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";s:4:"link";s:61:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/29/human-migration.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:30:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:32:"Jessica Marshall, Discovery News";s:8:"category";s:5:"human";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:30:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Human Migration Patterns Get Global Forecast";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 29, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:12:"Getty Images";}s:13:"description_p";s:360:" -- Researchers have proposed a new model for how  from one country to another, which they say could improve population projections for countries worldwide. "For the first time we are using migration data that have not been used for projections very much, to make a model that is simple," said Marta Roig of the United Nations Population Division in New York. ";s:15:"description_p_a";s:19:"populations migrate";s:7:"summary";s:92:"As fertility rates decline, migration patterns take center stage in population forecasts.
 
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222723830;}i:1;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Hubble Telescope Glitch Delays Repair Mission";s:11:"description";s:72:"NASA delays a repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope for a year.

";s:4:"link";s:69:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/29/hubble-telescope-repair.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:18:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:16:"Associated Press";s:8:"category";s:5:"space";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:18:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Hubble Telescope Glitch Delays Repair Mission";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 29, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:15:"AP Photo/NASA |";}s:13:"description_p";s:314:" -- NASA said Monday it is delaying its  until next year because of a serious breakdown of the observatory in orbit.Space shuttle Atlantis had been scheduled to blast off in just two weeks, but a new and unexpected problem with the Hubble appeared on Saturday night when the telescope stopped sending science data.";s:15:"description_p_a";s:37:"mission to the Hubble Space Telescope";s:7:"summary";s:72:"NASA delays a repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope for a year.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222708710;}i:2;a:13:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Crested Pterodactyl Inspires Aircraft Design";s:11:"description";s:88:"Plans for a futuristic autonomous aircraft are based on a 225-million-year-old design.

";s:4:"link";s:66:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/29/aircraft-pterodactyl.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:20:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:30:"Michael Reilly, Discovery News";s:8:"category";s:4:"tech";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:20:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Crested Pterodactyl Inspires Aircraft Design";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 29, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:28:"Dmitry Bogdanov/Getty Images";}s:13:"description_p";s:266:" -- The latest in futuristic aircraft design borrows from the past: A 225-million-year-old  may soon be reborn as a flying robot. Soaring above the ocean in the early part of the Cretaceous period, the Canada Goose-sized  would have been a jarring sight to behold.  ";s:15:"description_p_a";s:11:"pterodactyl";s:16:"description_p_em";s:20:"Tapejara wellnhoferi";s:7:"summary";s:88:"Plans for a futuristic autonomous aircraft are based on a 225-million-year-old design.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222694430;}i:3;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Fish Sauce Used to Date Pompeii Eruption";s:11:"description";s:92:"Remains of a smelly fish sauce once sold in Pompeii is used to date the Vesuvius eruption.

";s:4:"link";s:64:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/29/pompeii-fish-sauce.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:55:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:32:"Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News";s:8:"category";s:11:"archaeology";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:55:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Fish Sauce Used to Date Pompeii Eruption";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 29, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:14:"Getty Images |";}s:13:"description_p";s:400:" -- Remains of rotten fish entrails have helped establish the precise dating of , according to Italian researchers who have analyzed the town's last batch of garum, a pungent, fish-based seasoning.Frozen in time by the catastrophic  that covered Pompeii and nearby towns nearly 2,000 years ago with nine to 20 feet of hot ash and pumice, the desiccated remains were found at the bottom of seven jars.";s:15:"description_p_a";s:29:"Pompeii's destructioneruption";s:7:"summary";s:92:"Remains of a smelly fish sauce once sold in Pompeii is used to date the Vesuvius eruption.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222696530;}i:4;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:44:"SpaceX Launches Commercial Rocket Into Orbit";s:11:"description";s:83:"The fourth time's a charm for spaceflight company SpaceX and its Falcon 1 rocket.

";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/29/spacex-rocket.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:30:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:16:"Associated Press";s:8:"category";s:5:"space";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:30:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:44:"SpaceX Launches Commercial Rocket Into Orbit";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 29, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:6:"SpaceX";}s:13:"description_p";s:287:" -- An  latest effort to make  launch more affordable paid off Sunday when his commercial rocket, carrying a dummy payload, was lofted into orbit from the South Pacific. It was the fourth attempt by Space Exploration Technologies, or , to launch its two-stage Falcon 1 rocket into orbit.";s:15:"description_p_a";s:34:"Internet entrepreneur'sspaceSpaceX";s:7:"summary";s:83:"The fourth time's a charm for spaceflight company SpaceX and its Falcon 1 rocket.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222698630;}i:5;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:37:"China's Spacewalking Astronaut Hailed";s:11:"description";s:87:"The Chinese celebrate their nation's first walk in space and their new national hero.

