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Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon (R) visits the new houses built with UN-funding for Palestinians who lost their homes, from the roof of one of the houses in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis, during the 2008-2009 Israeli offensive. Ban slammed Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a tour on Sunday, saying it was causing "unacceptable suffering.( Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)

Climate Economy Photos UN

PhysOrg
UN study backs economic changes to save natural world: report
A key UN report on biodiversity will recommend massive economic changes like company fines to help save species and protect the natural world, The Guardian reported here on Saturday. The study, which... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)

Hot Weather - Summertime - El Niño Weather Condition

Climate Photos Scientists Temperature Wikipedia: El Niño-Southern Oscillation

The Times
El Niño could make 2010 the hottest year ever
CLIMATE scientists have warned that 2010 could turn out to be the warmest year in recorded history. They have collated global surface temperature measurements showing that the world has experienced... (photo: WN / Trigedia)

Hindu devotees meditate at dawn on the Ghats, or bathing areas, on the banks of River Ganges in Varanasi, India, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001.

The Examiner
Meditation brings peace of mind to Colorado Springs-part1
Sitting is not the only way to meditate Bing.com If you like this ... Affordable health care: brought to you by the Inner Space Tibetan Sound Healing comes to Colorado Springs Tai Chi for wellness at... (photo: AP / Amit Bhargava)
Colorado Meditation Mind Peace Photos

Tomato Plants - Tomatoes - Planting

The Examiner
Transplant tomato, eggplant and pepper plants to the garden
Space plants according to the instructions on the seed packet to prevent overcrowding. Unknown If you like this ... Prepare tomato, eggplant and pepper seedlings for transplanting to the garden... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Garden Grow Photos Space Transplant

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette, STS-127 mission specialist, looks through an overhead window while operating controls on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during flight day two activities

Seattle Times
Astronaut gives Isaac Newton cosmic view of Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Sir Isaac Newton is getting the royal treatment in space, thanks to the British-born astronaut who carried up a picture of the 17th century... (photo: Public Domain / NASA)
Astronaut Cape Cosmic Earth Photos

Sea - Ocean - Weather Condition - Climate Change

PhysOrg
Oceans Smaller And Warmer
Credit: Anderson Mancini Two new studies out this week give the best scientific estimates of the average depth of the world's oceans, the total amount of water they... (photo: WN / sweet)
Climate Oceans Photos Water Wikipedia: Climate change

Toyota - Carmaker

The Boston Globe
Lawmakers say Toyota failed to probe electronics
WASHINGTON-House lawmakers on Thursday accused Toyota of failing to keep its promise to get to the bottom of what caused sudden unintended acceleration in some of its... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Electronics Lawmakers Photos Toyota Washington

The fight is on to save Kenya's green lung

PhysOrg
The fight is on to save Kenya's green lung
Poverty and climate change are threatening one of East Africa's most valuable forestry areas. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, including researchers from... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Africa Climate Kenya Photos UN

GULF of MEXICO - Gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise May 16, 2010, in a process known as flaring. Gas and oil from the wellhead are being brought to the surface via a tube that was placed inside the damaged pipe.

Star Tribune
AP INVESTIGATION: Self-regulation of safety features is norm in oil industry worldwide
STOCKHOLM - The U.S. government is not alone in ceding responsibility to the oil industry for the design of key safety features on offshore rigs, a trend coming under... (photo: U.S. Coast Guard / Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley)
Deepwater Horizon Industry Oil Photos Wikipedia: Bagram Air Base

Future Space Exploration

	Obama Gives a Bipartisan Commission Six Months to Revise Drilling Rules The New York Times
	Obama Charges Panel With Revising Drilling Rules The New York Times
	Cameroon welcomes you, but don't expect any special treatment The Guardian
	Atlantis shuttle - power lost in space ... and how The Daily Telegraph Australia

NASA

	Military gives preliminary OK to Va. wind tracts The Examiner
	Astronomical mystery: How does the sun remain the same size? The Christian Science Monitor
	Solar Dynamics Observatory Begins Five-Year Mission Of Discovery redOrbit
	NASA astronauts attach new room to space station The Star

Mars Expedition

	Billion-dollar man James Cameron to shoot Mars in 3-D New Straits/Business Times
	Obama sets Mars target for NASA The Hindu
	Obama Insists US Astronauts Must Reach Mars by Mid-2030s Pravda RU
	No we won't go to the Moon we will visit Mars instead, says Obama... but ... The Daily Mail

