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The capital city of Seoul saw its first ozone warning of the year take effect on Thursday.The Seoul Metropolitan Government said the warning was issued at 3 p.m., as ozone density in the northern part of the city averaged 0.131 ppm per hour.The warning is issued when the density of the pow...
Updated : 2013.05.23 20:21
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PARIS (AFP) ― Early humans living in South Africa made cultural and industrial leaps in periods of wetter weather, said a study that compared the archaeological record of Man’s evolution with that o...
Updated : 2013.05.23 20:18
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South Korea will launch its first radar-equipped Earth observation satellite capable of providing images in any type of weather condition, in an important step in developing its commercial space progr...
Updated : 2013.05.23 20:18
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Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.A prominent expert called the work a landmark, but noted that a different, simpler technique now under develo...
Updated : 2013.05.16 09:39
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A group of scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has discovered a way to produce an “unbreakable” screen, which may pave the way in display technology, the school a...
Updated : 2013.05.14 20:31
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Korea will build a facility for a next-generation light source that creates high-energy X-rays, 10 billion times brighter than its current most powerful source.The government had a groundbreaking cere...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:47
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PARIS (AFP) ― The discovery of a new thick-skulled dinosaur the size of a large dog may challenge our image of a prehistoric Earth dominated by supersized lizards, a study said.The planet may, in fact, have been inhabited by many more types of small dinosaur than widely thought, a group o...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:47
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WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Our Ice Age ancestors in Europe, 15,000 years ago, may have used words we would recognize today, according to a new study out this week in a U.S. journal.Words that sound alike in related languages are generally assumed to have come from a common route, like “father” ...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:47
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Higher income seems to improve happiness even if the amount of earnings exceeds a certain level, National Bureau of Economic Research found. The NBER conducted research on the top 25 countries with th...
Updated : 2013.05.09 15:21
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Children who tend to eat the same food as their parents are found to have a healthier diet than other children, a study found. The University of Edinburgh conducted a study on about 2,200 5-year-olds ...
Updated : 2013.05.07 13:18
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The government will soon set up measures to help commercialize its space technology while also working to further develop its commercial space sector that will include the early development of a shuttle to the moon, the science ministry said Thursday.The move comes as there are only 61 pri...
Updated : 2013.05.02 20:22
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Prosecutors on Thursday raided the houses of two former agents of the nation’s main intelligence agency and one informant as part of a widening investigation into allegations that the organization attempted to influence public opinion ahead of last year’s presidential election. The scand...
Updated : 2013.05.02 20:21
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PARIS (AFP) ― The roving coralgrouper, a predator fish of the tropical reef, uses sign language to advise fellow hunters of hiding prey, according to a study published on Tuesday.It is the first time that a fish has been known to make “referential gestures,” or specific signs that alert...
Updated : 2013.04.25 21:04
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The state-funded Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information has launched the first English-language journal of information science in Korea. The quarterly Journal of Information Science The...
Updated : 2013.04.25 21:04
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The nonprofit organization Mars One started recruiting potential Mars residents on Tuesday, news that thrilled sci-fi lovers around the world.After a year of attracting donations and coping with techn...
Updated : 2013.04.23 14:46
