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Jupiter loses one of its stripes and scientists are stumped as to why
Jupiter has lost one of its iconic red stripes and scientists are baffled as to why. The largest planet in our solar system is usually dominated by two dark bands in its atmosphere, with one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere. However, the most recent images taken by amateur astronomers have revealed the lower stripe known as the Southern Equatorial Belt has disappeared leaving the southern half of the planet looking unusually bare.
They Walk. They Work. New DNA Robots Strut Their Tiny Stuff.Robert Lee Hotz The Wall Street Journal 13.05.2010 | North Korea claims to achieve elusive nuclear fusion...KWANG-TAE KIM AP 13.05.2010 |
 For the first time, microscopic robots made from DNA molecules can walk, follow instructions and work together to assemble simple products on an atomic-scale assembly line, mimicking the machinery of living cells, two independent research teams announced Wednesday. |  North Korea claimed Wednesday that its scientists succeeded in creating a nuclear fusion reaction, but experts doubted the isolated communist country actually had made the breakthrough in the elusive clean-energy technology. |
Natural Gas Slows Oil Leak in Gulf of MexicoJEFFREY KOFMAN ABC News 12.05.2010 | Scientists stunned as grey whale sighted off Israel Yahoo! News 12.05.2010 |
 In the last few days, the spill from the broken well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has begun to change. Sources tell ABC News the amount of natural gas coming out of the well is increasing, which could mean less oil spewing into the ocean. BP, trying to control the slick, confirmed the report. |  The appearance of a grey whale off the coast of Israel has stunned scientists, in what was thought to be the first time the giant mammal has been seen outside the Pacific in several hundred years. |
Scientists find sunken islands in the Caribbean The Local 11.05.2010 | Babies know the difference between good and evil at six months, study revealsDavid Derbyshire Daily Mail 10.05.2010 |
 German scientists announced on Monday they believe they have discovered sunken islands in the Caribbean Ocean following a deep sea expedition in April. |  At the age of six months babies can barely sit up - let along take their first tottering steps, crawl or talk.But, according to psychologists, they have already developed a sense of moral code - and can tell the difference between good and evil. |
Girl frozen in time may hold key to ageingJonathan Leake The Sunday Times 10.05.2010 | U.S. Gulf oil spill spreads west toward TexasErwin Seba Reuters 10.05.2010 |
 Scientists are hoping to gain new insights into the mysteries of ageing by sequencing the genome of a 17-year-old girl who has the body and behaviour of a tiny toddler. |  BP Plc engineers desperately explored options on Sunday to control oil gushing from a ruptured well deep under the Gulf of Mexico after a setback with a huge undersea containment dome fueled fears of a prolonged and growing environmental disaster. |
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