en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/international/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/atlantis_crew_meets_residents_ab/ The crews of Atlantis and the international space station greeted each other with hugs and handshakes Sunday after the space shuttle arrived at the orbiting outpost. But amid the smiles and salutations, engineers in Houston 220 miles below started eval news science 2007-06-11 08:17:14 http://www.newsique.com/science/atlantis_crew_meets_residents_ab/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,279975,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Interesting [9] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/atlantis_crew_meets_residents_ab/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/meteorite_punches_hole_in_intern/ A mini-meteorite has left a bullet-sized hole in a module of the International Space Station (ISS), but the three-person US-Russian team of astronauts inside are not in danger, a Russian official said. The puncture, in an outer pumping component on the news science 2007-06-10 20:57:27 http://www.newsique.com/science/meteorite_punches_hole_in_intern/ Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/meteorite-punches-hole-in-international-space-station/2007/06/07/1181089185269.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/smh/ 91 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/meteorite_punches_hole_in_intern/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/japanese_whale_request_rejected/ Japan's long-term strategy to see a re-introduction of commercial whale hunting has suffered another rebuff. Its motion asking the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to review whale stocks was defeated. Approval for the news science 2007-06-10 10:02:25 http://www.newsique.com/science/japanese_whale_request_rejected/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6728919.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/japanese_whale_request_rejected/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/get_a_look_at_nasas_next_spacesu/ Oceaneering International Inc., best known for providing deep water services and products to the oil and gas industry, has been chosen to design and make the next generation of spacesuits for NASA, the space agency announced Thursday. The Houston-based news science 2008-06-13 08:20:10 http://www.newsique.com/science/get_a_look_at_nasas_next_spacesu/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25130313/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/get_a_look_at_nasas_next_spacesu/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/ministers_consider_uk_astronauts/ The UK government is to launch a formal review into whether British astronauts should take part in the international exploration of space. The review has been prompted by growing fears that the UK might lose out in the next wave of space travel. Int news science 2008-02-15 08:20:08 http://www.newsique.com/science/ministers_consider_uk_astronauts/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7244028.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/ministers_consider_uk_astronauts/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/digital_magnetic_map_goes_global/ The first global map of magnetic peculiarities - or anomalies - on Earth has been assembled by an international team of researchers. Magnetic anomalies are caused by differences in the magnetisation of the rocks in the Earth's crust. Many years of n news science 2007-11-05 08:16:53 http://www.newsique.com/science/digital_magnetic_map_goes_global/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6982485.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/digital_magnetic_map_goes_global/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/nasa_studies_ripped_solar_panel/ Nasa is trying to assess the damage in a newly unfurled solar wing at the International Space Station (ISS). The panel is part of an array held inside a girder that was moved on Tuesday from its temporary site on the platform to a new, permanent locati news science 2007-10-31 08:19:16 http://www.newsique.com/science/nasa_studies_ripped_solar_panel/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7069956.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/nasa_studies_ripped_solar_panel/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/astronauts_extend_space_station/ Two astronauts have begun a spacewalk, unpacking a unit from Shuttle Discovery that will be fixed as an extension to the International Space Station (ISS). Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock stepped into space for an operation due t news science 2007-10-26 08:25:46 http://www.newsique.com/science/astronauts_extend_space_station/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7063568.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/astronauts_extend_space_station/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/new_thinking_needed_on_climate/ The international climate debate needs to embrace a "new way of thinking" to tackle the problem, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged. Too much time was being wasted arguing over "historical responsibilities" for past emissions, Mr Ban said. H news science 2007-07-12 16:54:05 http://www.newsique.com/science/new_thinking_needed_on_climate/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6292744.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [3] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/new_thinking_needed_on_climate/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/atlantis_prepares_to_depart_spac/ After a nearly 10-day stay at the international space station that included construction work and a computer meltdown, space shuttle Atlantis was cleared to begin its return trip to Earth. The shuttle was scheduled to undock from the space station at 1 news science 2007-06-19 10:38:49 http://www.newsique.com/science/atlantis_prepares_to_depart_spac/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/06/19/space.shuttle.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/atlantis_prepares_to_depart_spac/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/spacewalk_set_to_repair_atlantis/ Two astronauts planned to climb out of the international space station to staple down a thermal blanket that peeled back during the launch of space shuttle Atlantis. James Reilly and Danny Olivas were expected to emerge into the void of space shortly b news science 2007-06-15 08:19:36 http://www.newsique.com/science/spacewalk_set_to_repair_atlantis/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282813,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] 50 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/spacewalk_set_to_repair_atlantis/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/sawfish_protection_acquires_teet/ Nations have agreed to ban international trade in one of the world's most remarkable fish. At the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting, delegates approved a bid to end the sawfish trade. The spectacular rostra, or news science 2007-06-11 10:29:08 http://www.newsique.com/science/sawfish_protection_acquires_teet/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6740609.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/sawfish_protection_acquires_teet/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/atlantis_astronauts_plan_1st_spa/ Astronauts James Reilly and Danny Olivas were planning to keep their eyes on their gloves Monday during the first spacewalk of Atlantis' visit to the international space station. A new spacewalking procedure requires astronauts to examine their gloves news science 2007-06-11 10:28:49 http://www.newsique.com/science/atlantis_astronauts_plan_1st_spa/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19165577/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/atlantis_astronauts_plan_1st_spa/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/us_major_illegal_ivory_importer/ The US has become a major importer of illegal ivory, according to a report from the British organisation Care for the Wild International (CWI). The conservation group's assessment is based on more than 1,000 visits to shops by its investigators. CWI news science 2007-06-06 15:29:23 http://www.newsique.com/science/us_major_illegal_ivory_importer/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6724635.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/us_major_illegal_ivory_importer/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/international_global_warming_con/ An international global warming conference approved a report Friday warning of dire threats to the Earth and to mankind — from increased hunger to the extinction of species — unless the world adapts to climate change and halts its progress. Agreeme news science 2007-04-06 12:51:58 http://www.newsique.com/science/international_global_warming_con/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,264469,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/international_global_warming_con/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/space_tourism_a_good_thing/ Martha Stewart, the apostle of the cozy and the quaint, came Friday to the bleak space town of Baikonur to watch a billionaire friend blast off for the international space station. Stewart, who parlayed her vision of gracious living into a business emp news science 2007-04-06 11:08:03 http://www.newsique.com/science/space_tourism_a_good_thing/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/06/russia.space.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/space_tourism_a_good_thing/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/strong_solar_flare_disrupts_comm/ A strong solar flare has forced astronauts in the International Space Station to take cover, disrupted Chinese shortwave communications, and played havoc with instructions beamed to a Martian satellite. news science 2006-12-15 08:28:12 http://www.newsique.com/science/strong_solar_flare_disrupts_comm/ Extreme Tech http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2072861,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532 http://www.newsique.com/sources/extremetech/ 90 Under Rated [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/strong_solar_flare_disrupts_comm/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/discovery_of_gamma_rays_from_the/ The astrophysicists of the international H.E.S.S. collaboration report the discovery of fast variability in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays from the giant elliptical galaxy M 87. The detection of these gamma-ray photons - with energies more than a milli news science 2006-10-28 12:29:58 http://www.newsique.com/science/discovery_of_gamma_rays_from_the/ EurekAlert http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/m-dog102706.php http://www.newsique.com/sources/eurekalert/ 90 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/discovery_of_gamma_rays_from_the/#comments