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Radio Waves
Alien Life Disproved: Radiowaves That Baffled Astronomers For 17 Years Identified As Microwave Oven Signals

Astronomers at The Dish, an Australian radio telescope, have finally discovered the source of a vexing, strange interference which baffled everyone for 17 years.

Galaxy Spotting
Halo Of Gas Discovered Around Andromeda Galaxy; Apparent Size Around 100 Times Moon’s Diameter

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have discovered a huge halo of gas, which is approximately 100 times the diameter of the moon, around the Andromeda Galaxy, which is also known as Messier 31 or the M31.

Watching TV and Childhood Obesity
Parents Beware: Kids See TV Ads For Unhealthy Foods - Study

A new study reveals that while watching TV, children see advertisements for unhealthy food products, which do not meet the United States Nutrition Guidelines.

This illustration shows the location of a 'Venus zone,' the area around a star where planets are likely to have an atmosphere more like Venus than Earth.
'Venus Zone' Improves Odds of Finding Habitable Planets in Other Solar Systems

The establishment of a Venus Zone is expected to help narrow down the inner edge of potential habitability.

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Visitors tour the 2014 Central and Eastern European Countries' Products Fair (CEEC Fair) in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, last year.
China-CEEC Expo in Ningbo Seen to Bolster Economic Ties with Central, Eastern Europe

The China-CEEC Investment and Trade Expo to be held in the city of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, from June 8-12 is expected to reinforce China’s economic ties with countries from the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the China Daily reported.

Over 100,000 guests, athletes and officials are expected to attend the 10th National Ethnic Games.
China's Ordos City to Administer the 10th National Ethnic Games

Ordon City, one of the 12 major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia and China, will take the responsibility to host this year's National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities from Aug. 9-17, China Daily reported.

The Andromeda galaxy, our nearest massive galactic neighbor, is about six times larger and 1,000 times more massive than previously measured.
Hubble Detects Massive Halo Around Andromeda Galaxy Merging with Milky Way

Using Hubble Space Telescope's data on quasars, scientists detected a massive halo around Andromeda galaxy which is also 1000 times bigger than previously thought.

fish
Fish Sex Blocked By Traffic Noise; Fish With Cancerous Tumor Found In Pennsylvania

A new study revealed that traffic noise could block fish sex while a fish with cancerous tumor was recently found in a river in Pennsylvania.

Western-based experts see the integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and conventional Western medicine as the future of medical science.
China to Enhance Growth of Traditional Medicine, Releases Five-Year Development Plan

The State Council has recently published a five-year plan targeting the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

The Chinese government steps up its effort in combatting tobacco usage and raises the commodity's tax to 11 percent.
China’s Tobacco Tax Raised to More Than Double

China, the world’s largest producer and consumer of tobacco, raised the commodity’s tax to more than double--from 5 percent to 11 percent--to curb the country’s high rate of smoking, the Ministry of Finance announced on Friday.

'Submarine Crab' Fossil
500 Million Year-Old Submarine Crab Fossil Explains How Modern Day Arthropods' Head Structures, Fighting Instincts, Food Detection Developed

Two ancient sea-monster creatures' fossilized brains are guiding researchers understand how lobsters and scorpions evolved from its ancient ancestors.

people-smuggling
Ivory Coast Boy, 8, Smuggled Inside Suitcase From Morocco To Spain, X-Ray Reveals

A 19-year-old woman smuggled an 8-year-old Ivory Coast boy from Morocco into Ceuta, an enclave in Spain next to Morocco, by putting the boy inside a suitcase on May 7, Thursday, Spanish police reported.

NASA's FINDER microwave radar device
NASA’s FINDER Radar Technology Locates 4 Nepal Earthquake Survivors By Their Heartbeats

A radar device called FINDER located and saved four Nepal earthquake survivors after the natural disaster hit last month. The machine, partly developed by NASA, uses microwave radar technology to detect human heartbeats under 30 ft. (9.1 m) of rubble.

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Media Conferences Seen as a Key in Speeding Up Release of Gov’t Info

China’s key departments were urged by the State Council to hold more news conferences--minimum four times a year--and encouraged their heads to meet the media at least once a year to speed up the release of government information.

A depiction of the MESSENGER spacecraft is shown flying over Mercury's surface displayed in enhanced color. The crater ringed by bright orange is Calvino crater. The enhanced color imagery of Mercury was obtained during the mission's second Mercury flyby
Mercury's Magnetic Field Is Oldest In Inner Solar System: NASA's Messenger Mission Data

New data from NASA's Messenger mission proved that an ancient magnetic field on Mercury is four billion years old, making it the oldest confirmed magnetic field of any terrestrial world in the inner solar system.

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