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by William Atkins
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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.
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by William Atkins
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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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by Peter Dinham
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The CSIRO and energy distributor, SP AustNet, have started a three-month road trial of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), which could one day end up in every Australian driveway, after modification of the car using a US-developed conversion kit at the CSIRO’s laboratories in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton.
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by William Atkins
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According to research performed by researchers at the University of Toronto, people in positions of authority at work are at increased health risks for psychological and physical problems due to the stresses of being the boss.
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by William Atkins
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On October 8, 2009, a bright explosion was heard and felt in the morning sky above Indonesia. Without much news coverage over the following three weeks, a scientific report has just now been released that analyzes what happened. So, what happened?
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by William Atkins
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U.S. researchers have concluded that women of northern European descent are getting shorter in height and heavier in weight from past generations to future generations.
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by William Atkins
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According to a Canadian research study, women have the same classic symptoms when having a heart attack as do men when they are having a heart attack.
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by William Atkins
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NASA officials approved on Friday, October 23, 2009, the first test flight of its developmental Ares 1 rocket that will eventually take astronauts into space. The Ares 1-X test flight is scheduled to liftoff on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.
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by William Atkins
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According to a German-led excavation in the northern part of the African country of Malawi, in a township called Karonga, ancient evidence has been uncovered that may point to that area as to where humans originated.
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by William Atkins
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For many months members of the Augustine Commission have been studying the various options available to the United States with respect to its NASA manned space program. Among its conclusions is that under the current NASA budget, the U.S. space agency will not be able to complete its future goals on a timely basis.
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by William Atkins
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Japanese researchers have successfully created conditions that exist just outside a black hole—at the accretion disk. With this pioneering method, astronomers will be able to learn more about the physics of black holes.
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by William Atkins
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U.S. researchers found that even after only one week using the Internet, the brains of older adults are stimulated enough to provide good mental exercise, along with strengthening their ability to reason.
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by William Atkins
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The peak for the 2009 Orionid meteor shower is set for Wednesday morning, October 21st. Sixty or more meteors per hour are expected to be the highs for the event, but you never know how many you'll see from hour to hour?
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by William Atkins
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The NASA launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for its STS-129 mission has been delayed from Thursday, November 12, to Monday, November 16, 2009.
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