Category: Science

Russia: No space for space tourists (AP)

By admin, 27-11-2009

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, center, and U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creamer, right, are seen before the final test in a mock-up of the Zvezda and Zarya training module in Star City outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. The three are the next crew scheduled to blast off to the International Space Station on Dec. 21 from Baikonur cosmodrom. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - There is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station, a top Russian space official said Thursday.



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Americans Toss Out 40 Percent of All Food (LiveScience.com)

By admin, 27-11-2009

LiveScience.com - While many Americans feast on turkey and all the fixings today, a
new study finds food waste per person has shot up 50 percent since
1974. Some 1,400 calories worth of food is discarded per person each
day, which adds up to 150 trillion calories a year.


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UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to block US extradition (AFP)

By admin, 27-11-2009

Briton Gary McKinnon leaves the High Court in central London in January 2009. McKinnon, accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers, faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.



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Clean energy, better homes cut pollution, save lives (Reuters)

By admin, 27-11-2009

Indian female labourers carry small pieces of coal deposit from liquid<br />
ash generated from a thermal power plant (background) in Kolaghat 75km<br />
(45 miles) west from Kolkata, August 14, 2002. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - Better home insulation and ventilation and using electricity instead of fossil fuels could reduce indoor pollution and save thousands of lives, especially in low-income countries like India, a study has found.



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S. America floods kill 12; thousands evacuate (AP)

By admin, 27-11-2009

AP - Officials say flooding from heavy rains has killed 12 people in three South American nations and forced more than 20,000 to flee their homes.


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Shuttle, station crews seal hatches for departure (AP)

By admin, 25-11-2009

This image made from NASA TV Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 shows the 12 space travelers aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex during a news conference.  Atlantis will undock from the space station on Wednesday. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - After nearly a week together, the crews of shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station said goodbye Tuesday and closed the hatches between them.



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Smoking Gun Found in Rejected Heart Transplants (LiveScience.com)

By admin, 25-11-2009

LiveScience.com - Scientists have long suspected that smoking increased the risk that
a transplanted heart would be rejected. Now they have a smoking gun.


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US official blasts big oil over Obama energy program (AFP)

By admin, 25-11-2009

US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, pictured in September 2009, blasted big oil trade groups Tuesday, accusing them of barring the way to a balanced US energy system that would create thousands of jobs.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar blasted big oil trade groups Tuesday, accusing them of barring the way to a balanced US energy system that would create thousands of jobs.



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Comatose for 23 years Belgian feels reborn (AP)

By admin, 25-11-2009

Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)AP - With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man who was diagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message Tuesday that he felt reborn after decades of loneliness and frustration. A leading bioethicist, however, expressed skepticism that the man was truly communicating on his own.



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Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit (AP)

By admin, 23-11-2009

A Danish official says 65 world leaders so far will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December and several more have responded positively to invitations. (AP Graphic)AP - Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.



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Thousands of Strange Sea Creatures Discovered (LiveScience.com)

By admin, 23-11-2009

LiveScience.com - The deep sea is teeming with thousands of species that have never known sunlight, explorers now say.


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NRC: Three Mile Island radiation not significant (AP)

By admin, 23-11-2009

AP - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.


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