NEW YORK, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Following the third consecutive year of record revenue and profit in 2012, the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry will likely generate flat results in 2013, according to the PwC US A&D 2012 Year in Review and 2013 Forecast, which provides a comprehensive overview of the industry looking at outlook, key trends and related topics. Continue reading
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NASA Spacecraft Will Visit Asteroid With New Name
An asteroid that will be explored by a NASA spacecraft has a new name, thanks to a third-grade student in North Carolina. NASA’s Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will visit the asteroid now called Bennu, named after an important ancient Egyptian avian deity. OSIRIS-Rex is scheduled to launch in 2016, rendezvous with Bennu in 2018 and return a sample of the asteroid to Earth in 2023. Continue reading
The Victories: Transhuman #1: Review (Comic) | Front Towards Gamer
After thedebilitating attack on the U.S. infrastructure by Jackal, the nation is plunged into a technological, societal and literaldarkness. Continue reading
Marshall Space Flight Center astrophysicist Chryssa Kouveliotou elected to the National Academy of Sciences
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Astrophysicist Chryssa Kouveliotou, a senior scientist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, has been elected to National Academy of Sciences. Membership in the academy comes by a vote of academy members and is conferred on a limited number of scientists each year with distinguished careers of ongoing scientific accomplishment. It is one of the highest honors in science Continue reading
Examples Of Genetic Engineering: Bizarre Yet Beneficial Uses Of Modern Biotech
April 29, 2013 Rayshell Clapper for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online After learning about human genetic engineering, many readers might want to find out about some examples of genetic engineering. Both bizarre and beneficial, the following article highlights some truly fascinating and pragmatic examples of modern genetic engineering. Continue reading
Water Worlds: Has NASA Found Mirror Earths?
NASA An artist’s impression of Kepler 62f provided by NASA on April 18, 2013. The search for Earthlike, habitable planets beyond the Sun has been something like a boulder rolling downhill ever since the Kepler space telescope went into orbit in 2009. Continue reading
Sizing Up Nanotechnology Safety
A researcher explains why size matters when it comes to nanotechnology safety. Nanoparticles engineered materials that measure one-billionth of a meter or smaller can be found in hundreds of consumer products, including food, lotions, cosmetics and more. Continue reading
Island hopping in Davao with Islands Banca Cruises
Asia, Best Beach, Ecotourism, Nature Trip, Philippines By melo on April 19, 2013 9:48 am It was my second time to experience Island Hopping with Islands Banca Cruises. My first time was in Cebu where they initially launched the tour packages and my second was last year in Davao during DFAT (Davao Food Appreciation Tour) 2012 Continue reading
Intense solar flare creates spectacular NASA photo – MNN – Mother Nature Network – Video
Intense solar flare creates spectacular NASA photo – MNN – Mother Nature Network Intense solar flare creates spectacular NASA photo – MNN – Mother Nature Network. By: TheHewalow Continue reading
PAKISTAN: Does the country enjoy freedom of expression?
PAKISTAN: Does the country enjoy freedom of expression to any extent? Baseer Naveed Freedom of expression is today at its lowest in the history of the country. The people of the country have, in fact, never enjoyed freedom of expression. Continue reading
Alien Life Forms
Alien Life Forms Astronomy Topics Astronomer Seth Shostak discussed his continued work in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), the nature of possible alien life forms, and var… By: DiscloseTruthTV2 Continue reading
Space Station May Test 'Spooky' Entanglement Over Largest Distance Yet
“Spooky” quantum entanglement connects two particles so that actions performed on one reflect on the other. Now, scientists propose testing entanglement over the greatest distance yet via an experiment on the International Space Station. Until now, entanglement has been established on relatively small scales in labs on Earth Continue reading
Space station ‘s antimatter detector finds its first evidence of dark matter
NASA file A fish-eye view of the International Space Station from July 2011 shows the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) in the foreground. A Russian Progress cargo ship and a Soyuz crew capsule are docked on the left end of the station. The structure extending to the left of the AMS is a thermal radiator Continue reading
NASA team investigates complex chemistry at Saturn’s moon Titan
Apr. 3, 2013 A laboratory experiment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., simulating the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan suggests complex organic chemistry that could eventually lead to the building blocks of life extends lower in the atmosphere than previously thought. Continue reading
NASA Unveiling 1st Results from Antimatter-Hunting Experiment Wednesday
UPDATE for April 3:The first official announcements for today’s news have been released. See the latest story here: Dark Matter Possibly Found by $2 Billion Space Station Experiment Continue reading
Sindhudurg beaches beckon nature lovers
After the recent turtle festival in Ratnagiri, theres another one in the offing. Continue reading
Astronomy ‘s Newest, Biggest Stargazer
Kyodo / Landov The parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013. Its not often you get to see a telescope dance, but thats exactly what happened in the thin, dry air of Chiles Atacama Desert on March 12. Thats when astronomys newest, biggest, most powerful stargazing machine was formally dedicated, after more than a year of preliminary operations Continue reading
In Manifesto, Mexican Eco-Terrorists Declare War on Nanotechnology
Over the past two years, Mexican scientists involved in bio- and nanotechnology have become targets. Theyre not threatened by the nations drug cartels Continue reading
Alex Jones, American Libertarianism, and the essential identity of God (3/1/13) – Video
Alex Jones, American Libertarianism, and the essential identity of God (3/1/13) R3VOLUTION RADIO March 1, 2013 This installment of R3V RADIO aims to honestly understand and grapple with the modern American Libertarian worldview as voiced by Alex Jones. To this end, we consider some of Mr. Jones' worldview defining observations as made in two recent broadcasts (originally aired in February) of his wildly popular and growing radio program Continue reading
Solomon Islands – Development, Society, Environment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dialogue On Development, Society And Environment Opens In Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands, 4 March 2013 (IUCN) The Prime Ministers High Level Roundtable on Development, Society and Environment, opened this morning in Honiara, Solomon Islands, with representatives of government, the private sector and civil society present to discuss important development issues with the hope of agreeing on a development model that incorporates the needs of society and the environment and also considers the long-term needs of the country. The Dialogue was officially opened by the Honorable Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo. Prime Minister Lilo indicated that the challenges being faced by Solomon Islands are huge, a result of small populations geographically dispersed over a large ocean. Continue reading