Archive: 10/31/2005
Nothing Like Oxygen For That Evolutionary Boost
Paul Falkowski says that from an evolutionary point of view, the absence of dinosaurs has been a very good thing for large placental mammals – less competition and fewer nasty predators. But it is not the ...
Oct 31, 2005 |
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ISS Crew Celebrate Fifth Anniversary Of Station, Prepare For Nov 7 EVA
Last week, Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev checked the clothes, tools and plans they will use during a five and one half-hour spacewalk set for Nov. 7.
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SSETI Express: power problem
Since Friday morning, the ground control station in Aalborg has not had any contact with SSETI Express. Thorough analysis over the weekend indicates that a failure in the electrical power system on board the ...
Oct 31, 2005 |
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Book Expands Biological Classifications to Account for 'Alien' Life
What would you call an alien if you encountered it on the street tomorrow? What if that alien didn't come from another world but rather was created in a laboratory right here on Earth and functioned differently from other ...
Oct 31, 2005 |
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Managing Murphy's Law on Mars
This is it: the moment of truth. The spacecraft door has just clanged shut behind you, locking you and your fellow astronauts into the small cabin that will be your home for the next half-year's journey through interplanetary ...
Oct 31, 2005 |
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Russian Rocket Launch With U.S. Satellite Set For December 1
A Proton-M carrier rocket with an American satellite on board will be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on December 1, Russia's Federal Space Agency said Friday, reports RIA Novosti.
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Bangladesh, Pakistan Team Up With China On Space Cooperation
Seven Asia-Pacific nations, including Bangladesh and Pakistan, on Friday teamed up with emerging space giant, China, and signed a convention on space cooperation to set up a formal organisation.
Oct 31, 2005 |
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Study: Arctic Undergoing Holistic Climate-Change Response
From glaciers to caribou, rivers to roads, Arctic climate change is having a broad effect on almost every aspect of life in the North.
Oct 31, 2005 |
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