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Space station science insufficient 45 years after John Glenn’s historic flight E-mail
Thursday, 22 February 2007
Former U.S. astronaut John Glenn told a group of schoolchildren on Tuesday, February 20, 2007—the 45th anniversary of his historic Mercury 6 mission as the first American to orbit the Earth—that the International Space Station is not currently, and will not in the future, be fully utilized with its present funding and schedule.

 
Inter-planetary Internet expands to Mars and beyond E-mail
Wednesday, 21 February 2007
The father of the Internet, Vint Cerf, is overseeing efforts by NASA to build a permanent Internet link to Mars by 2008.

 
Asteroid collision course sends UN into frenzy E-mail
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
The possibility that an asteroid will strike the Earth on Sunday, April 13 2036 has reverberated across the globe, with the world’s citizens wondering what anyone is doing about it with the UN at least two years away from version 1 of an anti asteroid plan.

 
Play video games and become a better surgeon E-mail
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
A new paper from a team of medical researchers claims that research shows playing video games will help surgeons become more skilled and make fewer mistakes, No this is not April 1 and this is not a hoax.

 
Success: Lab-grown teeth successfully transplanted to mice E-mail
Monday, 19 February 2007
A breakthrough by Japanese researchers in growing teeth in a lab dish and successfully transplanting them into mice points way to an organ regeneration future and better ways to restore health and grant longer lives to humans.

 
Robot video search for missing ‘woody woodpecker’ E-mail
Monday, 19 February 2007
High resolution robot video cameras are on the hunt to track one of America’s most majestic birds, the ivory-billed woodpecker, which was believed to be extinct, but several sightings have been recently reported, prompting a massive search. Can technology save the day?

 
Solved: Einstein’s Twin Paradox put back in the box E-mail
Sunday, 18 February 2007
One of the most enduring puzzles of modern-day physics is a century old paradox suggested by Einstein. Now Subhash Kak, a professor at the Louisiana State University LSU has claimed to have solved it!

 
Science conference sounds alarm about climate and fish stocks E-mail
Sunday, 18 February 2007
One of the largest annual meetings of the world's leading scientists, currently underway in San Francisco, this year has very heavy environmental slant, indicating growing unease in the scientific community about climate change and environmental sustainability. A conference to be called on February 18 will call for the abolition of deep sea fishing saying entire species are under threat.

 
Success: NASA’s five THEMIS satellites launch into space E-mail
Sunday, 18 February 2007
Five THEMIS satellites crucial to understanding solar winds and space storms which can affect spacecraft and astronauts have successfully launched into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

 
Asteroid heading for Earth needs UN plan say scientists E-mail
Sunday, 18 February 2007
On a cosmological scale, an asteroid called Apophis is small. However, if the 250 meter wide space rock hits Earth in 2036, as scientists say it may, the consequences would be catastrophic. According to the Association of Space Explorers (ASE), a professional association for astronauts and cosmonauts, the world needs to wake up to the danger or suffer a disaster that would dwarf the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004.

 
NASA Space Shuttle scheduled for launch on March 15, 2007 E-mail
Sunday, 18 February 2007
The Space Transportation System (STS) mission designated STS-117 has been scheduled by NASA to lift off on March 15, 2007. The six-member crew of STS-117 is commander Frederick Sturckow, pilot Lee Archambault, and mission specialists James F. Reilly, John Olivas, Patrick G. Forrester, and Steven Swanson.

 
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