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National security expert warns of Asian space race

(PhysOrg.com) -- James Clay Moltz, an associate professor in the department of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, has published a commentary paper in the journal ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 54 | with audio podcast report




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Rivaroxaban has less risk of brain bleeding in patients at high risk for stroke

For patients with a type of irregular heart beat called atrial fibrillation (AF), a new anti-clotting drug might be better at preventing clot-related strokes while minimizing the risk of causing a bleeding stroke. The research ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA launching multi-player game on Facebook

NASA is seeking friends for a new game the US space agency launched on Facebook.

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created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Romney sees starships fueled by private enterprise

Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney tried to boost support on Florida's "Space Coast" Friday ahead of next week's key primary, promising business would play a bigger role in future missions.

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created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (10) | comments 7

'Leap second' under the gun at Geneva time talks

Timekeepers gathered in Geneva on Thursday to thrash out a contested proposal to abolish a 40-year-old practice of adding the occasional second to world time.

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

China's space ambitions ally glory with pragmatism

As China pushes to become a global space power, experts say its ambitions go well beyond a symbolic moon landing, to satellite observation and a global positioning system to rival that of the United States.

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Curiosity and the solar storm

On Nov. 26th, Curiosity blasted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas 5 rocket. Riding a plume of fire through the blue Florida sky, the car-sized rover began a nine month journey to search for signs of life ...

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Russian who helped put Gagarin in space dies at 99

One of the last surviving architects of the Soviet space programme that put Yuri Gagarin into orbit half a century ago died on Wednesday, officials said. He was 99.

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New operating system for space: High-tech tycoons

The tycoons of cyberspace are looking to bankroll America's resurgence in outer space, reviving "Star Trek" dreams that first interested them in science.

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 7

Durban climate deal leaves difficult road ahead

The world's nations on Sunday set their sights on a new all-encompassing pact on climate change that marks a break with the past and will also be gruelling to achieve.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 18

Russians desperately try to save Mars moon probe (Update)

A Russian space probe aiming to land on a Mars moon was stuck circling the Earth after equipment failure Wednesday, and scientists raced to fire up its engines before the whole thing came crashing down.

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created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 83


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