News tagged with military service

Eurocopter X3: The world's fastest copter

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you asked a child how they would make a helicopter go faster, they would probably tell you to add another engine. The answer would be Zen simple and dead right. The engineers at Eurocopter ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 36 | with audio podcast weblog

Cola and unhealthy lifestyle lower sperm count

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Danish study suggests drinking a lot of cola regularly could men’s lower sperm count by almost 30 percent. The culprit does not appear to be caffeine, since coffee did not have the same ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Soyuz rocket lifts off with military satellite payload

A Soyuz rocket lifted off on Friday from Europe's space base in French Guiana, placing into orbit six low-orbit satellites with military or joint military-industrial use.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 8

All-volunteer US military still offers a pathway for young men

For many Americans coming out of high school, college, military service and the workforce represent the primary avenues of opportunity. With rising costs and stiff academic requirements, college tends to draw students from ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Death, injury benefits a casualty of new war strategy, study says

A hole in public policy is shortchanging U.S. soldiers and civilian workers who become casualties of a new-age war strategy that leans heavily on private contractors, a new University of Illinois study says.

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Israel army using Facebook to rumble draft-dodgers

Around a 1,000 Israeli women who tried to avoid military service by pretending to be religious have been caught out through their Facebook accounts, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New cyberattacks in SKorea; sites suffer no damage

(AP) -- Two South Korean government websites were struck by the second cyberattack in a week, but suffered no major damage, the government said Saturday.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Secret Service to probe hack on Fox News Twitter

(AP) -- The Secret Service said Monday it will investigate the hacking of Fox's political Twitter account over updates claiming that President Barack Obama had been assassinated. ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: Extramarital sex and divorce more common among veterans

Veterans were significantly more likely to have ever engaged in extramarital sex and ever gotten divorced than people who were never in the military, according to new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

S.Korea raises alert on N.Korean cyber-attacks

South Korea's military has raised its alert against potential cyber-attacks from North Korea after the death of leader Kim Jong-Il, the defence ministry said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

22 charged for prank emails, texts after S.Korea attacks

South Korean police said Friday they had charged 22 people with spreading rumours and false information online or in text messages after North Korea shelled an island in the South, a news report said.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0