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Earth Has A Companion Asteroid With a Weird Orbit

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Universe Today In this graphic of a horseshoe orbit from NASA, Horseshoe orbits follow contour lines that enclose Lagrange points L3, L4 & L5. Credit: NASA   There are plenty of near-Earth asteroids out there, but this latest one studied by two researchers at Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland is extremely rare in that it [...]

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Largest Commercial Rocket Set for Launch in 2013

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The Epoch Times Elon Musk, CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club April 5, 2011 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) and Tesla Motors, held the news conference to announce SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket which could complete missions to the [...]

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Germany to end nuclear power by 2020

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PressTV The German government plans to phase out all nuclear power plants in the country by 2020, a decision that could cost millions of euros in losses every year for the utility industries.  “A decision has been taken to shut down eight plants before the end of this year and they definitely won’t be reactivated. [...]

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New fresh water in Arctic could shift Gulf Stream

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Mail.com AMSTERDAM (AP) — Scientists are monitoring a massive pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean that could spill into the Atlantic and potentially alter the key ocean currents that give Western Europe its moderate climate. The oceanographers said Tuesday the unusual accumulation has been caused by Siberian and Canadian rivers dumping more water [...]

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Bilderberg to Meet in Switzerland

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EUtimes The shadowy group known as Bilderberg will be gathering this year for its annual meeting at the resort city of St. Moritz, in southeastern Switzerland, June 9-12, but they will have a lot of company. St. Moritz is a short distance from Davos, the site of the regular high-priced meeting of thousands of bankers, [...]

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Libya war costs $4 million a day: US Air Force

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The total cost of the operation for the entire US military was estimated at $500 million on March 28.   AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The war in Libya is costing the US Air Force $4 million a day but the cost likely will drop now that American fighter jets pulled out of the operation, the [...]

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‘No Safe Levels’ of Radiation in Japan

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Dahr Jamail IPS News In a nuclear crisis that is becoming increasingly serious, Japan’s Nuclear Safety Agency confirmed that radioactive iodine-131 in seawater samples taken near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex that was seriously damaged by the recent tsunami off the coast of Japan is 4,385 times the level permitted by law. Airborne [...]

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StunRay disables your brain with inverse blindness

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DVICE Until we figure out how to make a phaser that can be set to stun, we’ve been stuck with non less-lethal options like tasers (which can kill) and laser dazzlers (which can cause eye damage). StunRay is basically just a big flashlight, except with the ability to disable you by causing “inverse blindness.” If [...]

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Manipulating morals: scientists target drugs that improve behaviour

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Editors Note: Here comes the New World Order. They will tell you how to behave. Disagree with that? It’s time for your pill… Researchers say morality treatments could be used instead of prison and might even help humanity tackle global issues Guardian A pill to enhance moral behaviour, a treatment for racist thoughts, a therapy [...]

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This is why our galaxy is called the Milky Way

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io9 Click image to enlarge This absolutely stunning image was taken in Spain’s Canary Islands by astrophotographer Juan Carlos Casado. The image combines nine different photos and reveals the band of our Milky Way galaxy in a way our unaided eyes never could. A NASA astronomers explains how this photo reveals the full glory of [...]

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