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Breaking News Fri, 28 Jun 2013
Honey Bees are flying near the hive - insect - nature
Environment   Insect   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Bee		  The Daily Telegraph 
Planning should be 'bee friendly'
Fri 28 Jun 2013
Councils will be banned from cutting grass verges in early summer and developers will be forced to put in place new nesting sites for bees when they knock down buildings, as part of plans being... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
A forest bee collect honey from flower on the forest in Eastern India on Wednesday 22 May 2013
Bees   Habitat   Moths   Photos   Wikipedia: Bee		  The Daily Telegraph 
Government promise to increase wildflower habitat
Fri 28 Jun 2013
The Government has promised to help farmers and local authorities plant wildflowers as part of an "urgent review" to stop the decline of bees and other pollinators. What do you think the Government... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va.—Orbital Sciences Corp. completed roll-out of the first fully-integrated Antares rocket to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Saturday, April 6. Orbital has confirmed an April 17 target launch date for the rocket test flight with a planned liftoff of 5 p.m. EDT. Orbital is testing the Antares rocket under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. NASA initiatives like COTS are helping develop a robust U.S. commercial space transportation industry with the goal of achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to and from the space station and low-Earth orbit.  The Examiner  Thu 27 Jun 2013
NASA to launch new Sun-watching satellite later today
Speaking on the mission, Joe Davila, IRIS project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said that “IRIS will extend our observations of the sun to a region that has historically been... (photo: Creative Commons / NASA/Wallops/Brea Reeves)
NASA   Photos   Science   Space   Wikipedia: NASA
Photovoltaic panel for solar power - solar energy - renewable energy  Treehugger  Thu 27 Jun 2013
4th graders ‘Flip-The-Switch’ on solar-powered classroom
Earlier this year, EarthTechling reported a heart-warming story about a dedicated North Carolina teacher and a class of 4th grade students hoping to crowdfund their own renewable energy experiment.... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Energy   North Carolina   Photos   Solar   Wikipedia: Solar power
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Big trees near the house decreases the heat from sun and cooled the environment Treehugger Thu 27 Jun 2013
Beat the heat with trees and fans, even in Florida
We do go on about living without air conditioning, but have assumed that in much of the southern United States is that it is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Air... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Florida   Photos   Summer   Trees   Wikipedia: Tree
Disneyland Park is a theme park located in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company. Business Journal Wed 26 Jun 2013
Disney’s Tom Staggs: 'Excited to explore' ways to bring Star Wars to parks
Richard Bilbao Reporter- Orlando Business Journal Email | Twitter The Walt Disney Co. knows it has a goldmine in the Star Wars brand. The company has been... (photo: Creative Commons / Cd637)
Business   Disney   Orlando   Photos   Resort   Wikipedia: Walt Disney
View of Diamond Head from Waikiki Beach. Diamond Head is part of the complex of cones, vents, and their associated eruption flows that are collectively known to geologists as the Honolulu Volcanic Series, Business Journal Wed 26 Jun 2013
'Hawaii Five-0' to premiere fourth season at Waikiki Beach Sept. 26
Staff Pacific Business News The CBS crime drama "Hawaii Five-0" will premiere its fourth season at Sunset on the Beach in Waikiki on Sept. 26. Hawaii News Now reports the... (photo: Creative Commons / Cristo Vlahos)
Beaches   Hawaii   Photos   Resort   Tourism   Wikipedia: Waikiki
A Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767-300ER departing from Runway 8R (the Reef Runway) at Honolulu International Airport. Business Journal Wed 26 Jun 2013
Hawaiian Airlines launches flights from Honolulu to Sendai, Japan
Staff Pacific Business News Hawaiian Airlines has launched service to Sendai, the first scheduled service between the northern Japanese city and Hawaii since 2004. The... (photo: Creative Commons / Musashi1600)
Airlines   Airport   Honolulu   Japan   Photos   Wikipedia: Hawaiian Airlines
Mexican west coast rattlesnake, Mexican green rattler, Crotalus basiliscus, Genus, Crotalus, Family, Viperidae The Examiner Wed 26 Jun 2013
Research: Rattlesnake venom composition depends on diet (Video)
The scientists examined the protein composition and phylogenetic divergence possibilities of two members of a small clade of rattlesnakes (Sistrurus sp.) and pooled venom... (photo: Creative Commons / H. Krisp)
Photos   Rattlesnake   Research   Scientists   Wikipedia: Venom
Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang, left waves near Liu Boming, center as Jing Haipeng is assisted out of the Shenzhou re-entry capsule after they landed on the plains of China's northwestern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sunday, Sept 28, 2008.Zhai conducted the country's first-ever spacewalk during the mis Boston Herald Wed 26 Jun 2013
Space capsule returns from mission to Chinese lab
BEIJING — A Chinese space capsule with three astronauts landed safely Wednesday on the country's northern grasslands after a 15-day trip to a prototype space... (photo: AP / Color China Photo)
Astronauts   Beijing   Photos   Space   Wikipedia: Chinese space program


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Moon - natural satellite of Earth Massive Moon explosion captured on NASA video Newstrack India
Cassini space probe view of the unilluminated side of Saturn's rings (May 9, 2007). Data from the Cassini space probe indicate that the rings of Saturn possess their own atmosphere, independent of that of the planet itself. NASA Probe Spies Giant Hurricane on Saturn National Geographic News
This artist rendering released Monday Jan. 7,2013 by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows the different types of planets in our Milky Way galaxy detected by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft. NASA sees distant planets that seem ideal for life The Guardian
Space Shuttle
SOAR 'Mini-Shuttle' Rocket Plane To Launch By 2017, Swiss Space Systems Says SOAR 'Mini-Shuttle' Rocket Plane To Launch By 2017, Swiss Space Systems Says Huffington Post
Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-130 crew member as space shuttle Endeavour and the station approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities. Space Shuttle Endeavour Move The Examiner
Space Shuttle Endeavour mounted on NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, passes over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 Space shuttle Endeavour takes to California skies Tampa Bay Online
This photo provided by NASA shows workers posing for a photograph on the wing of NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, (SCA) with the space shuttle Endeavour placed on top, at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, Shuttle Landing Facility on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era. Space shuttle Endeavour to fly over local landmarks on way to LAX The Los Angeles Times
Alternative Energy
In this May 1, 2008, file photo, a customer pumps gas at an Exxon station in Middleton, Mass. Oil Higher on Durable Goods Data; Pump Price Down The New York Times
A glass tower building Another reason not to build glass towers: They are not resilient Treehugger
Wind turbines - wind energy - renewable energy Truth about turbines Canberra Times
Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin calls for humans to colonise the Red Planet BBC News
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