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Lunar Robotic Village, Moon Base Gains International Support - Space.com The meeting was timely considering a new arrival on the lunar exploration scene: Europe’s SMART-1 spacecraft is now looping the Moon, prepared to survey the lunar landscape in earnest early next year and work is underway in India on its Chandrayaan-1 lunar probe. Japan and China are also set to launch their respective spacecraft to the Moon in future years. |
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Did Our Sun Capture Alien Worlds? - SpaceDaily Left: As the sun and passing star approach each other, gravity can yank small objects from one solar system to the other, as shown in this computer image. Credit: University of Utah and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Computer simulations show a close encounter with a passing star about 4 billion years ago may have given our solar system its abrupt edge and put small, alien worlds into distant orbits around our sun. Bromley and Kenyon simulated what would have happened if our sun and another star in our Milky Way galaxy had passed a relatively close 14 billion to 19 billion miles from each other a few hundred million years after our solar system formed. |
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New Evidence Supports Terrestrial Cause Of End-Permian Mass Extinction - SpaceDaily Two hundred and fifty million years ago, ninety percent of marine species disappeared and life on land suffered greatly during the world's largest mass extinction. "Our geochemical analyses of these two famous end-Permian sections in Austria and Italy reveal no tangible evidence of extraterrestrial impact," said Koeberl. "This suggests the mass extinction must have been home-grown." Layers of rocks contain a chemical testimony of environmental change though time. Asteroids and comets are chemically different from the Earth and when these objects arrive they leave a tell-tale chemical fingerprint in the rocks. |
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Biosciences:
12/10/2004: Reduced Fish Stocks Linked To Increased Bushmeat Trade, Wildlife Declines In W. Africa - Science
Daily
12/10/2004: Improved Molecular Switch Could Serve As Sensor, Medical Tool - Science
Daily
12/10/2004: China Launches Bioforestry Research Using "Space Seeds" - Space.com
12/10/2004: Nanoscopic gold spheres can be reversibly bound to DNA strands ... - FirstScience
Climate, Environment:
12/10/2004: Satellites play key role in detecting Philippines storm damage - Space.com
12/10/2004: European Commission consults public on action plan to reduce air pollution ... - FirstScience
12/10/2004: Russia delivers Kyoto treaty ratification to UN ... - FirstScience
12/10/2004: Heatwave Study May Fuel Global Warming Lawsuits ... - FirstScience
12/10/2004: Brazil Garbage Dump Could Be Climate Trailblazer ... - FirstScience
12/10/2004: Poverty, Graft at Root of Philippine Tragedy ... - FirstScience
12/10/2004: Photos: Phones that flower - C/Net
Computers:
Devices
12/10/2004: Daggers Sharp but Not Penetrating - Wired News
12/10/2004: Flaws Don't Scuttle Pirate Game - Wired News
12/10/2004: A Kinder, Gentler Type of War - Wired News
12/10/2004: Gifts to Sate Your Technolust - Wired News
12/10/2004: Retailers cash in on PlayStation -
BBC
12/10/2004: Call for clearer game warnings -
BBC
12/10/2004: Yahoo goesfor gadgets
12/10/2004: Photos- Yahoo gear
12/10/2004: Top gadgets--and rivals
12/10/2004: New consoles could up prices of sports games - C/Net
Communications
12/10/2004: Long distance call Mobile phone masts are spreading fast into remote parts of Africa -
BBC
12/10/2004: Elbowing for Wireless Airspace - Business
Week
12/10/2004: Japan: Cool Phones, but Skimpy Profits - Business
Week
12/10/2004: Hard drives, telephoto lenses meet cell phones - C/Net
12/10/2004: Wi-Fi for
everyone? - C/Net
12/10/2004: Till death do you part (from your phone company) - C/Net
12/10/2004: The Force is with your phone - C/Net
12/10/2004: For $999, Net phone calls for life - C/Net
Technology
12/10/2004: AMD works to chill out Opteron - C/Net
PC's
12/10/2004: IBM to Quit Making PCs - Wired News
Internet
12/10/2004: Anti-spam screensaver scrapped -
BBC
12/10/2004: Cyber criminals step up the pace -
BBC
12/10/2004: Go
Digital: How the way people use the web has changed over the past 10 years -
BBC
12/10/2004: The Business of Blogging - Business
Week
12/10/2004: Firefox users ignore online ads, report says - C/Net
12/10/2004: Men sued for spam pushing fake diplomas - C/Net
12/10/2004: Antispam campaign bites the dust - C/Net
12/10/2004: Britons speak their minds online - C/Net
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12/10/2004: Trying to reach customers in an era of e-mail suspicion
- NY
Times
Miscellaneous
12/10/2004: Napster Rebel Now Industry Angel - Wired News
12/10/2004: Wired Tools 2004 - Wired News
12/10/2004: The new competencies in IT - C/Net
Energy:
12/10/2004: Renewable Energy ... - FirstScience
12/10/2004: Landfill gas to power 1000 homes ... - FirstScience
12/10/2004: Energy Remains Challenge for Bush ... - FirstScience