";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/29/china-astronaut-spacewalk.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:55:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:3:"AFO";s:8:"category";s:5:"space";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:55:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:37:"China's Spacewalking Astronaut Hailed";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 29, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:10:"AP Photo |";}s:13:"description_p";s:389:" -- The first Chinese man to walk in space was hailed as a national hero Monday, as the emerging space power gave one of its clearest indications yet that it is now reaching for the moon.Mission commander Zhai Zhigang, 41, and his two fellow astronauts arrived in Beijing to mass-circulation papers filled with praise for their historic 68-hour voyage on board the Shenzhou VII spacecraft.";s:7:"summary";s:87:"The Chinese celebrate their nation's first walk in space and their new national hero.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222700130;}i:6;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:50:"'Chemical Equator' Keeps Polluted Air in the North";s:11:"description";s:63:"A boundary of air quarantines the north's polluted atmosphere.
";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/26/chemical-equator.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:20:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:30:"Michael Reilly, Discovery News";s:8:"category";s:5:"earth";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:20:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:50:"'Chemical Equator' Keeps Polluted Air in the North";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 26, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:12:"Getty Images";}s:13:"description_p";s:460:" -- Wrapping around Earth's equator like a belt, a boundary of air is keeping the polluted atmosphere of the Northern Hemisphere separate from the relatively pristine south.
A team of researchers led by Jacqueline Hamilton of York University in the United Kingdom have dubbed the peculiar wall of air the "chemical equator." And while scientists have known about the feature for decades, Hamilton's team has just discovered an odd new wrinkle in its behavior. ";s:7:"summary";s:63:"A boundary of air quarantines the north's polluted atmosphere.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222435230;}i:7;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:38:"'Jet Man' Soars Across English Channel";s:11:"description";s:82:"A homemade, jet-propelled wing carries a Swiss pilot across the English Channel.

";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/26/rocket-man.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:01:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:16:"Associated Press";s:8:"category";s:4:"tech";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:01:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:38:"'Jet Man' Soars Across English Channel";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 26, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:8:"AP Photo";}s:13:"description_p";s:221:" -- He had nothing above him but four tanks of kerosene and nothing below him but the cold waters of the English Channel. But Yves Rossy leapt from a plane and into the record books on Friday, crossing the channel on a . ";s:15:"description_p_a";s:27:"homemade jet-propelled wing";s:7:"summary";s:82:"A homemade, jet-propelled wing carries a Swiss pilot across the English Channel.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222455690;}i:8;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Europe's 'Space Truck' Assigned Crash Zone";s:11:"description";s:89:"A 13.5-ton space freighter filled with trash will reenter Earth over the South Pacific.

";s:4:"link";s:67:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/26/space-vehicle-reentry.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:27:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:3:"AFP";s:8:"category";s:5:"space";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:27:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Europe's 'Space Truck' Assigned Crash Zone";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 26, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:6:"NASA |";}s:13:"description_p";s:438:" -- Scientists have earmarked a remote area of the South Pacific where bits of Europe's massive space freighter may crash when the orbiting craft is destroyed in a suicide plunge on Monday, an official said on Friday.The "entry zone" is a strip 2,700 kilometers (1,700 miles) long by 200 kms (120 miles) wide, said Mike Steinkopf, in charge of the operation at European Space Agency (ESA) mission control in Toulouse, southwestern France.";s:7:"summary";s:89:"A 13.5-ton space freighter filled with trash will reenter Earth over the South Pacific.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222457250;}i:9;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:36:"Hello, Sunspot! Where Have You Been?";s:11:"description";s:80:"Newly spotted sunspots may signal the long-awaited start of a new solar cycle.

