August 2007 in science

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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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6960612.stm (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. [http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070820/full/448844a.html (Nature)]

August 20 2007

*The genetic sequence of the Pinot noir grape is uncoded by French researchers. [http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070820/full/070820-13.html ([e-mail])]

August 8 2007

* "Endeavour" lifts off from Kennedy Space Center for the STS-118 assembly mission of the International Space Station. [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/08/space.shuttle.ap/index.html (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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6934603.stm (BBCNews)]

August 6 2007

*International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors examine the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/06/1997618.htm (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. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/04/AR2007080400501.html (AP via Washington Post)]

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