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		<title>Katrina: the View From Space</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/katrina-the-view-from-space/2401/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five years later, NASA gives us a view of the fateful storm like no one else can. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tiny Frogs Reveal Big Secrets of Plate Tectonics</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/tiny-frogs-reveal-big-secrets-of-plate-tectonics/2219/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zahra Hirji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geologists disagree over when exactly the Himalayas rose up from the collision of India and Eurasia. The answer, it turns out, may lie in frog genes.]]></description>
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		<title>A Grim Future for Tropical Forests</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/a-grim-future-for-tropical-forests/2197/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zahra Hirji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasing land use and global warming will deal a devastating one-two punch to tropical forests by the end of the century. In some areas, plant and animal diversity will plummet by the year 2100. ]]></description>
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		<title>Satellites Use Ripples in Space to Detect Tsunamis</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/satellites-use-ripples-in-space-to-detect-tsunamis/2199/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Geophysics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tsunamis produce "gravity waves" that GPS satellites can detect. Space-based monitoring could be a powerful new tool for issuing tsunami warnings.]]></description>
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		<title>Can Venom Save Lives?</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/can-venom-save-lives/2174/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristen Conger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Science]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tarantula, scorpion, ant, and other animals' venom contains compounds that can treat a range of severe diseases.]]></description>
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		<title>A Half Century of MADness</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/a-half-century-of-madness/2096/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran Mulvaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A video by a Japanese artist captures the entire history of nuclear explosions on Earth.]]></description>
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		<title>Busted Bedrock Paved Way For Texan Megaflood</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/busted-bedrock-paved-way-for-texan-megaflood/1699/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zahra Hirji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2002 a violent flood carved a canyon in the Texas landscape in only 3 days. Scientists studying the gash are learning how catastrophic floods carved up landscapes on Earth and Mars in the past. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Enduring World of Jacques Cousteau</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/the-enduring-world-of-jacques-cousteau/1557/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kieran Mulvaney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oceanography]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sharks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 100th anniversary of his birth, a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On the 100th anniversary of his birth, a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>&#8216;Ardi&#8217; Questioned as Human Ancestor</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/ardi-questioned-as-human-ancestor/1410/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sasca.com.au/ardi-questioned-as-human-ancestor/1410/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Discovery News - Top Stories</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some scientists are raising doubts over whether the fossil skeleton named "Ardi" actually belongs to the human branch of evolution.]]></description>
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		<title>New Crater May Have Helped Create Antarctic Ice Sheet</title>
		<link>http://www.sasca.com.au/new-crater-may-have-helped-create-antarctic-ice-sheet/1368/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sasca.com.au/new-crater-may-have-helped-create-antarctic-ice-sheet/1368/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 22:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zahra Hirji</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Geology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A giant impact dome was discovered under the Timor Sea. This is one of many impacts that pummeled the planet around 35 million years ago, possibly cooling it enough to spur the formation of ice sheets on Antarctica. ]]></description>
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