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NASA Considers Tugging An Asteroid Into Orbit Around The Moon

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Australian PopSci NASA’s (and President Obama’s) vision for sending a manned space mission to a distant asteroid by the 2020s doesn’t seem to be gaining much steam, but a conceptual mission under development by the Keck Institute for Space Studies in California could bring an asteroid much closer to home in that timeframe. An estimated [...]

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Magnetic fields created before the first stars

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Nanowerk Magnets have practically become everyday objects. Earlier on, however, the universe consisted only of nonmagnetic elements and particles. Just how the magnetic forces came into existence has been researched by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schlickeiser at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. In the journal Physical Review Letters (“Cosmic Magnetization: From Spontaneously [...]

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New study documents the natural relationship between CO2 concentrations and sea level

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By Catherine Beswick | EurekAlert By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the present (almost 400 parts per million) were systematically associated with sea levels at least nine metres above current [...]

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Earth’s oldest fossils found in Western Australia

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ANI In a new study, researchers have discovered traces of bacteria that lived a record-breaking 3.49 billion years ago, a mere billion years after Earth formed. If the find withstands the scrutiny that inevitably faces claims of fossils this old, it could move scientists one step closer to understanding the first chapters of life on [...]

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Japan sees largest population drop in more than a century

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By Kiyoko Miichi | AjwAsahi Japan’s population dropped to 127.47 million in 2012, marking the largest natural decline since statistics began in 1899, according to government estimates. Demographic estimates released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Dec. 31 showed the natural population decline, which is calculated by deducting the number of births from [...]

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Is there euro-life after the German elections?

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By Kassandra | New Europe Over the past couple of months a certain optimism on the outcome of the Eurozone crisis has taken root. Ever since European Central Bank President Mario Draghi spoke the magical words that he will do everything needed to save the euro. And added “and believe me, it will be enough”, a [...]

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Jordan Rings In New Year On Tough Note: We Can Handle Our Syrian ‘Chemical’ Neighbor

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By Al Bawaba News | Eurasia review Jordan has said it is prepared to deal with any potential chemical weapon threat posed by the violence in neighbouring Syria. The country, however, added that it will not enter “any alliance” to protect itself. Jordan, the US and others have expressed concern that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could [...]

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Iran Navy Warns Foreign Planes, Warships Approached Drill Region

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Al Manar Iranian navy issued on Tuesday dozens of warnings to foreign planes and warships that approached its forces during a five-day sea maneuver near the Strait of Hormuz. Mehr news agency quoted Rear Admiral Amir Rastgari, spokesman for the exercise, as saying that oreign and international reconnaissance units had displayed different reactions, the main being [...]

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IDF and Syrian rebel officers meet clandestinely in Jordan

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DEBKAfile Israeli officials have been holding talks in Jordan with Syrian opposition officials “in advance of a possible Israeli-U.S. operation in Syria to protect the Golan Heights,” Western intelligence sources reported Tuesday, Jan. 1. There was no further information about this operation or how rebel commanders were involved in military plans “to protect the Golan [...]

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Over 10 nuclear plants in Japan have flawed fire-prevention equipment

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The Mainichi More than 10 nuclear power plants in Japan are plagued by flaws in their fire-prevention equipment, nuclear regulatory sources have revealed, raising the possibility some reactors may be shut down. Sources close to the secretariat of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), respectively, say that [...]

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National UFO Alert: Four states report 200 December cases

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By Roger Marsh | Examiner The National UFO ALERT Rating System has been updated January 1, 2013, with California, Michigan, Florida and Texas moving to a UFO Alert 3 as the highest reporting states during the month of December 2012, filed with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). California was the leading high-reporting state in December with 75 cases, up from 53 [...]

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Secret Human Testing Revealed in Declassified U.S. Army Documents; Lawsuit Follows

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Secret Human Testing

By Nicholas West | Activist Post It is always a challenge attempting to describe how sick and power mad are some of the elite who have taken up positions within the military-industrial-scientific complex. However, it is becoming easier, as more of their past demented actions are coming to light with such a preponderance of evidence [...]

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