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Google Street View explores the Amazon

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Google is mapping the Amazon rain forest by sailing Street View trikes up the river to give internet users a first hand experience of the area.

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Herder finds baby mammoth

48 minutes ago

A herder in Russia's Arctic has stumbled on the pre-historic remains of a baby woolly mammoth poking out of the permafrost.

CAT scanner

CT scans up sharply in US

2011-08-19 13:07

The number of US children and adults getting computed tomography scans to diagnose appendicitis has shot up since the 1990s, according to a study.

Train line

Train track 'therapy' remedies pain

2011-08-19 12:18

A growing number of Indonesians have found that lying across train tracks has become an effective alternative to conventional medical therapy.

Motorola Xoom tablet

Motorola launches Xoom, Atrix in SA

2011-08-19 11:05

Motorola SA has launched the Motorola Xoom tablet and Atrix smartphone in South Africa.

Climate change

Wildlife responds fast to climate change

2011-08-19 09:27

Plants and animals are responding up to three times faster to climate change than previously estimated, as wildlife shifts to cooler altitudes and latitudes.

Ecstacy drugs

Ecstacy could treat cancer - experts

2011-08-19 07:14

Researchers in Britain revealed they are exploring whether the clubbers' drug ecstasy could be effective in treating blood cancers.

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Light drinking cuts risk of Alzheimer's

2011-08-19 10:23

Light to moderate social drinking can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to American researchers.

An African elephant

Giant conservation zone launched

2011-08-19 08:20

Southern African countries have signed an agreement to create a giant conservation zone in the Okavango and Zambezi river basins.

Great white shark

Are humans to blame for shark attacks?

2011-08-18 22:08

An apparent increase in shark attacks may well have a human cause, with low-cost air travel but also over-fishing and possibly global warming among the hidden suspects, say experts.

Skype

Skype WiFi helps travellers find cheaper WiFi

2011-08-18 19:34

Skype has rolled out an app to help travellers connect easily to WiFi services as one of the big irritations of travelling abroad is the high prices of international roaming costs.

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Naledi Pandor

Pandor wants innovation in IT

2011-08-18 18:01

Internet Technology development remains important to South Africa, but the country is not yet on the frontier of innovation, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has said.

FarmVille

Zynga sued over patent infringement

2011-08-18 15:27

FarmVille maker Zynga is being sued over patent infringement by Texas game company.

Coral Reef

Human sewage killing coral

2011-08-18 12:18

Human sewage is to blame for a disease that is killing elkhorn coral, researchers have said.

Susan Shabangu

Shabangu extends fracking moratorium

2011-08-18 10:58

Mining Minister Susan Shabangu says more consultations will be held on gas prospecting in the Karoo, and has extended a moratorium.

International space station

Live 3D images from space

2011-08-18 08:31

Astronauts have produced the first live 3D video images in the 50-year history of space travel, the European Space Agency has said.

 
Walrus

Melting ice drives walruses onto land

2011-08-18 15:27

Melting Arctic sea ice appears to be pushing walruses onto land, and many are moving around the area where oil leases have been sold.

Pregnant person

Mother's fat harms embryo

2011-08-18 13:00

Exposing eggs to high levels of saturated fatty acids can harm the development of the embryo, researchers have found.

Stem Cell research

Stem cell team aims for heart spare parts

2011-08-18 10:37

Stem cell researchers are trying to grow spare parts for the human heart that may be ready for tests on people within five years.

An image of the brain

Stroke screening test raises hopes

2011-08-18 10:37

A new test based on ultrasound scans may be able to spot people at high risk of a stroke, though it is still too early to be excited, researchers hve said.

Soccer

FA Cup game to be shown on Facebook

2011-08-18 07:22

An FA Cup qualifying round tie will be broadcast on Facebook and could attract a global audience.

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Andrew says... @daaivark.... how do you define awry? We've had cold wet winters in Cape Town consistent with a La Ninja event followed by the last two warm dry ones consistent with an incoming El Ninjo.. we are only now developing the science of understanding the climate - it's very new science but we're getting much better. just check out the accuracy of some internet site weather reports! What you perceive to be the "climate going awry" is, I would suggest, merely a reflection of our ability to so graphically project these "climatic events" onto your TV. human beings have very short memories and we have very inaccurate climate records.... Read the article...

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