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NASA Space Shuttle zoomed to the skies early today. Shuttle Endeavor has been launched finally, after the cancellation of its launching the previous day. Space Shuttle Launch Video: Here is another one via Android phone.
Visit the NASA Shuttle Launch countdown status homepage, and access information about Shuttle Daily Status, Weather Reports, Weather Launch Commit Criteria, KSC’s and the National Weather Service Radar Images and Reports, and Countdown Milestones. You can also access information about…
Apophis, a 900-foot asteroid, was believed by scientists to have a greater than 2 percent chance of hitting earth. Video:
Parthenogenesis (single-sex reproduction) has long been a lesbian community fantasy. How might comparative zoology assist them to realise this goal?baby.jpg Parthenogenic animals occur within a modest range of species. However, arthropod invertebrates (insects, spiders, scorpions et al) have the greatest…
The National Board Certification announced today, Friday, November 20, 2009, the release of the scores for the 2008-2009 National Board For Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) Candidates. Scores results are now available online! In order to access the National Board Certification…
The Top Names of the Decade from 2000 – 2009 released by Global Language Monitor. Name (Year) Comment 1. Hereos (2001) Emergency responders who rushed into the Towers 2. bin Laden (2001) His Capture still top of mind for US…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded 6 grants totaling $800,000 to determine the cause and stop the spread of deadly white-nose syndrome that has killed over a million bats in the Northeast. The following white-nose syndrome research projects…
Early Monday morning, the winners for the Nobel Prize Economics 2009 were announced. Two Americans, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson, were awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for economics for their work on how economic transactions operate outside markets in common…
Here is a recent research result of a breast cancer study from B.C. Cancer Agency. The findings were published in the Nature journal, and chart the genetic mutations that occurred in the 3 billion letters of the DNA sequence from…
As reported yesterday, NASA’s moon bombing will be streamed live online. The moon impact of NASA’s Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was broadcast live on NASA’s TV channel. Watch NASA LCROSS mission impact video below. It was a…