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Experts gather to discuss global catastrophic risks
from Earth & Sky Podcast on July 03, 2008
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Humans have experienced global catastrophes in the past, says Nick Bostrom, director of Oxford s Future of Humanity Institute. But modern technology has brought new potential risks.

Elusive Mercury shines in July 2008 dawn sky
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 30, 2008
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July 1, 2008. The elusive planet Mercury is in the east before dawn now. Throughout July, no matter where you are on Earth, you have a good opportunity to find Mercury in the predawn sky.

Will your car use fuel made from natural gas?
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 29, 2008
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Earth’s growing population means more vehicles, and more pollution. A Shell scientist describes a gas-to-liquids process for a cleaner-burning fuel.

Closest planet-bright star conjunction of 2008
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 28, 2008
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June 30, 2008. As the sky darkens tonight, you ll see Mars and Regulus close together in the evening twilight. Saturn is also nearby. Mars and Regulus are now staging the closest pairing of a planet and first-magnitude star for this year.

Climate change shrinking water in western U.S.
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 28, 2008
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A 2008 study shows that Earth’s changing climate has caused available water to shrink in the western U.S. during the last half century. And even bigger changes may lie ahead ..

Why are some butterfly populations shrinking?
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 27, 2008
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Experts say they are seeing rapid declines in the number of butterfly species with no obvious explanation. EarthSky spoke to Arthur Shapiro at the University of California about his study of butterfly populations.

Life-seeking robot sub to explore Europa someday?
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 27, 2008
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The robot sub being tested now in Antarctica might someday be used to find signs of life on other worlds. For example, Jupiter’s moon Europa might harbor life swimming in an ocean covered by ice.

Ark underway. Amphibians only need apply.
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 26, 2008
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The Amphibian Ark is a global effort to collect amphibians in zoos, aquariums, and elsewhere. EarthSky asks: why amphibians?

See Saturn, Mars, Regulus in late June 2008
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 25, 2008
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As darkness falls in late June, 2008, three pinpoints of light line up closely together in your western sky. Find out the identities of these two planets and this star

Will there be more pollution in the future?
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 24, 2008
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That depends a lot on the choices that we make, says a NASA scientist, in response to a question from a student in northern China.

Astronomers find new Milky Way arm
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 23, 2008
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Hear Harvard astronomer Thomas Dame talk about a great step forward in our understanding of the winding spiral arms of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Stable microbubbles may aid manufacturing
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 22, 2008
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The smaller a bubble is, the easier it is to pop it. But Harvard s Emilie Dressaire used a store-bought kitchen mixer to make tiny bubbles that won’t won’t pop for over a year.

Changing Earth phases, seen from the moon
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 21, 2008
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As seen from the moon, the Earth waxes and wanes just as the moon does as seen from our world.

June 20 is earliest solstice since 1896
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 20, 2008
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June 20, 2008. The June solstice falls at 11:59 p.m. Universal Time today. This is the first time since the year 1896 that we ve had a June solstice before June 21.

People want to know, says Nobel prize winner
from Earth & Sky Podcast on June 19, 2008
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Nobel Prize-wnning astrophysicist John Mather talks about the next generation of telescopes the James Webb Telescope. It should help answer many questions about this universe in which we find ourselves.

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