diet in the run-up to conception.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 04:46:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ability to handle success lies in how you see yourself</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1755_Ability-to-handle-success-lies-in-how-you-see-yourself.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Too much of success can either take people places or end them up in shambles. A new research has suggested that a person's ability to handle success lies all in how they see themselves.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 03:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fear of looking unattractive is what motivates people more to get fit</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1732_Fear-of-looking-unattractive-is-what-motivates-people-more-to-get-fit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Want to lose weight, but a strong motivation is missing? Then, why don't you try fear, for according to a new study fear of looking unattractive is a stronger motivator to get fit than hope for those worrying about their bodies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 02:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Newly spotted teenage galaxies might be building blocks for galaxies like our own</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1721_Newly-spotted-teenage-galaxies-might-be-building-blocks-for-galaxies-like-our-own.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered new galaxies billions of light years away, which might be the building blocks of normal galaxies like our Milky Way. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 01:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Inhospitable Venus was once Earth's 'watery' twin</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1704_Inhospitable-Venus-was-once-Earths-watery-twin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Washington, Nov 29: Scientists have come to the conclusion that despite the current uninhabitable environment of Venus, it was once Earth's twin and even now has some similar traits. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 01:14:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canines too are computer savvy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1701_Canines-too-are-computer-savvy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the University of Vienna in Austria have shown dogs possess the ability to classify complex colour photographs and place them into categories in the same manner as humans do. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 01:07:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Autistic kids have brain abnormalities</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1695_Autistic-kids-have-brain-abnormalities.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Children diagnosed with autism have more gray matter in their brains, says a study that used a novel imaging technique to analyse brain structure.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 12:53:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Here's how you get a man to enjoy a 'chick flick'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1691_Heres-how-you-get-a-man-to-enjoy-a-chick-flick.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Melodramatic tear-jerkers, generally called 'chick flicks,' bring about subsequent groans and scowls amongst men. But a new study has suggested that the nagging males can be made to savour the sob stories if they're frankly told that its purely fiction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 12:37:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaria study may pave way for faster treatments</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1687_Malaria-study-may-pave-way-for-faster-treatments.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers from MIT and Harvard University have found new parasitic states of malaria parasites, which might help open the door to the development of new malaria treatments that ameliorate disease symptoms by targeting the parasite's behaviour.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 12:27:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Cosmic Cannonball' discovered moving at 3 million miles per hour</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1681_Cosmic-Cannonball-discovered-moving-at-3-million-miles-per-hour.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Washington, Nov 29: Astronomers have discovered one of the fastest moving (neutron) stars with NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 12:12:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists unearth ancient Egyptian mummies from Ptolemaic era</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1678_Archaeologists-unearth-ancient-Egyptian-mummies-from-Ptolemaic-era.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have found well-preserved mummies in Egypt dating back to the country's Ptolemaic era. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 12:03:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blue dye could hold key to revolutionizing computer processing power</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1671_Blue-dye-could-hold-key-to-revolutionizing-computer-processing-power.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A research conducted recently has found a technique for controlling the magnetic properties of a commonly used blue dye could revolutionize computer processing power.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 11:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Titan hosts building blocks for life, reveals new data</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1670_Titan-hosts-building-blocks-for-life-reveals-new-data.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scientists have confirmed the presence of such particles in Titan's atmosphere which may act as building blocks for life. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 11:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Image mosaic to strengthen global forest monitoring</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1646_Image-mosaic-to-strengthen-global-forest-monitoring.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Washington, Nov 29: Scientists have completed the first of its kind image mosaic for a portion of the Amazon basin spanning almost 400,000 kilometers, in order to strengthen global forest monitoring. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 09:58:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's largest known horned dinosaur unearthed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1627_Worlds-largest-known-horned-dinosaur-unearthed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Washington, Nov 29: Paleontologists have found the world's largest known horned dinosaur, with the discovery of an early relative of Triceratops that measured around 30 feet in length. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 09:27:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists convert low-grade sludge into high-value gas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1600_Scientists-convert-low-grade-sludge-into-high-value-gas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ University of Leeds scientists have developed a process that allows the transformation of low-grade sludge into high-value gas. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 November 2007 02:43:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Drought worsens carbon dioxide levels</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1593_Drought-worsens-carbon-dioxide-levels.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Government scientists have found that droughts don't just lead to parched land, but also exacerbate rising carbon dioxide levels.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 November 2007 02:22:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Volcanic eruptions might result in rise in sea level, suggests new study</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1557_Volcanic-eruptions-might-result-in-rise-in-sea-level-suggests-new-study.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has found out that volcanic eruptions might lead to an increase in global sea level. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 November 2007 11:21:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ancient Roman road map linking Spain to India unveiled</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1556_Ancient-Roman-road-map-linking-Spain-to-India-unveiled.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An ancient map which shows the network of main Roman roads from Spain to India has been unveiled at the Austrian National Library. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 November 2007 11:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Storing CO2 deep in the earth may help tackle climate change</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1550_Storing-CO2-deep-in-the-earth-may-help-tackle-climate-change.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A study has found that storing carbon dioxide (CO2) deep below the earth's surface could be a safe, long-term solution to one of the planet's major contributors to climate change.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 November 2007 03:36:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Flowering plants evolved into five groups 5 million years ago</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1514_Flowering-plants-evolved-into-five-groups-5-million-years-ago.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study by scientists has shed light on early plant evolution by finding that flowering plants had evolved into five groups in a short period of less than 5 million years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 November 2007 01:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists stress on preventive strategies to fight eco migrations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1495_Scientists-stress-on-preventive-strategies-to-fight-eco-migrations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study by scientists has stressed on preventive strategies to minimize the impact of environmental migrations due to climate change. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists create drought-resistant tobacco plants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1491_Scientists-create-drought-resistant-tobacco-plants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the University of California, Davis have created drought-resistant tobacco plants that can survive through long dry periods. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:27:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mars rover stuck in loose soil</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1477_Mars-rover-stuck-in-loose-soil.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Reports indicate that NASA's Mars Rover Spirit has stuck in what appears to be loose soil in a region having steep and northern-tilting slopes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 November 2007 12:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian American ecologist proposes 'human-centric' maps of ecosystems</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1464_Indian-American-ecologist-proposes-human-centric-maps-of-ecosystems.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian American ecologist and a colleague have proposed a radically new system of 'human-centric' maps of ecosystems of the world, which can prove to be an alternative to the current system of classification. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 November 2007 11:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New theory suggests salamanders relocated 25,000 kilometres from America to Asia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_1450_New-theory-suggests-sa