NASA Space Shuttle

Space shuttle Atlantis STS-132 flight day 8, third and final

NASA Sets News Conference With Shuttle And Space Station Cre

High-Flying Shuttle Crew To Answer Student Questions

NASA's High-Flying Space Shuttle Crew to Answer Student Ques

Science Fiction Books

Changing Skyline: Where politics meets poor design

Copernicus reburied as a hero in Poland

Literary Listings

Images taken by Venus probe Akatsuki show crescent Earth+

A convenient place to toss those unwanted children

Atlantis to undock from ISS on final mission Inquirer
Astronauts answer queries from students Denver Post
Renck: Tulowitzki needs to put Rockies on his back Denver Post
Herald staff second at regional journalism awards MSNBC
PC makers recall 100,000 Sony battery packs MSNBC
Selling surplus goods to make money for schools San Fransisco Chronicle
Social-networking site Togetherville is designed for youngst San Fransisco Chronicle
Rival cities snatch conventioneers Nashville Tennessean
Scientifically Speaking, 5/23 Denver Post
Rodrigo Garcia loves making "women's films" Denver Post
Travel Book: "Berlin" Denver Post
Many Species, One Planet, One Future The Times of India
Mobile children's museum to take root next-door to Schulz mu The Press Democrat
Tour of California coming up a few spokes short The Press Democrat
Mobile children's museum to take root next-door to Schulz mu The Press Democrat
Surveillance Is Suspected as Spacecraft's Main Role Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Women will carry clout in California's GOP primary races Lexington Herald-Leader
What the Book of Revelation Reveals About Eternity Newsvine
The Events of the Great Tribulation Newsvine
Lost: Planet-Sized Belt. If Found, Return To Jupiter National Public Radio

New telescopes could revolutionize astronomy, but at what price?

A lock hangs on a gate leading to the space shuttle Atlantis Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Space center abuzz over Atlantis' last launch

Seattle astronomy calendar for week of May 10

Two Peas in an Irregular Pod PhysOrg
Hinode Discovers the Origin of White Light Flare PhysOrg
Hubble Finds Star Eating a Planet PhysOrg
Quantum space monster leaps from a gravity well New Scientist
Brightest galaxies tend to cluster in busiest parts of unive PhysOrg
First results dealing with the impact of a celestial body on PhysOrg
The case of the grown-up galaxy PhysOrg
New type of supernova may shed light on some universal myste PhysOrg
Unique eclipsing binary star system discovered PhysOrg
Wanted: lunarphile crater counters New Scientist
Seeing the Invisible PhysOrg
Jupiter has lost one of its cloud stripes PhysOrg
Asteroid Caught Marching Across Tadpole Nebula PhysOrg
Massive black hole thrown from galaxy New Scientist
Hubble Catches Heavyweight Runaway Star Speeding from 30 Dor PhysOrg
Supermassive black hole is thrown out of galaxy PhysOrg
Death of a star in 3D PhysOrg
Researchers find ancient city of 'modern' galaxies PhysOrg
X-ray discovery points to location of missing matter PhysOrg
Herschel finds a hole in space PhysOrg

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Nanotech Discovery Could Lead To Breakthrough In Infrared Satellite Imaging Technology

Runway workers inspect the space shuttle Atlantis after the orbiter landed safely on Kennedy Space Center's Runway 33 Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The shuttle completed an 11-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Scott Audette, Pool)

A New 'Dawn' For Space Station Science

* A visitor holds up a U.S. flag as he views the first production model of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane after it was unveiled to an audience of several thousand employees, airline executives, and dignitaries during a ceremony in this July 8, 2007 file photo, at Boeing's assembly plant in Everett, Wash. Boeing Co. posted its largest profit in nearly four years Wednesday, July 25, 2007, earning $1.1 billion in the second quarter as it continued to build momentum against European rival Air

Boeing in talks to work with ISRO on moon mission

Surveillance Is Suspected as Main Role of Spacecraft The New York Times
Roles of US Air Force secret space plane DNA India
Atlantis astronauts relax after wrapping up spacewalks, set Star Tribune
A space with too much volume National Post
NASA replaces man's mementos lost in apartment fire Nashville Tennessean
A123 Systems leases space in Waltham The Boston Globe
From outer space to KL The Star
Mars rover Curiosity to seek answers (images) CNET
ESA's SMOS water mission goes live PhysOrg
Successful Launch For Solar Sail And Venus Probe redOrbit
Atlantis astronauts aboard International Space Station honor The Christian Science Monitor
Expanded hospital at Calif. aquarium gives staff new space, Hartford Courant
Crib Sheet: George T. Whitesides, Top Dog (in Space) at Virg Fast Company
Atlantis astronauts make 3rd and final spacewalk, aim to fin Star Tribune
Launched: Space yacht that will sail on 'solar waves' to Ven The Daily Mail
Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope observes star eating a planet DNA India
Japan rocket blasts off with 'space yacht', Venus probe The Himalayan
Japan launches space probe to Venus Deccan Chronicle
Japan launches rocket, space kite The Siasat Daily
Japan rocket blasts off with 'space yacht' and Venus probe PhysOrg

