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Storm Clouds Force Delay of NASA Launch [try again tomorrow 3:26 p.m. EDT]
Post Date: 2006-07-01 20:18:36 by Brian S
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(07-01) 14:58 PDT Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) -- Thunderstorms forced NASA to call off the launch of Discovery on Saturday, delaying the first space shuttle flight in a year by at least a day. More bad weather was forecast for Sunday and for the rest of the Independence Day weekend. Storm clouds moved in and out of the launch zone throughout the morning and early afternoon, posing lightning threats. As the countdown held at the nine-minute mark, it became clear the weather would not improve, and launch director Mike Leinbach announced a 24-hour delay. "We're not going to make it today," Leinbach said. "It's not a good day to launch the shuttle. So we're going to try ...
Psychologist reveals the luck factor
Post Date: 2006-07-01 02:08:24 by Morgana le Fay
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Ironically enough, Professor Richard Wiseman, one of Britain's pre-eminent psychologists, has become something of a global good luck charm. Not in a superstitious sense: rabbits' feet, broken mirrors and black cats mean nothing to this self-confessed sceptic. But in a scientific sense: his pioneering research into luck proved that it isn't just the Fates controlling good or bad fortune. Thoughts and behaviour play a far more pivotal role. Before starting his research, Professor Wiseman thought the number of people who described themselves as either lucky or unlucky was too large to be a random phenomenon, so he attempted to "set the record straight" and placed advertisements in ...
NASA Administrator Griffin Defends Decision To Proceed With Shuttle Launch Despite Objections From Two Senior NASA Officials
Post Date: 2006-06-30 19:51:42 by Brian S
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Kennedy Space Center, Florida - Despite objections from two senior NASA officials, the space agency is moving ahead with plans for a Saturday launch. Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator “the agency's top safety official and nasa's chief engineer are worried that foam could break-off from brackets securing pressurization lines and damage the shuttle's heat shield. ” In their analysis, the officials say that type of failure is "probable/catastrophic." Meaning it is probable that sometime in the final 17 flights, foam will be shed with "catastrophic results." As you'll recall a large piece of foam doomed columbia in 2003. And ...
Astronomers Gear Up for Historic Asteroid Pass in 2029
Post Date: 2006-06-30 18:54:10 by Neil McIver
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During the early morning hours of April 13, 2029, observers in Asia and North Africa will have a chance to witness a rare celestial event as an asteroid, 99942 Apophis, passes within 20,000 miles of Earth. "It's not gonna knock your socks off, and it certainly won't be the brightest object in the sky, but it'll be easily observable with the naked eye," said Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth Object (NEO) Program. The approach of an asteroid this large -- Apophis is more than 1,000 feet in diameter -- and this close to Earth occurs only about once every 1,500 years. Scientists are awaiting the close flyby with mixed emotions: excitement at a unique scientific opportunity ...
Asteroid Spotting: Skywatchers to Glimpse Close Flyby
Post Date: 2006-06-30 18:46:51 by Neil McIver
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It's not often you get a chance to spot an asteroid in our night sky. And though the task will be challenging, experienced backyard astronomers will give it a go this weekend. A large asteroid will make an exceptionally close approach to our planet early on July 3, passing just beyond the Moon’s average distance from Earth. The space rock is named 2004 XP14. There is no chance of a collision, but professional astronomers are keeping an eye on the object, too. Asteroid 2004 XP14 is an Apollo asteroid, a class that cross Earth's orbit. And there are two other classes of asteroids that possess orbits that can also take them tantalizingly near to the Earth: the Atens and Amors. How ...
More Moons Around Earth? Its Not So Loony
Post Date: 2006-06-30 13:19:04 by Neil McIver
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Earth has a second moon, of sorts, and could have many others, according to three astronomers who did calculations to describe orbital motions at gravitational balance points in space that temporarily pull asteroids into bizarre orbits near our planet. The 3-mile-wide (5-km) satellite, which takes 770 years to complete a horseshoe-shaped orbit around Earth, is called Cruithne and will remain in a suspended state around Earth for at least 5,000 years. Cruithne, discovered in 1986, and then found in 1997 to have a highly eccentric orbit, cannot be seen by the naked eye, but scientists working at Queen Mary and Westfield College in London were intrigued enough with its peregrinations to ...