Health:
Cardiovascular
Cancer
12/10/2004: Virtual Colonoscopy Shows Significant Promise As Colorectal Cancer Screening Option - Science
Daily
12/10/2004: Shark Cartilage Cancer 'Cure' Shows Danger Of Pseudoscience
Infectious
12/10/2004: Antipsychotic Drugs Stop Fatal Viral Infection In Brain Cells - Science
Daily
12/10/2004: Racial Disparities Noted In Immune System Genes - Science
Daily
Non-Infectious
12/10/2004: Antibiotic Rifampicin Shows Promise For Fighting Parkinson's Disease In Laboratory Tests - Science
Daily
12/10/2004: Antibiotic hope for Parkinson's
Miscellaneous
12/10/2004: CT Helps Find Cause Of Puzzling Cough In World Trade Center Rescue Workers - Science
Daily
12/10/2004: Temporary Weight Gain Over The Winter Holidays... Might Be A Good Thing - Science
Daily
12/10/2004: Not Tonight, I've Got an Advisory - Wired News
12/10/2004: Fight for Public Domain Goes On - Wired News
12/10/2004: Op can boost size of micro-penis -
BBC
12/10/2004: Shampoo 'risk to unborn babies' -
BBC
12/10/2004: Early arrivals: The struggles of babies and parents on a neonatal ward -
BBC
History, Anthropology:
12/10/2004: New Evidence Supports Terrestrial Cause Of End-Permian Mass Extinction - SpaceDaily
Miscellaneous:
12/10/2004: Freddie Mac notes popular with Asians - Seattle
Times
12/10/2004: Judge tosses some claims against Qwest - Seattle
Times
12/10/2004: India seen as one of last frontiers for new fabs - Silicon
Strategies
12/10/2004: Britain to tackle poverty, climate change, AIDS during G8 presidency - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: India, Russia To Build Navigational Satellite - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Analysis: Tenet Calls For Tough Cyber Security Rules - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: France And NATO Sign Satellite Communications Agreement - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Iran Working On Secret Missile
Programs: Opposition Group - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Russia To Shore Up Support To India In Cruise Missile Project - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Japan's Nervous Neighbors - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Analysis: Israelis Say Iran Will Go Nuclear - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Commentary: Gulled By Gul - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Army Wages War on Modern Menaces - Wired News
12/10/2004: How Long Is Your Digital
Trail? - Wired News
12/10/2004: Prying Into FBI Activities - Wired News
12/10/2004: GPS Technology Drives Global Treasure Hunt - Nat'l.
Geo. News
12/10/2004: At Museums, Computers Get Creative
- NY
Times
12/10/2004: Managers Misuse Tech to Control Workers - Wired News
12/10/2004: Researchers use physics to analyze dynamics of bestsellers ... - FirstScience
12/10/2004: Incredibles help animated films to an all-time box office -
BBC
12/10/2004: Sam Palmisano's Many Messages - Business
Week
12/10/2004: Technology: The Great Growth Hope - Business
Week
12/10/2004: What's your
take? - C/Net
12/10/2004: Grace notes - C/Net
12/10/2004: Trust improves schools - C/Net
12/10/2004: When leadership becomes a quest - C/Net
Neurosciences:
12/10/2004: Mayo Clinic Examines Neurostimulator In Patients With Epilepsy - Science
Daily
12/10/2004: Autism: Why Do Some Develop Then
Regress? - Science
Daily
12/10/2004: GPs get new anti-depressant rules -
BBC
12/10/2004: 'I'm on a drug I don't need' -
BBC
12/10/2004: Your views on antidepressants -
BBC
Physics and Astronomy:
12/10/2004: Did Our Sun Capture Alien
Worlds? - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Mind The Gap - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: The universe's youngest galaxy ... - Ananova
Prolongevity
Robotics:
Space:
12/10/2004: Lunar Robotic Village, Moon Base Gains International Support - Space.com
12/10/2004: Conditions On Vast Plain On Mars Could Have Been Suitable For Life - Science
Daily
12/10/2004: Rocket Sculptures Flown on SpaceShipOne to be Auctioned - Space.com
12/10/2004: US, China Space Agency Chiefs Hold Talks Amid Proliferation
Concern - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Student Satellite Almost Ready For Space - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Mars Rovers Reports Published ... - FirstScience
12/10/2004: U.S., China Count Down to Space Cooperation ... - FirstScience
12/10/2004: NASA urged to send shuttle to Hubble - New
Scientist
12/10/2004: Shuttle Should Service
Hubble: NASA Report - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: The Adventure Ahead - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Digital Elevation Map of Spirit's Trek - SpaceDaily
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12/10/2004: The Martian Channels Of Reull Vallis - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: ISS crew running low on
food: Russian report - SpaceDaily
12/10/2004: Seeing In The Dark As Saturn Lights Up Iapetus - SpaceDaily
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Technology:
12/10/2004: Mushrooms Transformed Into Allergy-Free Rubber -
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