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by Stephen Withers
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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has again failed to launch its Falcon 1 rocket following a 25 hour delay caused by a communications glitch.
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by William Atkins
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John Warner Backus, born December 3, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at his home in Ashland, Oregon. All computer users and the public in general owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Backus’ efforts that paved the way to our modern computing systems.
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by William Atkins
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E8 is a complex structure with 248 dimensions. It took 4 years of prep work by 18 mathematicians and computer scientists and 3 full days of computer time to solve a matrix with over 205 billion parts that contained 60 times more data than the Human Genome Project.
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by William Atkins
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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico have developed a way to turn water into ice in nanoseconds, where one nanosecond is equal to one-billionth of a second.
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by William Atkins
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The first solar eclipse of 2007 occurred on March 19, 2007 and was visible from eastern Asia and parts of northern Alaska.
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by William Atkins
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Using a ground-penetrating instrument for the first time, Mars Express scientists conclude nearly pure water ice, laced with dust particles, exist almost 4 kilometers under the frozen surface of Mars' South Pole.
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by William Atkins
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NASA announced on Thursday, March 15, 2007, that Node 2, to be launched August 2007, will be named Harmony after six groups of schoolchildren suggested the name.
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by William Atkins
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China has stopped a Chinese company from selling land on the Moon.
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by William Atkins
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Since early 2003, the International Space Station has not received as many boosts as it needs to maintain its normal orbit around the Earth.
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by William Atkins
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It’s like déja vu all over again! Although nobody wants to call it a Moon Race, it is obvious that the United States and China are both anxious to get to the Moon first in the twenty-first century.
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by William Atkins
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British researchers show that purple grape juice has more antioxidants than any other juice.
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by William Atkins
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Scientists have just verified that soft rumbling sounds heard by seismic equipment come from two tectonic plates sliding across each other. Such an early warning system could predict earthquakes in the future.
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by William Atkins
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It has been common knowledge that animals live longer when their diet is low in calories but still complete in needed nutrients. However, only recently has evidence shown that humans also abide by the same saying: live longer, eat better and less.
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by William Atkins
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Caltech astronomers have discovered a rock called 2003 EL61. It is really strange because it crazily rotates every four hours, has two moons, is oblong-shaped like a football, and is as large as Pluto.
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