Corkscrewing asteroid leaves Earth behind
Post Date: 2006-06-30 13:06:44 by Neil McIver
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Orbital oddity gets a push into deep space from our planet Corkscrewing asteroids, more formally known as co-orbitals or quasi-satellites, trace a series of circles around Earth but are not truly captured in our planet's orbit, like the moon is. This diagram illustrates the orbit of the asteroid 2002 AA29 — which, like 2003 YN107, is a quasi-satellite. An asteroid that has been corkscrewing around Earth in recent years is now heading for deep space, according to NASA. The object, named 2003 YN107, was discovered in 2003. It arrived in Earth's vicinity in 1999, scientists have calculated. "It's been corkscrewing around Earth ever since." said Paul Chodas of NASA's Near ...
Search the web anonymously-A new search engine allows web users to search the web anonymously, automatically deleting all their personal search details.
Post Date: 2006-06-29 11:10:02 by gengis gandhi
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Search the web anonymously June 28, 2006 Ross Wigham ixquick A new search engine allows web users to search the web anonymously, automatically deleting all their personal search details. Called Ixquick, the website collates the results of popular search engines such as Google, AOL and MSN, and displays the results on the same page. Its creator said that as concerns around privacy and the use of search details by third parties increases, it believes its is important to remove all personal search details from its log, along with users' IP addresses – the unique number that identifies individual computers. It said more and more personal details are now stored by search engines and details ...
Joe Cell (free energy)
Post Date: 2006-06-28 17:51:06 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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What is a Joe Cell? A Joe Cell is similar to an electrolysis cell built with concentric stainless steel pipes. In one configuration, the pipes have diameters of 1, 2, 3, and 4 inches. Sometimes a five-inch pipe is also included. Different theories hold that the cylinders should be between 4" and 10" long. There are many theories of how the cell works. Among those who believe in Orgone energy, the Joe Cell is believed to be an Orgone Accumulator. An operating cell progresses through a series of stages, the first of which is simple electrolysis, the second is referred to as the seeding stage, in which the cell builds up a charge in the water, which eventually reaches a point where ...
Mysterious Lunar Swirls Stump Scientists
Post Date: 2006-06-28 15:42:47 by gengis gandhi
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http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/552809/ mysterious_lunar_swirls_stump_scientists/index.html Mysterious Lunar Swirls Stump Scientists Click to enlarge Picture this: A cup of coffee, steaming and black. Add a dollop of milk and gently stir. Eddies of cream go swirling around the cup. Magnify that image a million times and you've got a Lunar Swirl. Lunar swirls are strange markings on the Moon that resemble the cream in your coffee -- on a much larger scale. They seem to be curly-cues of pale moondust, twisting and turning across the lunar surface for dozens of miles. Each swirl is utterly flat and protected by a magnetic field. What are they? "We don't know," says Bob Lin ...
Scientists OK Gore's Movie on Global Warming, 'An Inconvenient Truth,' for Accuracy
Post Date: 2006-06-27 22:22:19 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON - The nation's top climate scientists are giving "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's documentary on global warming, five stars for accuracy. The former vice president's movie replete with the prospect of a flooded New York City, an inundated Florida, more and nastier hurricanes, worsening droughts, retreating glaciers and disappearing ice sheets mostly got the science right, said all 19 climate scientists who had seen the movie or read the book and answered questions from The Associated Press. The AP contacted more than 100 top climate researchers by e-mail and phone for their opinion. Among those contacted were vocal skeptics of climate change theory. Most scientists ...
Unidentified floating object near International Space Station
Post Date: 2006-06-27 11:32:01 by Brian S
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27 June 2006 MOSCOW - An unknown floating object close to the International Space Station ISS has concerned ground control, according to reports from the US Space Agency NASA on Tuesday. The object is approximately 2.8 kilometres away from the International Space Station, said the Russian flight control centre in Moscow, citing a NASA source. The situation is quite serious, but does not yet require a dodge manoeuvre, said Russian flight trajectory expert Alexander Kireyev. “The object has no number in the list of space debris,” Kireyev said, according to reports from the Russian Itar-Tass agency. “It is however probably an old piece of space exploration ...
