News tagged with catastrophes
Space junk raises risks for Hubble repair mission
(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis is now in a rough orbital neighborhood - a place littered with thousands of pieces of space junk zipping around the Earth at nearly 20,000 mph. There are more pieces of shattered ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 12, 2009 |
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Policies on organ donation after cardiac death vary considerably among children's hospitals
Although a large number of children's hospitals have developed or are developing policies regarding organ donation after cardiac death, there is considerable variation among policies, including the criteria for declaring ...
May 12, 2009 |
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Ka-Boom!!! Retired mass-transit bus bombed to smithereens to test forensics camera
Ruggedized, self-contained cameras, similar in concept to the black box used in aircraft, would record video data that could be retrieved by investigators following a catastrophic incident.
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Study Finds 'Pre-Existing Condition' Fueled Killer Cyclone
(PhysOrg.com) -- A "pre-existing condition" in the North Indian Ocean stoked the sudden intensification of last year's Tropical Cyclone Nargis just before its devastating landfall in Burma, according to a ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2009 |
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