NASA Curiosity Mars Rover will pave the way for the search for life
After a two year delay, almost a decade of planning, and several budget overruns, NASA's proudest rover, Curiosity, is finally...
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After a two year delay, almost a decade of planning, and several budget overruns, NASA's proudest rover, Curiosity, is finally...
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Mark Post is a vascular scientists at the University of Maastricht in Holland. His plan is to create a lab-grown...
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Brazil was facing a difficult decision, but the Brazilian court ruled in favor of building one of the world's largest...
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In these past few decades, the US space program seemed to have significantly overcome the Russian one, with all sort...
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The RRS James Cook, an UK research vessel, will spend six weeks studying the deep sea mountains of the Indian...
Amid all the talk about Asia's economic growth and their stable financial future, two major problem arise to cloud their...
According to NASA, a large asteroid called 2005 YU55 is expected to pass at some 201,700 miles of Earth on...
There is still a good chance we might find life on Mars, but if we really want to do this,...
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As it turns out, zombies are not really only science fiction. Just a while ago I was telling you about...
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In the aftermath of September's highly controversial announcement, that a particle with a speed larger than that of the light...
In a landmark decision that will mark the future of commercial space flight, Boeing announced an agreement with Space Florida...
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A new report claims that the US satellites were compromised at least four times in 2007 and 2008, possibly at...
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But only the stomach! Just so we're clear from square one. Also, so far, this has only been confirmed on...
We all know coal energy is bad, but at least if you ask me, I would say that it's used...
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