Server-Side Mashup w/ XmlPageResource
National Geographic News
- New NASA Probe to Dive-bomb the Sun
- With its science payload finalized, Solar Probe Plus is closer to becoming the first craft to directly sample the sun, NASA officials say.
NASA - Sun - Solar Probe+ - Space - Technology
- San Bruno Fire Pictures: "Hell on Earth" in California
- A gas line explosion that unleashed deadly, thousand-foot-high fireballs reduced blocks of San Bruno, California, to "hell on earth" on Thursday, one resident said.
- Fire Tornado Filmed in Hawaii
- While battling a blaze on the slopes of Mauna Kea in August, a Hawaii firefighter captured rare footage of a fire tornado, or fire whirl. Video.
- Cockroach Brains May Hold New Antibiotics?
- Cockroaches and locusts produce natural antibiotics that can kill bacteria such as MRSA and toxic strains of E. coli, new research shows.
- Pictures: Hubble Spies Oddly "Perfect" Celestial Spiral
- A new Hubble picture has revealed an oddly "perfect" cosmic spiral likely being created as a dying star orbits a stellar twin, astronomers say.
- Space Photos: Galaxy Laser, Moon Bridge, More
- See a galactic garbage truck, the first ever evidence of a natural bridge on the Moon, and more in this week's best space pictures.
- Warming Solution: Just Stop Cold?
- The burden on the planet from today's cars and buildings is bearable, say researchers who warn that future added emissions are the real risk.
- "False Dawn" This Week: Zodiacal Light Easier to See
- The seasonal phenomenon creates a bright pyramid over the eastern horizon that will be easier than usual to see this week, astronomers say.
- Pictures: New Proof Spiral Galaxies Eat, Digest Dwarfs
- A new survey is the first to show that spiral galaxies beyond our cosmic neighborhood eat and digest orbiting dwarf galaxies.
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- "Lost" Fox Subspecies Found via Saliva Analysis
- Thought extinct in central California, a rare fox subspecies has been found there—upping the species' chances for long-term survival.
- Photos: Saddam AK-47, Ancient Artifacts Return to Iraq
- An AK-47 with Saddam Hussein's portrait and ancient artifacts are among the hundreds of returned Iraqi artifacts displayed this week in Baghdad.
- Oil Inside Gulf Crabs May Be Shed
- Found to have oil droplets inside them, blue crab larvae from near the BP spill may lose the oil as they grow, scientists say. Video.
- Mining the Truth on Coal Supplies
- A new study challenges the belief that the globe holds vast stores of coal, the world's leading and most carbon-intensive electricity fuel.
- Second Asteroid to Buzz Earth Later Today
- The second asteroid to pass near Earth in a single day will make its closest approach later today, scientists say.
- Hunchback Dinosaur Found: Carnivorous "Camel"
- The otherwise fearsome new one-ton predator sported an odd hunchback and scrawny feather precursors, puzzling scientists.
Notes
- About this page
- This was built using the XmlPageResource class from the exyus engine.
- Read the article
- Read the tutorial (Server-Side Mashup Tutorial) on how this demo was built.
- It's all about the server
- This page includes two external feeds (National Geographic and US Geological Survey), one local include (the notes) and some in-line content (the header). All the data is collected and transformed on the server - no client scripting is involved.
- Check out the source code
USGS M2.5+ Earthquakes
Real-time, worldwide earthquake list for the past day