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SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

FOX News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Sun Jun 10, 2007 @ 8:57pm neoform

Sydney Morning Herald -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Sun Jun 10, 2007 @ 10:02am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Feb 15, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Nov 5, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Oct 31, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Jul 12, 2007 @ 4:54pm neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jun 19, 2007 @ 10:38am neoform

CNN -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Jun 15, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

FOX News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 10:29am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 10:28am neoform

MSNBC -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 3:29pm neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Apr 6, 2007 @ 12:51pm neoform

FOX News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Apr 6, 2007 @ 11:08am neoform

CNN -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Dec 15, 2006 @ 8:28am neoform

Extreme Tech -- 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... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Sat Oct 28, 2006 @ 12:29pm neoform

EurekAlert -- 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.. Read More