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Iowa woman's photo sparks push for new cloud type

(AP) -- Looking out the 11th floor window of her law office, Jane Wiggins did a double take and grabbed her camera. The dark, undulating clouds hovering outside were unlike anything she'd seen before.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (24) | comments 7




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5 US urban counties lead 'Terror Hot Spots' list, but rural areas not exempt

Nearly a third of all terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2008 occurred in just five metropolitan U.S. counties, but events continue to occur in rural areas, spurred on by domestic actors, according to a report published today ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Foreign cyber attack hits US infrastructure: expert

A cyber strike launched from outside the United States hit a public water system in the Midwestern state of Illinois, an infrastructure control systems expert said on Friday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 33

Every way devised to deflect an asteroid

With asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close by Earth yesterday, this rather unsettlingly near flyby has many people wondering if we would be able to divert an asteroid that was heading for an intersection with Earth ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 15

Quarter-mile-wide asteroid coming close to Earth

(AP) -- An asteroid bigger than an aircraft carrier will dart between the Earth and moon on Tuesday - the closest encounter by such a huge rock in 35 years.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 05, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 225

WikiLeaks not financially endangered: Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told Latin American media that his organization was far from financially endangered despite sanctions slapped on it by the United States.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ion Armageddon: Measuring the impact energy of highly charged ions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Much like a meteor impacting a planet, highly charged ions hit really hard and can do a lot of damage, albeit on a much smaller scale. And much like geologists determine the size and speed ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

NASA's silly sci-fi film list -- 2012 the most flawed (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- At a conference held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, NASA experts have voted 2012 the most scientifically flawed and absurd science fiction film ever made.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 44 | with audio podcast report

Leaking Siberian ice raises a tricky climate issue

(AP) -- The Russian scientist shuffles across the frozen lake, scuffing aside ankle-deep snow until he finds a cluster of bubbles trapped under the ice. With a cigarette lighter in one hand and a knife in ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 21, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 6

Cuba denounces 'virtual' Castro plot in new game

(AP) -- Cuba harshly criticized a new video game in which U.S. special operations soldiers try to kill a young Fidel Castro, saying Wednesday that the violent role-playing glorifies assassination and will turn American children ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two years and 100 mln dollars buys winning cyber army

A computer espionage specialist has laid out blueprints for building a cyber army capable of crashing through US defenses.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 01, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 2


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