News tagged with race
Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceX
(AP) -- A privately built space capsule that's zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 23, 2012 |
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Unconscious racial attitudes playing large role in 2012 presidential vote
After the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, many proclaimed that the country had entered a post-racial era in which race was no longer an issue. However, a new large-scale study shows that racial attitudes have already ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 07, 2012 |
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The winners: NASA's 19th annual Great Moonbuggy Race
America's space agency today crowned its vehicular engineering victors at the close of the 19th annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. The team from Petra Mercado ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Australian study reveals unacceptable use of whips in racing
Evidence of the unacceptable use of whips in thoroughbred racing and the inability of stewards to adequately police Australian whip rules has been documented in University of Sydney research.
Mar 21, 2012 |
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NASA launching multi-player game on Facebook
NASA is seeking friends for a new game the US space agency launched on Facebook.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2012 |
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New racism in 'reasonable accommodation'
It seems history has once again repeated itself. The recent introduction of a 'statement of values' by one of Quebec's biggest cities, Gatineau, harkens back to the 2007 outbreak of race anxiety when the village of Hérouxville ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Russian who helped put Gagarin in space dies at 99
One of the last surviving architects of the Soviet space programme that put Yuri Gagarin into orbit half a century ago died on Wednesday, officials said. He was 99.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2011 |
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National security expert warns of Asian space race
(PhysOrg.com) -- James Clay Moltz, an associate professor in the department of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, has published a commentary paper in the journal ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Final checks for first Soyuz launch from Kourou
Launch directors on Thursday were running through the last checks for the maiden liftoff of Soyuz, the legendary Soviet-Russian rocket, from Europe's base in French Guiana.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Countdown: America's No. 1 solar car ready to race the world
(PhysOrg.com) -- With a cutting-edge solar car, an advanced strategy and an intrepid 16-student race crew, the University of Michigan's national champion solar car team is ready for the upcoming World Solar ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Lower turnover rates, higher pay for teachers who share race with principal, study shows
With ever-declining budgets, education administrators across the nation have been struggling for years with an increasing teacher turnover rate. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that race may play ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Morgan car lovers first to benefit from High Dynamic Range TV's arrival on domestic TV
HDR video captures a wider range of light intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to lowlight images and thanks to a partnership between Researchers at WMG, University of Warwick, ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Future of spaceflight? NASA is outsourcing the job
(AP) -- How America gets people and stuff into orbit is about to be outsourced in an out-of-this-world way.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Private space race heats up as shuttle retires
Private companies, aided by NASA's cash and expertise in human space flight, are rushing to be the first to build a space capsule to replace the retiring US shuttle in the next few years.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Expert warns NATO of cyber arms race
The world is entering an era of a cyber arms race where ever-more sophisticated versions of malware are the weapons of choice of actors often impossible to trace, a top IT expert told NATO Friday.
Jun 10, 2011 |
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