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Deputy Prime Minister Backs New Space Defense System MOSCOW, February 16 (RIA Novosti) – Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin on Saturday backed calls to establish a new system to identify and neutralize threats in space. | “Humankind must c... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze) Novosti Defense Moscow Photos Space Wikipedia: Dmitry Rogozin |
Russian meteor blast injures at least 1,000 people, authorities say February 16, 2013 -- Updated 0115 GMT (0915 HKT) | Did you see the meteor? Share your images with CNN iReport. | Moscow (CNN) -- A meteor streaked through the skies above Russia's Urals region Friday ... (photo: AP) CNN Disaster Photos Russia Space Wikipedia: 2013 Russian meteor event |
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Alarming water loss in Middle East: NASA An amount of freshwater almost the size of the Dead Sea has been lost in parts of the Middle East due to poor management, increased demands for groundwater and the effect... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Khaleej Times Nasa Photos Research Water Wikipedia: Water scarcity |
NASA's Mohawk Guy Is Having The Time Of His Life At The White House Bobak Ferdowsi, the man who rose to fame as the flight director of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity mission, is having a great time at the White House as First ... (photo: AP / Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times-POOL) Business Insider Nasa Photos Space Technology Wikipedia: Bobak Ferdowsi |
Big Oil Demands the Right to Kill Polar Bears | The Marine Mammal Protection Act—which bars hunting, killing, capture, or harassment of any marine mammal, and the trade in their body parts, within the United States... (photo: AP / U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service, Steve Amstrup) CounterPunch Environment Marine Oil Photos Wikipedia: Alaska |
Israel's Lieberman scoffs at Palestinian deal | A close ally of Israel's prime minister has called peace with the Palestinians "impossible", saying the conflict between them and Israel can only be "managed". | Former... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe) Al Jazeera Israel Mideast Peace Photos Wikipedia: Avigdor Lieberman |
NASA Mars rover collects first Martian bedrock sample | WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- NASA's Curiosity rover has used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sampl... (photo: Creative Commons / Chaser) Xinhua Nasa Photos Space Washington Wikipedia: Curiosity (rover) |
India's Kumbh Mela readies for holiest day | Tens of millions of Hindus were expected to plunge into India's sacred river Ganges to wash away their sins on the most auspicious day of the world's largest ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) Al Jazeera Culture India Photos Religion Wikipedia: Kumbh Mela |
Mars rover drill collects rock sample | A space-age jack of all trades, NASA's Curiosity rover recorded a first by using its drill to collect a sample from a Martian rock. | The rover sent images of the ... (photo: NASA) CNN Nasa Photos Science Space Wikipedia: Curiosity (rover) |
National Museum gets new director general | New Delhi, February 09: | Venu V., joint secretary in the culture ministry, has taken over as director general of National Museum here, the government said Saturday. | ... (photo: Creative Commons / Miya.m) The Siasat Daily Culture Delhi Museum Photos Tourism Wikipedia: New Delhi |
'Earth will have 15 minutes to protect electronics' | WASHINGTON – Scientists around the globe are joining those in the United States in becoming alarmed at the possibility of a plasma cloud from a solar superstorm that ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) WorldNetDaily Earth Photos Scientists Solar Wikipedia: Solar storm |
New dinosaur study foils young Earth creationist preachings by Rep. Paul Broun | Georgia Rep. Paul Broun, is a radical religious conservative from the Deep South. He maintained his seat in the House, because he ran for re-election unopposed, althoug... (photo: Public Domain / Daderot) The Examiner Earth Georgia Photos Science Wikipedia: Dinosaur |
Nasa announces forthcoming asteroid 'near miss' Nasa said a 45-metre wide asteroid will pass 17,200 miles from the surface of the Earth next week, the closest fly-by for an object of that size the space agency has ever... (photo: AP / JPL-Caltech) The Daily Telegraph Earth Nasa Photos Space Wikipedia: NASA |
Bacteria found in lakes under Antarctic ice | For the first time, scientists report, they have found bacteria living in the cold and dark deep under the Antarctic ice, a discovery that might advance knowledge of ho... (photo: US Coastguard / Lt. Ed Beale) South China Morning Post Antarctic Bacteria Lake Whilans Photos Science Wikipedia: Antarctic |
New Evidence Strengthens Argument That Dinosaurs Died As Result of Asteroid Impact New study says cosmic impact, dinosaur extinction were 'synchronous events' | Brothers Zayne and Freece Patel look at an animatronic Tarbosaurus dinosaur at the Natural H... (photo: Creative Commons) US News Asteroid Dinosaur Extinction Photos Wikipedia : Dinosaur extinction World |