No Pictures Please: Researchers Develop System to Thwart Unwanted Video and Still Photography
Post Date: 2006-06-27 10:28:53 by Red Jones
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No Pictures Please: Researchers Develop System to Thwart Unwanted Video and Still Photography Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have completed a prototype device that can block digital-camera function in a given area. Commercial versions of the technology could be used to stymie unwanted use of video or still cameras. A Georgia Tech camera-neutralizing prototype could soon be used to stop movie piracy and other forms of unwanted digital-camera photography. Shown here with the device are, left to right, Jay W. Summet, PhD student, and James R. Clawson, research technician. Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek Download 300 dpi version The prototype device, produced by a team ...
MIT research may spell end for the battery - Supercapacitor could make electric car viable
Post Date: 2006-06-27 01:16:16 by Pandora
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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology think they're on the verge of making traditional batteries obsolete. The researchers are working on a new device that uses carbon nanotubes to store and release electrical energy in a system that could carry as much power as today's lead or lithium batteries. But unlike the rechargeable batteries used on today's cellphones and laptop computers, these devices could be recharged hundreds of thousands of times before wearing out. And instead of taking hours to recharge, they could be powered up in about the same time it takes to fill up a gas tank. Electronics professor Joel Schindall drives a Toyota hybrid car, which uses an ...
Proof Positive: Google Video on Remote Viewing (Psi)
Post Date: 2006-06-26 14:38:37 by gengis gandhi
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remote viewing is a fact, a latent ability all of us have. why do you suppose the establishment goes out of its way to debunk psi phenomenon? do they debunk things that normally constitute a threat to existing power structures? i submit to you that the ultimate demise of existing power structures, as is happening now with the internet, is complete access to information. in this way, the stock in trade of these controllers, illusion and lies, is utterly destroyed, and entirely worthless.
Men With Older Brothers More Likely to Be Gay
Post Date: 2006-06-26 11:56:46 by Brian S
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(06-26) 08:06 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Having several older brothers increases the likelihood of a man being gay, a finding researchers say adds weight to the idea that there is a biological basis for sexual orientation. "It's likely to be a prenatal effect," said Anthony F. Bogaert of Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada, "This and other studies suggest that there is probably a biological basis for" homosexuality. S. Marc Breedlove of Michigan State University said the finding "absolutely" confirms a physical basis. "Anybody's first guess would have been that the older brothers were having an effect socially, but this data doesn't support ...
Russian Ship Blasts Off for Space Station
Post Date: 2006-06-25 12:43:31 by Brian S
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(06-24) 13:32 PDT MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- A Russian cargo spacecraft carrying food and supplies blasted off Saturday for the international space station, mission control said. The unmanned Progress M-57 ship lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at about 11:08 a.m. EDT, Russian mission control spokesman Valery Lyndin said. The spacecraft, which is scheduled to dock at the orbiting space station on Monday, is transporting almost 3 tons of fuel, food and water, along with equipment. Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Jeffrey Williams began a six-month mission on the station April 1. The American space program has depended on the Russians for cargo ...
Has string theory tied up better ideas in physics?
Post Date: 2006-06-25 00:27:05 by Morgana le Fay
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(AP) - Nobel physicist Wolfgang Pauli didn't suffer fools gladly. Fond of calling colleagues' work "wrong" or "completely wrong," he saved his worst epithet for work so sloppy and speculative it is "not even wrong." That's how mathematician Peter Woit of Columbia University describes string theory. In his book, "Not Even Wrong," published in the U.K. this month and due in the U.S. in September, he calls the theory "a disaster for physics." A year or two ago, that would have been a fringe opinion, motivated by sour grapes over not sitting at physics' equivalent of the cool kids' table. But now, after two decades in which string theory has ...
1,000 skeletons found in Rome catacombs
Post Date: 2006-06-24 23:33:28 by Morgana le Fay
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ARCHAELOGISTS exploring one of Rome's oldest catacombs have discovered more than 1,000 skeletons dressed in elegant togas. Experts are thrilled by the find - which dates from about the first century - as it is the first "mass burial" of its kind identified. Mystery surrounds why so many bodies were neatly piled together in the complex network of underground burial chambers, which stretch for miles under the city. It was the custom then for Rome's upper classes to be burnt not buried, so it is thought the skeletons may be early Christians. Tests are being carried to establish whether they suffered violent death or were victims of an unknown epidemic or natural disaster. ...
