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Events in science and technology
August 24, 2007
- Two research groups demonstrate out-of-body experiences in human volunteers using conflicting visual-somatosensory input. (BBC)
August 23, 2007
- Chororapithecus abyssinicus, a 10-million-year-old fossil found in Ethiopia, may prove that the last common ancestor of gorillas and humans existed 2 million years earlier than previously thought.(Nature)
August 20, 2007
- The genetic sequence of the Pinot noir grape is uncoded by French researchers.(news@nature.com)
August 8, 2007
- Endeavour lifts off from Kennedy Space Center for the STS-118 assembly mission of the International Space Station. (CNN)
August 7, 2007
- The Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey announces the discovery of a new exoplanet, designated TrES-4, using the transit technique. Calculations indicate that it is larger than any other previously detected planet. (BBCNews)
August 6, 2007
- International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors examine the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
August 4, 2007
- NASA launches the Phoenix Mars Lander which is due to land in Planum Boreum on the Martian northern ice cap next year. (AP via Washington Post)
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