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		<title>Water found in the Moon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The discovery came after the impact of two exploration probes sent by NASA. For researchers, this is a step &#8220;extraordinary&#8221; in the exploration of the satellite.
NASA confirmed this afternoon the discovery of a &#8220;significant&#8221; amount of frozen water in a crater on the Moon, which opens new perspectives for the exploration of satellite and terrestrial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel allows Google Earth to show Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jerusalem will be shown in Google Earth and Google Maps after the Jerusalem City Council signed an agreement with the company. The sight of the city was prohibited for security reasons so far. 
According to the Israeli newspaper Maariv, the government decided to end the prohibition, considering that the Dome of the Rock and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cattle magnetic compass found with Google Earth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A team of biologists from Germany and the Czech Republic made a surprising discovery: domestic cows and wild deer apparently have the ability to sense Earth&#8217;s magnetic field. But the most surprising aspect of the work relies on the tools and methodology employed. No expensive high-tech devices or extenuating field trips were involved. This five-people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists germinate a 2,000 Years old palm tree seed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of Israeli scientists have achieved the unthinkable when they germinated a 2,000 year-old seed of date palm. The seed, nicknamed Methuselah was found in the ruins of Herod&#8217;s palace, and after 26 months, it grew into a 1.2 metres tall plant.
Now the world&#8217;s oldest successful germination, Methuselah was found in the 60&#8217;s in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engineers make oil-absorbing paper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Engineers the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a composite of paper with nanothreads completely waterproof and has an extraordinary ability to absorb hydrophobic materials (like oil). According to its creators, this &#8220;supertowel&#8221; is capable of absorbing 20 times its weight in oil, so their most immediate application might be to minimize the effect [...]]]></description>
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