";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/26/sun-spot-solar.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:03:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:27:"Irene Klotz, Discovery News";s:8:"category";s:5:"space";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:03:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:36:"Hello, Sunspot! Where Have You Been?";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 26, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:19:"AP Photo/NASA/ESA |";}s:13:"description_p";s:472:" -- Our sun has attracted a bit more attention than usual lately, not because it needs a government bailout, but because its usual 11-year cycle seems a bit off.This may not seem so important, but the sun's behavior directly impacts what happens on Earth, particularly our satellite-enabled, digital-dependent corner of the planet.  can and have shut down GPS receivers and knocked out power girds. Solar energy, or what is called irradiance, even affects Earth's climate.";s:15:"description_p_a";s:12:"Solar storms";s:7:"summary";s:80:"Newly spotted sunspots may signal the long-awaited start of a new solar cycle.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222448610;}i:10;a:13:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Bacteria Ready to Make Plastic From Sugar";s:11:"description";s:87:"A company says its bacteria can start making plastic from sugar as soon as next year.

";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/26/bacteria-plastic.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:01:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:26:"Eric Bland, Discovery News";s:8:"category";s:4:"tech";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:01:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Bacteria Ready to Make Plastic From Sugar";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 26, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:14:"Getty Images |";}s:13:"description_p";s:239:" -- Claims of  usually bear the caveat "in five years." But a San Diego-based company claims they will have a pilot plant for production of -based 1,4 butanediol (BDO), the base chemical for  ranging from Spandex to car bumpers, next year.";s:15:"description_p_a";s:45:"biology-based oil and plasticplastic products";s:16:"description_p_em";s:7:"E. coli";s:7:"summary";s:87:"A company says its bacteria can start making plastic from sugar as soon as next year.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222437690;}i:11;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:26:"SLIDE SHOW: Science as Art";s:11:"description";s:86:"From fanged tentacles to elastic polymers, no subject is safe from the artist's eye.

";s:4:"link";s:61:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/slideshows/sci-viz-winners.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:00:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:14:"Discovery News";s:8:"category";s:4:"tech";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:00:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:26:"SLIDE SHOW: Science as Art";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 25, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:12:"Science/AAAS";}s:13:"description_p";s:361:" -- The International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored jointly by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Science Foundation (NSF), honors artists who use visual and interactive media to promote the understanding of scientific research. The 2008 awards are announced in a special issue of the journal .";s:16:"description_p_em";s:7:"Science";s:7:"summary";s:86:"From fanged tentacles to elastic polymers, no subject is safe from the artist's eye.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222365630;}i:12;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Universe Tugged by Mysterious 'Dark Flow'";s:11:"description";s:74:"Patches of the universe are being pulled sideways by some unknown force.

";s:4:"link";s:64:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/25/universe-dark-flow.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:45:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:30:"Larry O'Hanlon, Discovery News";s:8:"category";s:5:"space";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:45:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Universe Tugged by Mysterious 'Dark Flow'";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 25, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:45:"NASA/STScI/Magellan/U.Arizona/D.Clowe et al.|";}s:13:"description_p";s:372:" -- Astronomers have stumbled upon an unexplained two-million-mile-per-hour sideways shift in the universe towards a colossal unseen, unknown gravity source beyond the horizon of the observable universe.What's being called a "dark flow" appears to be pulling vast clusters of galaxies towards a 20-degree-wide patch of sky between the constellations of Centaurus and Vela.";s:7:"summary";s:74:"Patches of the universe are being pulled sideways by some unknown force.

";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222353930;}i:13;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Iditarod Dog Athletic Supremacy Explained";s:11:"description";s:68:"Researchers find what's behind the sled dog's supreme athleticism.

";s:4:"link";s:68:"http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/25/iditarod-dog-endurance.html";s:4:"guid";s:29:"Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:15:30 GMT";s:6:"author";s:31:"Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News";s:8:"category";s:7:"animals";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:15:30 GMT";s:5:"media";a:3:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Iditarod Dog Athletic Supremacy Explained";s:20:"description_p_strong";s:14:"Sept. 25, 2008";s:6:"credit";s:19:"Brendan McKiernan |";}s:13:"description_p";s:322:" -- Alaskan huskies that participate in the grueling  must run 1,100 miles while enduring heavy blizzards, temperatures as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit and winds up to 60 miles per hour.How do they do it? New research suggests the canines are superior to most other mammals, including humans, in at least three key areas.";s:15:"description_p_a";s:28:"Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race";s:7:"summary";s:68:"Researchers find what's behind the sled dog's supreme athleticism.

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