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Preliminary result of Ares 1-X: 'rock-steady' E-mail
Sunday, 01 November 2009
The Ares 1-X rocket, launched by NASA on its first test flight Wednesday, October 28, 2009, performed normally except for a parachute problem and performed even better than expected with respect to its thrust oscillations.

 
Russia to develop manned nuclear powered spacecraft E-mail
Saturday, 31 October 2009
If the Russian Federal Space Agency has its way, Russian cosmonauts will fly a nuclear-powered spacecraft on a space mission, possibly to the planet Mars, sometime after 2021.

 
Possible treatment for dangerous Hendra virus E-mail
Saturday, 31 October 2009
An Australian and American team of scientists have developed a potential treatment for the severe and sometimes deadly Hendra virus.

 
Star explodes 13 billion years ago; we just see it now E-mail
Friday, 30 October 2009
NASA’s Swift satellite first observed a star explosion in April 2009. It turns out that this gamma-ray burst came from a star that exploded about 13 billion years ago, the furthest that astronomers have looked back at the early beginnings of our universe.

 
Pingers reduce whales caught in nets off Australia E-mail
Friday, 30 October 2009
Fumanda Marine is teaming up with Australian government organizations to do something about the accidental catching of migrating whales in nets made for sharks. The company’s “pingers” can also be extended to other marine animals needlessly killed in fishing nets and control devices.

 
NASA launches Ares 1-X on second try E-mail
Thursday, 29 October 2009
On Wednesday, October 28, 2009, NASA launched its first test rocket, the Ares 1-X, from its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on the coast of Florida.

 
Adult diabetes to inflict 1 of 7 Australians by 2050 E-mail
Thursday, 29 October 2009
According to a report by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, type 2 diabetes will occur in about 14% of all Australians within forty years. Can you guess why such a large percentage of type 2 diabetes is occurring?

 
Halloween is scary enough without dangerous face paints E-mail
Thursday, 29 October 2009
According to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, tests have revealed that some children’s face paints used at Halloween contain the metals lead, nickel, cobalt, and chromium. What is equally scary is the fact that these metals are often not listed on the product labels.

 
Internode’s Hackett grabs world record for electric vehicle E-mail
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Internode managing director and passionate electric car advocate, Simon Hackett, has smashed the world distance record for an electric vehicle by driving his Tesla Roadster more than 500 kilometres in the inaugural Global Green Challenge.

 
NASA scrubs Ares 1-X due to weather problems E-mail
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
At 11:20 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, NASA gave up trying to launch its first test flight of its new Ares 1-X rocket. The entire morning was besieged with adverse weather conditions, a ship in restricted waters, and a stuck probe cover.

 
Smaller difference seen between midlife male, female heart attacks E-mail
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
According to U.S. research in a comparision of heart attacks between men and women 35 to 54 years of age, men still have more heart attacks than women, but the gap is narrowing between them.

 
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