SPACE.com -- Wow! Shuttle and Space Station Photographed Crossing the Sun

Atlantis astronauts replace batteries at space station (Roundup)

Slice of Newton's apple tree gets zero-gravity ride on space station

Wow! Shuttle and Space Station Photographed Crossing the Sun Yahoo Daily News
Shuttle and Space Station Visible in Night Sky This Week Yahoo Daily News
Space station: Astronaut takes stunning self-portrait with E Newsvine
New International Space Station room 'about the size of a sm The Christian Science Monitor
Blink and you'll miss it: Shuttle Atlantis and Space Station The Daily Mail
Slaterpaull Architects to convert old fire station into HQ Business Journal
Astronauts open space station's newest room - Rassvet USA Today
Astronauts open space station's newest room Ohio
Astronauts open space station's newest room, rest up for shu Star Tribune
Astronauts to Open Space Station's Newest Room Yahoo Daily News
Farewell Atlantis astronauts tinker outside space station (R m&c;
Spacewalk 2: Two astronauts floating outside space station a The Christian Science Monitor
Astronaut pair replacing six batteries at space station m&c;
Astronauts add room, lab to space station The Oklahoman
Spacewalking 'superhero' untangles cable on shuttle boom, do Star Tribune
Shuttle crew installs new space-station room Denver Post
Astronauts add a room to space station The Boston Globe
Astronauts give space station extra compartment The News & Observer
NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Bringing a New 'Dawn' for Space Stat redOrbit
Opportunities To See Shuttle And Space Station redOrbit

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VISTA Captures Celestial Cats Hidden Secrets (w/ Video)

A telescope the offers view of the Battan landscape at The Fall of Bataan Monument, Mt. Samat, Bataan, Philippines as seen in this April 16, 2009 photo.

Scientifically Speaking, 4/18

Sunrise - Solar Energy

Solar Explosion Tracked From The Sun To Earth

Black holes -- gas blowers of the Universe PhysOrg
Invisible light discovers the most distant cluster of galaxi PhysOrg
Is Halley's comet an alien interloper? New Scientist
Astronomers plan second look at mega star birthing grounds PhysOrg
The Edges of the Solar System PhysOrg
Scramjet with stamina ready for hypersonic test New Scientist
Herschel telescope shows star formation is slowing PhysOrg
Herschel reveals the hidden side of star birth PhysOrg
A cluster and a sea of galaxies (w/ Video) PhysOrg
Seeking the universe from an apple orchard in Washington sta PhysOrg
The Supernovae of Triangulum PhysOrg
Largest atlas of nuclear galactic rings unveiled PhysOrg
M82: 'Survivor' Black Holes May Be Mid-Sized PhysOrg
We're off to an asteroid �ro" but which one? New Scientist
CSIRO telescope spots mega-star cradle PhysOrg
Chile to host world's biggest telescope New Scientist
Picking Planets from Potatoes PhysOrg
The Kepler Mission PhysOrg
How do supermassive black holes get so big? PhysOrg
Planck highlights the complexity of star formation PhysOrg

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Vietnam, US still in conflict over Agent Orange

Connection: The Sun, Earth and You.

South Korean protesters shout slogans with defaced photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a rally against North's planned launch of a rocket near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 30, 2009. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said South Korea opposes any military response to North's planned rocket launch, while U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. won't try to shoot it dow

Kim Jong-Il: The sex-mad pantomime villain with a finger on the nuclear button

CAFR: US agencies have billions, trillions in investments wh The Examiner
Education notes for Collin County and eastern Dallas County The Dallas Morning News
Galleries: Shoving demons away to show a playful side Philadelphia Daily News
The Marriage Process in Islam The Siasat Daily
QB controversy in Denver The News & Observer
CAFR: US agencies have billions, trillions in investments wh The Examiner
Capello ups ante and backs England to rule world The Independent
Hot, not haute, cuisine The Star
Dodging bullets in burning Bangkok The Times
Atlantis crew relaxes after wrapping up spacewalks PhysOrg
My Tree in Dubai Khaleej Times
35 years after war, most Vietnamese believe US should do mor Star Tribune
Field celebrates Sue's 10th Chicago Sun-Times
An odd pair of shoe stars National Post
Latest ICG report runs off the rails - Part I Sri Lanka News
Meet Sarasota Bay's dolphin family The Examiner
The Measure of a Disaster The New York Times
Saturday, May 22, 2010 By Imran Khan The News International
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera The Guardian
Quantum teleportation breakthroughs? Beam us up. The Examiner

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