NASA awards Mars Science Lab contract
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. to develop the launch vehicle for the Mars Science Lab mission.
Space Exploration
Jun 5, 2006
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Next space shuttle crew has countdown test
NASA says the astronauts and ground crews for Space Shuttle Discovery's upcoming mission, STS-121, will hold a countdown test next week.
Space Exploration
Jun 5, 2006
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Report says collaboration the rule for IT
A new study concludes that collaboration among companies around the world has become the business model for the high-tech industry.
Business
Jun 5, 2006
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'Cosmic Telescopes' May Have Found Infant Galaxies
Using massive clusters of galaxies as “cosmic telescopes,” a research team led by a Johns Hopkins University astronomer has found what may be infant galaxies born in the first billion years after the beginning of the ...
Astronomy
Jun 5, 2006
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Andromeda Adrift in Sea of Dust in New Spitzer Image
The Andromeda galaxy, named for the mythological princess who almost fell prey to a sea monster, appears tranquil in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The mesmerizing infrared mosaic shows red waves of dust ...
Astronomy
Jun 5, 2006
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Jupiter's 'Big Brother' Has Moon-Forming Dust Disk
Earth's Moon was created by an early collision with another large planetary body. It was a "chip off the old block." Mars captured its asteroidal moons as they passed by. But Jupiter made its own moons out of dust and gas ...
Astronomy
Jun 5, 2006
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Networking: Y2K hangover finally ending?
Remember the Y2K panic back in 1999? That was the largely unfounded and shamelessly hyped by rapaciously greedy computer companies fear that all computers would cease functioning on Jan. 1, 2000, at midnight, due to somewhat ...
Software
Jun 5, 2006
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Biblical archeology institute proposed
Israel's Bar-Ilan University has proposed an Institute of Biblical Archeology to counter historians who deny an archeological-biblical link.
Archaeology
Jun 5, 2006
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EPA mandates ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel
The Environmental Agency has quietly issued a rule requiring U.S. oil refineries to produce ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel to substantially reduce emissions.
Environment
Jun 5, 2006
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Eye-catching mobile security on its way
The mobile phone may soon be equipped with a higher level of security thanks to Leeds, United Kingdom-based technical solutions company xVista and its iris-scanning technology.
Software
Jun 5, 2006
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