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August 2007 in science

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August 24, 2007

  • Two research groups demonstrate out-of-body experiences in human volunteers using conflicting visual-somatosensory input. (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.(Nature)
  • August 20, 2007

  • The genetic sequence of the Pinot noir grape is uncoded by French researchers.([email protected])
  • August 8, 2007

  • Endeavour lifts off from Kennedy Space Center for the STS-118 assembly mission of the International Space Station. (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. (BBCNews)
  • August 6, 2007

  • International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors examine the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. (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. (AP via Washington Post)
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