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            <title>UK facing 100,000 daily cases of H1N1 by August</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200927/3990/UK-facing-100-000-daily-cases-of-H1N1-by-August</link>
            <description><![CDATA[While the World Health Organisation (WHO) would prefer to avoid undue panic regarding the full pandemic status attributed to the H1N1 ‘swine flu’ virus, the UK government probably isn’t helping matters after predicting a massive upturn in newly diagnosed cases throughout the summer.]]></description>
            <author>Stevie Smith</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Mid-sized black holes discovered</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200927/3981/Mid-sized-black-holes-discovered</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An international team of scientists has announced the discovery of evidence of middle-sized black holes. 

Black holes had previously been divided up into 'super-massive' -- several million to several billion times the mass of the Sun, to 'small' -- around three to 20 times the mass of our solar system's star. Black holes form when a star collapses in on itself, creating such a powerful gravitational field that nothing escapes, not even light.]]></description>
            <author>Rich Bowden</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Shared keyboards are potential hotbeds for bacteria</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200927/3980/Shared-keyboards-are-potential-hotbeds-for-bacteria</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With the world on a heightened state of alert regarding attempts to contain such deadly viruses as the H1N1 swine flu, Australian researchers have revealed that shared computer keyboards are potential breeding grounds for bacteria.
The study was conducted by Swinburne University of Technology's Environment and Biotechnology Centre, where bacteria levels within three campus facilities offering multiple-user keyboards were compared with level on single-user keyboards.]]></description>
            <author>Rich Bowden</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Endeavour set for July 11 launch</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200927/3979/Endeavour-set-for-July-11-launch</link>
            <description><![CDATA[NASA space shuttle Endeavour has been cleared for a July 11 liftoff after successful repairs to the craft's fuel system. 

The proposed launch date will be almost a month after the craft's original slated takeoff of June 13 and the second on June 17, both of which were delayed due to a troublesome hydrogen leak discovered by NASA engineers.]]></description>
            <author>Rich Bowden</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Sex every day helps improve quality of sperm</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200927/3972/Sex-every-day-helps-improve-quality-of-sperm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Scientists have proven that daily sex can help improve the quality of sperm, increasing the chances of fertility. 

According to an Australian study presented during the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amsterdam yesterday, ejaculating daily helps men reduce DNA damage to sperm.
Dr.]]></description>
            <author>Rich Bowden</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Ulysses solar mission to be brought to a close</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200927/3971/Ulysses-solar-mission-to-be-brought-to-a-close</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Mission operators will today finally pull the plug on the famed solar mission Ulysses, ending 18 years of valuable service. 

The joint mission conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA was launched in October of 1990 and was the first to survey the space above and below the poles of the Sun, according to the BBC.
The news corporation quoted ESA official Paolo Ferri as saying the agency expected to lose the craft far earlier than this.]]></description>
            <author>Rich Bowden</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>UFO seen over Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200927/3954/UFO-seen-over-Michael-Jackson-s-Neverland-ranch</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that pop icon Michael Jackson died aged 50 from suspected cardiac arrest at the end of last week. What you may not have heard is that there was a UFO sighted over the famous Neverland ranch in California just hours after the singer's death. 
As reported by a clearly embarrassed Michael Cohen at All News Web, "a glowing green light" was reported by a reader hovering distinctly close to the music celebrity's ranch.]]></description>
            <author>Rich Bowden</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Buzz Aldrin calls for focus on manned Mars mission</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200927/3951/Buzz-Aldrin-calls-for-focus-on-manned-Mars-mission</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Legendary Moon walker and NASA spaceman Buzz Aldrin has said the race to establish a permanent Moon base should be the result of international cooperation with the real focus on a manned mission to Mars.
Speaking in a lengthy interview with Popular Mechanics magazine, Aldrin said the next race to be the first to host a manned presence on the Moon should not be a financially damaging "space race" but an international effort combining the resources of China, Europe, India, Japan and Russia.]]></description>
            <author>Rich Bowden</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Logistical problems over swine flu vaccine</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200926/3948/Logistical-problems-over-swine-flu-vaccine</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With the ubiquitous swine flu now officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and an estimated one million Americans infected, the obvious question being asked is when will an effective vaccine to combat the H1N1 virus be made available to the public? 

However, related questions of who is to receive the virus vaccine, how many shots are needed to ensure immunity, possible side effects, and its overall effectiveness, remain to be answered.]]></description>
            <author>Rich Bowden</author>
            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>World's oldest known musical instrument unearthed</title>
            <link>http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200926/3934/World-s-oldest-known-musical-instrument-unearthed</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered the world's oldest known musical instrument - a flute made from a vulture bone which is believed to be 35,000 years old. 

The ancient flute was found in the Hohle Fels cave in southern Germany by a team led by University of Tuebingen archaeologist Nicholas Conard.
Conard said the find proved that music was important to early modern humans and showed how the creation of music has a historic role in our culture.]]></description>
            <author>Rich Bowden</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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