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Environment researcher admits leaking climate docs, claims they’re genuine
Environment researcher admits leaking climate docs, claims they’re genuineNews from Ars Technica: Was Peter Gleick inspired by secret agent masterpieces? Last week, several documents that purportedly came from the Heartland Institute appeared on the Web, laying out the organization’s financial … Continue reading
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Scientists find an alien world ‘like no planet we know of’
Scientists find an alien world ‘like no planet we know of’News from msnbc.com: Scientists have discovered a new type of alien planet — a steamy waterworld that is larger than Earth but smaller than Uranus. The standard-bearer for this new … Continue reading
Neil Armstrong calls John Glenn ‘no ordinary pilot’ as he marks 50 years since …
Neil Armstrong calls John Glenn ‘no ordinary pilot’ as he marks 50 years since …News from Washington Post: COLUMBUS, Ohio — NASA surprised John Glenn with the kind of anniversary gift only a space agency can give, enabling him to … Continue reading
Glenn’s flight is still one for ages
Glenn’s flight is still one for agesNews from The News-Press: Fifty years ago, the U.S. and the Soviet Union were locked in a Cold War battle for ideological and technological supremacy, one that pitted the forces of communism against those … Continue reading
Friendship 7: John Glenn’s spacecraft and its flight
Friendship 7: John Glenn’s spacecraft and its flightNews from Plain Dealer: A test of man and machine Fifty years ago, American scientists and engineers couldn’t know for sure what effect an orbital spaceflight would have on American astronaut Col. John … Continue reading
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John Glenn fever hits Cape Canaveral
John Glenn fever hits Cape CanaveralNews from Local 10: Small Text Medium Text Large Text NASA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – John Glenn fever gripped Cape Canaveral this weekend, just as it did half a century ago when America was on … Continue reading
Decoding a Contagious Devil-Killing Cancer
Decoding a Contagious Devil-Killing CancerNews from Wired News: Tasmanian devil with contagious cancer. Image courtesy Wikimedia In the wilds of Tasmania and in labs in England, researchers are making some encouraging advances in their attempt to decode what may be … Continue reading
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Dwarf galaxy yields up middle-sized black hole
Dwarf galaxy yields up middle-sized black holeNews from Register: Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope to confirm X-ray observations first published in 2009 have turned up the first observational evidence of mid-sized black holes. That’s not as straightforward as it … Continue reading
LHC searches for Higgs Boson as U.S. science budget faces scrutiny
LHC searches for Higgs Boson as U.S. science budget faces scrutinyNews from The State Column: Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland, are preparing for a record-setting smashing of atoms, which could lead to the existence of … Continue reading
President’s 2013 Budget Hits Planetary Science Hard
President’s 2013 Budget Hits Planetary Science HardNews from Wired News: Artist’s concept of MAVEN, one of the last Mars missions that NASA currently has planned, which will study the Martian atmosphere. Image: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. The president’s 2013 budget, … Continue reading