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Computers were once the size of a small planet. Shrinking to room
size, then car size by the... http://bit.ly/daxmrf.. Updated : 2010-03-08T17:01:32Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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LycanChick (MJ Hudon) : Theorizing that global earthquakes are a sign of either a shrinking or expanding planet. One way we get heavier, the other lighter... Updated : 2010-03-02T19:35:11Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Scientist claims Earth has shrinking waistline
[Environment]Our planet is shrinking, says a Russian geologist. Since its early days the Earth’s average radius has reduced by 585 kilometers.Vyacheslav Orlenok, professor of geology at the Kant Russian State University in Kaliningrad, compared ancient relief structures to those of today.
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Alien Life Unlikely on Planets Orbiting Small Stars
[Space]"Tides will be so powerful that the Earth-like planet's orbit will shrink. In some cases, orbits can shrink so much and so quickly that the planet may pulled through the inner edge of the habitable zone in less than a billion years, and all the planet's water will boil away."...
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Good Night, Mars Phoenix Lander
[Space]Five months ago, it landed on the Martian surface — and into our hearts. It gave us soil analysis data, photos of the sky from the red planet, and even hope of extraterrestrial life. Now, with its power deteriorating, its sunlight exposure shrinking, and Martian temperatures dropping to almost -100°C, the Phoenix lander's time may be up.
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Mystery of Greenland's Ice Lingers as Sheet Shrinks
[Environment]Scientists have cautioned that a warming planet could melt Greenland's vast ice sheet, a potentially catastrophic event that would raise sea levels and inundate coastal communities around the globe. Yet while they puzzle over when and whether this might happen, they're also mystified over how the giant island formed so much ice in the first place.
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Bringing Home the Green - Save the Planet, Save Some Cash
[Environment]Global warming, climate change, energy crisis... they don't really affect your day-to-day life. Or do they? Your lushly landscaped lawn might not be threatened by rising sea levels but steadily rising gas, oil & electricity prices are shrinking your budget faster than summer sun on a mountain glacier. What to do?



















