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Path Of Totality: The Movie
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2007On March 29, 2006, a NASA-led science expedition traveled to Tripoli and then the Sahara desert to witness and study -- first hand -- a total solar eclipse. This international expedition was an unprecedented collaboration with Libyan scientists and researchers from across the globe. NASA's Office of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C., produced a high definition video documentary of the exped ... more US cities' Wi-Fi dreams fading fast 
Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2007Ambitious plans for big Wi-Fi networks to provide free or low-cost wireless Internet access are being abandoned or scaled back by US cities as the economics of the deals turn out to be more challenging than expected. San Francisco and Chicago in recent weeks abruptly halted plans to set up municipal Wi-Fi networks while Internet giant Earthlink, a partner for a number of cities, has begun a ... more NASA Orbiter Finds Possible Cave Skylights On Mars 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 24, 2007NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has discovered entrances to seven possible caves on the slopes of a Martian volcano. The find is fueling interest in potential underground habitats and sparking searches for caverns elsewhere on the Red Planet. Very dark, nearly circular features ranging in diameter from about 100 to 250 meters (328 to 820 feet) puzzled researchers who found them in images taken by ... more Global space summit looks to the future, 50 years after Sputnik-1 
Hyderabad, India (AFP) Sept 21, 2007Fifty years after the launch of the first man-made satellite, the global space industry gathers in India next week to find ways to benefit humanity -- and make money in the process. Missions to the moon and Mars, the completion of an international space station and efforts to ward off earth-threatening asteroids and natural disasters through space technology will top the agenda. Multi-bi ... more Malaysian 'Gagarin' hopes to observe Ramadan fast in space 
Star City , Russia (AFP) Sept 20, 2007Malaysia's soon-to-be first astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor said on Thursday he hoped to fast aboard the International Space Station as he visits there in the holy month of Ramadan. Muszaphar, who is expected to travel to the ISS aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on October 10, acknowledged that following the normal prayer regime might be difficult, but said that Islam was a "lenient" religion ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) Sep 21, 2007 In the event of conflict in the Taiwan Strait, if the United States were to send an aircraft carrier to the scene, it would likely remain in an area 800-1,000 kilometers from the spot of engagement. This is what happened in 1999 when China sent a series of air sorties over the island and the United States sent two aircraft carriers to the area as a warning. This distance poses very complicated ... more Iran shows off new missile, taunts Israel 
Tehran (AFP) Sept 22, 2007Iran on Saturday showed off a longer-range missile in public for the first time and proclaimed a string of anti-Israel slogans, in a military parade held amid warnings of conflict with the West. The missile -- labelled Ghadr-1 (Power) -- was said to be in development by Western experts, but its appearance at the annual military parade to mark the start of Iran's 1980-1988 war with Iraq was i ... more Iran And Israel Face Off As Ahmadinejad Says No Need For Nukes 
New York (AFP) Sept 23, 2007Iran has no need of nuclear weapons and is not on a path to war with the United States, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview with CBS television to be broadcast later Sunday. Ahmadinejad, who is due to arrive in New York Sunday for the United Nations General Assembly, said Tehran's nuclear ambitions were open and being conducted in accordance with the UN's International Atomic ... more BMD Focus: Fiddling on BMD 
Washington (UPI) Sep 21, 2007 Remarkably few U.S. senators and congressmen make it to the White House anymore. The latest fiddling and micromanaging by the majority Democrats in both houses of Congress over building ballistic-missile defense bases in Central Europe helps explain why. On a major national security issue, involving both the defense of Western Europe and the United States from possible Iranian nuclear a ... more Britain has enough plutonium for 1000s of Nagasakis: report 
London (AFP) Sept 21, 2007Britain has stockpiled enough plutonium to replicate the nuclear bomb attacks on Japan in 1945 thousands of times over, the country's top science academy said Friday. The Royal Society said the amount of separated plutonium, most of which is the by-product of reprocessed spent fuel from nuclear power stations, has almost doubled in the last 10 years to more than 100 tonnes. But the emine ... more |
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Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 24, 2007How much is a kilogram? It turns out that nobody can say for sure, at least not in a way that won't change ever so slightly over time. The official kilogram - a cylinder cast 118 years ago from platinum and iridium and known as the International Prototype Kilogram or "Le Gran K" - has been losing mass, about 50 micrograms at last check. The change is occurring despite careful storage at a facili ... more Is There Really A Mommy Gene In Women 
Kingston, Canada (SPX) Sep 24, 2007Basic principles of biology rather than women's newfound economic independence can explain why fewer of them are getting married and having children, and why the trend may only be temporary, says a Queen's researcher. "Only in recent times have women acquired significant control over their own fertility, and many are preferring not to be saddled with the burden of raising children," says Lonnie ... more Bridge Strengthening Research 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2007These days, a drive across a bridge is not always a pleasure cruise. Mindful of the war on terrorism, it can often be a cautious experience. In one scenario, someone sets off a series of bombs to weaken the cables and the key structural connections of a major city bridge, all during rush hour. Not easy to do, but now thinkable. This summer, the possibility of sabotage was quickly examined-then d ... more Recycling Wind Turbines 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2007The development of wind power promises much in terms of providing us with renewable energy for the future and wind turbines could be the most effective way to harness that power. Danish researchers now suggest that in order to assess the overall environmental impact of wind power, however, the finite lifespan of wind turbines and the need to replace and recycle them must be taken into account. S ... more Nuclear energy to be key in low-carbon energy policy: Brussels 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 21, 2007Nuclear power will remain a key element as the world seeks to move toward low carbon energy, the European Commission said Friday, announcing a new forum for nuclear energy research. The Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform will bring together industry and researchers to draw up a strategy "to prepare for the future and maintain European leadership in this sector," the EU's executiv ... more
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