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JEWEL QUEST EXPEDITIONS AND MAH JONG QUEST EXPEDITIONS AVAILABLE SOON ON NINTENDO DS

Avanquest Software Publishing is to release Jewel Quest Expeditions and Mah Jong Quest Expeditions on Nintendo DS. Following on from the success of these hugely popular casual games on PC, these two classic puzzles will launch in September 2008.

Bezos Expeditions Backs ZocDoc

New York-based ZocDoc, a healthcare startup that helps you find doctors and book appointments online, announced it has expanded its Series A investors to include Jeff Bezos from Amazon.com and Marc Benioff from SalesForce.com. Financial terms were not disclosed. Last month, ZocDoc announced it had raised $3.3 million, led by Khosla Ventures.

Caltech researchers awarded $10M for molecular programming project

PASADENA, Calif.-- The National Science Foundation's Expeditions in Computing program has awarded $10 million to the Molecular Programming Project, a collaborative effort by researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Washington to establish a fundamental approach to the design of complex molecular and chemical systems based on the principles of computer science.

'Magnetic hunger' could drive space travelers insane - scientists

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - The absence of Earth's magnetic field could lead to astronauts developing mental disorders during interplanetary flights, particularly expeditions to Mars, Russian scientists said.

Doctor Finder ZocDoc Adds Bezos, Benioff As Investors

ZocDoc, the doctor search and reservation service, which just raised a $3 million first round, has added two impressive names to its roster of investors: Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and Amazon’s (NSDQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos (through his Bezos Expeditions) have added an unspecified amount to the round. The round, initially announced last month, was led by Khosla Ventures. In addition, ZocDoc says it’s increasing its specialty areas from three to six, and releasing a Facebook app, allowing users to book doctors appointments through Facebook.

New coral, marine species discovered

A Ctenophore or Comb Jellyfish collected off Wassteri reef, Heron Island in far north Queensland, is seen in this undated photo obtained September 18, 2008. Australian scientists have discovered hundreds of new coral and marine species on the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef which they say will improve monitoring reef biodiversity and the impact of climate change. Three expeditions to the reefs over four years to collect the first inventory of soft corals, found 300 soft corals of which 130 were new species, said a report released on Friday.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

hunddreds of new coral, marine species discovered

A Ctenophore or Comb Jellyfish collected off Wassteri reef, Heron Island in far north Queensland, is seen in this undated photo obtained September 18, 2008. Australian scientists have discovered hundreds of new coral and marine species on the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef which they say will improve monitoring reef biodiversity and the impact of climate change. Three expeditions to the reefs over four years to collect the first inventory of soft corals, found 300 soft corals of which 130 were new species, said a report released on Friday.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Mission to Mars, 2013

What it means: NASA just gave the University of Colorado at Boulder its largest research contract ever - to lead the mission that will launch an orbiting probe to Mars in 2013. The benefits of the nearly half-billion-dollar project are many: Every dollar spent on space exploration has an eightfold economic benefit; studying other planets helps us better understand our own; space expeditions are the 21st century equivalent of Columbus' voyages. And NASA's $16 billion annual budget is a drop in the bucket compared with the $10 billion a month we spend in Iraq. Still, a half-billion dollars could help with some urgent problems down here on Earth. The National Priorities Project estimates that it could provide a year of health care for 165,000 people, or power 830,000 homes with renewable energy for a year, or build 2,200 affordable housing u

Robot Submarine To Dive Deep In the Caribbean

Roland Piquepaille writes "According to BBC News, a new UK autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), Autosub6000, will soon start to explore the world's deepest undersea volcanoes, located in the Caribbean. Autosub6000 has a range of up to 1,000 kilometers and has a maximum operating depth of 6,000 meters. It is 5.5 meters long, has a diameter of 0.9 meters, and is equipped with a high-performance GPS unit. For these two expeditions, each close to a month long, Autosub6000 will be joined by the Isis remotely operated vehicle, which is able to operate at a depth of 6,000 meters and grab animal specimens. Researchers from the National Oceanography Center in Southampton will lead these missions. They expect that 'one in every two animals they come across will be a species new to science' once the robots reach a depth of 3,000 meters.

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