Scholars debut 'Journal of 9/11 Studies'
Post Date: 2006-06-24 07:05:06 by valis
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http://www.journalof911studies.comThe Journal of 9/11 Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access, electronic-only journal covering the whole of research related to 9/11/2001. All content is freely available online. Volume 1 – June 2006 WTC 7: A Short Computation 9/11 – Evidence for Controlled Demolition: a Short List of Observations 9/11 – Evidence Suggests Complicity: Inferences from Actions The Flying Elephant: Evidence for Involvement of a Third Jet in the WTC Attacks Momentum Transfer Analysis of the Collapse of the Upper Storeys of WTC1 Click for Full Text!
Robotic 'pack mule' displays stunning reflexes
Post Date: 2006-06-23 01:14:10 by Pandora
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A nimble, four-legged robot is so surefooted it can recover its balance even after being given a hefty kick. The machine, which moves like a cross between a goat and a pantomime horse, is being developed as a robotic pack mule for the US military. BigDog is described by its developers Boston Dynamics as “the most advanced quadruped robot on Earth”. The company have released a new video of the robot negotiating steep slopes, crossing rocky ground and dealing with the sharp kick. View the impressive clip here (28MB Windows media file). “Internal force sensors detect the ground variations and compensate for them,” says company president and project manager Marc Raibert. ...
Palmtop Feng Shui
Post Date: 2006-06-23 01:04:34 by Pandora
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Ever felt the position of your home furnishings were seriously throwing your mystical chi – or life energy – out of balance? Then put your mind at rest. Motorola has patented a new kind of PDA that evaluates a property’s Feng Shui rating by measuring positive and negative chi and awarding plus and minus points accordingly. “Feng Shui principles are widely applied in the fields of interior decorating and real estate,” a company spokesperson explains. The device houses a camera that checks the colour of the property, a microphone that listens for noise from nearby roads and factories and a compass to find north – a crucial factor for Feng Shui enthusiasts. It ...
Earth's Temp May Be at 2,000-Year High
Post Date: 2006-06-22 16:13:44 by Brian S
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(06-22) 11:37 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- It has been 2,000 years and possibly much longer since the Earth has run such a fever. The National Academy of Sciences, reaching that conclusion in a broad review of scientific work requested by Congress, reported Thursday that the "recent warmth is unprecedented for at least the last 400 years and potentially the last several millennia." A panel of top climate scientists told lawmakers that the Earth is heating up and that "human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming." Their 155-page report said average global surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere rose about 1 degree during the 20th century. This ...
World Scientists Unite To Attack Creationism
Post Date: 2006-06-22 11:51:11 by Brian S
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Published: 22 June 2006 The world's scientific community united yesterday to launch one of the strongest attacks yet on creationism, warning that the origins of life were being "concealed, denied or confused". The national science academies of 67 countries warned parents and teachers to ensure that they did not undermine the teaching of evolution or allow children to be taught that the world was created in six days. Some schools in the US hold that evolution is merely a theory while the Bible represents the literal truth. There have also been fears that these views are creeping into British schools. The statement, which the Royal Society signed on behalf of Britain's ...
Hawking: Earth "Might End Up Like Venus, At 250 Degrees Centigrade And Raining Sulfuric Acid"
Post Date: 2006-06-22 09:25:48 by Mind_Virus
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Hawking: I Like Chinese Culture, Women (AP) Updated: 2006-06-21 17:23 Stephen Hawking charmed a group of Chinese students on Wednesday, telling them he liked Chinese culture and women while warning that global warming might turn the Earth into a fiery planet. Before an audience of 500 at a seminar in Beijing, the wheelchair-bound celebrity cosmologist said, "I like Chinese culture, Chinese food and above all Chinese women. They are beautiful." Stephen Hawking from the University of Cambridge, one of the world's leading theoretical physicists, is greeted by a Chinese student in Beijing June 21, 2006. [Reuters] The audience of mostly university students and professors and a ...
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