China finds largest dinosaur fossil site in the world

In China, at the eastern province of Shandong, Chinese scientists declared that they found the world's largest dinosaur fossil site in the world.The Chinese recovered about 7,600 dinosaur fossils, from a 980 foot pit. The Chinese also found the remains of a hadrosaurus, which is a duck billed dinosaur. All of these discoveries were found in Zhucheng or, the "Dinosaur city."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081230/ts_nm/us_china_dinosaur;_ylt=AnohsopM3qz5jUKjCj6vlXIPLBIF

Japanese scientists clone a bull

On Thursday, Japanese scientists successfully cloned a bull of a brand of beef. How did they do it? 13 years ago, they froze the testicles of a bull named Yasufuku without any special kind of treatment. Once thawed out, they use the testicles as a specimen of the cloning. Once the bull was cloned, sparked the idea of cloned beef. Japanese scientists are now currently studying the safety of cloned beef, and might be allowed in the U.S and Europe.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090108/sc_afp/sciencejapanbiotechcloningfood_newsmlmmd;_ylt=Alu6SXs.OySVC7.BmkAZK1sPLBIF

The final moments of the Columbia

The shuttle, The Columbia, exploded about 65,500 feet away above Earth when it was coming back from a 16 day space mission to land on Florida. Multiple alarms went off in the cabin as the astronauts tried to regain control the pilots attempted to restart the auxilary power unit two and three. Suddenly, there was a sudden decompression in the cabin causing the astronauts to be unconscious. Moments later, a chunk of insulation broke off from the shuttle's external fuel tank, later resulting to The Columbia's explosion.

source:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081231/ts_afp/usspaceshuttlenasacolumbia;_ylt=Auze4DqRmfY8fwI.vv9kQ4aHgsgF

Rare blood transfusion attempted on a tiger cub

Veterinarians did a blood transfusion on a tiger cub which is 7 months old. It was beaten by villagers in Central India. The cub recieved emergency treatment on Sunday. The cub, nicknamed Juhi, was rescued two weeks after the villagers attacked her. Juhi is in serious condition because frightened villagers beat her with sticks thinking she might eat the villager's children or cattle. The blood transfusion started when the vets notice that Juhi's hemoglobin levels dropped to a very low and dangerous rate. Right now the blood transfusion is complete, but Juhi is still in a terrible condition.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_re_as/as_india_tiger_transfusion;_ylt=AvUfVXebMOhzUzOgaZltydoPLBIF

Threatening letters sent to Chase bank offices

On Monday, October 13, five Chase banks in Colorado and Oklahoma were sent threatening letters that contained a white powder. In all, at least 30 threatening letters were sent and each letter contained an unidentified powder. The FBI, Postal inspectors, and local authorities have been investigating this powder. However, field tests on this powder are negative for harmful substances but more labs will do more testing. Whoever sent the letter or what the powders are, is still unknown.

Source:http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20081021/NEWS-US-USA-CRIME-BANKS/

New planet found in Constillation Leo

On April 10 2008, Scientists from the university of London have discovered a planet orbiting a star in the Constillation Leo. The planet is a total of 30 lightyears away from Earth. It is the smallest planet to date, however it has a masss that is 5 times bigger than Earth's. One full day on this planet is equal to three weeks here on Earth.
The new planet, named "Gj 436c" can complete it's revolution around it's sun in only 5 Earth days. Gj 436c's current temperature is 127-470 degrees celsius. It is predicted that the planet is a rocky one. It is also predicted that it has a radius 50% greater than the Earth's radius.





source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080409113958.htm

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