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11/24/2024 02:01:42 pm

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Spy sat?

China Launches ‘Remote Sensing Satellite’; US Says it’s a Spy Satellite

The Jianbing-6 series to which Yaogan-30 belongs carry high resolution optical sensors.

Where NASA has never gone before

NASA Studies Ways of Preventing Astronauts from Going Crazy in Space

The goal of this study and other studies is to better prepare astronauts manage the mental and physical demands of space travel.

Desertification destroys

One-third of China is now Desert, and it is Getting Worse

Deserts have expanded 1,500 square miles a year.

The 100,000th orbit men

ISS Completes its 100,000th Earth Orbit; There Won’t be a 200,000th

A return to the Moon is NASA's next target.

There goes the neighborhood

Red Giant Dying Stars are Good Candidates for Exoplanets with Alien Life

"We're basically providing observers with a navigational map of the habitable zone for any star."

Always a problem

IBM’s New Macromolecule: the Cure for the Common Cold and Viral Infections?

The new macromolecule consists of several specialized components that create a powerful triple-play action.

Back to normal

First Successful Penis Transplant in the US Performed in Massachusetts

The hospital called the surgery a "surgical milestone."

Power glow

NASA Averts Shutdown of Deep Space Missions with New Production of Pu-238

Before this welcome piece of good news, the U.S. bought all of its Pu-238 supplies from Russia since 1993.

How to create a world

Scientists Find 4.5 Billion Year-old Rocks Dating Back to Earth’s Infancy

The team's identification of primitive mantle material was based on detection of an overabundance of the radioactive element hafnium.

AK-74

AK-47 Maker Kalashnikov to Produce Men’s Fashion Wear

Kalashnikov said its menswear line will capitalize on "the rapid growth of patriotism in Russia related to the theme of war."

Building robot miners for Mars

NASA Again Holds Competition to Build Mars Mining Robots

All these activities will need mining tools, specifically smart mining robots.

Geneticist genius

Project to Create Synthetic Human Genomes Would Make Us God

The project proposes to use chemicals to manufacture all the DNA contained in human chromosomes.

A very sweltering April, indeed.

April is Warmest Month Ever Worldwide, Says NASA; May Might be Worse

The heat records set from January to April ensure that 2016 will set a new record for the warmest year.

An inhuman way to die

Electric Chair and Firing Squads Making a Comeback in the US; Pfizer says 'No' to Executions

Tennessee in 2014 authorized prison officials to use the electric chair if lethal injection drugs are unavailable.

NIAC ideas

NASA Reveals Spectacular Concepts for Human Missions to Mars

NASA plans to send the first humans to Mars in the 2030s.

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