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Letter: Mailbag - Warming to the subject: Byline: JASON SMITH DATA from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions has revealed that the ice caps of Mar's South Pole have been diminishing for three summers in a row. Hadn't somebody better tell those Martians to stop burning fossil fuels and stop building new airports? Do...; Tags: Earth, NASA; Research articles 2008-09-08
Splitters and Lumpers: why planet Earth needs taxonomists: PARIS AFP — Among biological scientists, they are the true nomenklatura, a small and far-flung tribe dedicated to the coherent naming of all living things, past and present. Gathered in Paris last week, the world's leading taxonomists feted the brilliant and vainglorious Swedish naturalist who, 250 years ago, single-handedly...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, Paris, scientist, species; Research articles 2008-08-30
Undersea 'black smokers' found off Arctic: Swiss scientists: GENEVA AFP — Jets of searingly hot water spewing up from the ocean floor have been discovered in a far-northern zone of the Arctic Ocean, Swiss-based scientists announced Monday. The so-called "black smokers" were found 73 degrees north, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Greenland and Norway, in the coldest...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, Norway, scientist; Research articles 2008-08-04
The IEEE has published the first issue of two new journals: The IEEE New York has published the first issue of two new journals. "IEEE Transactions on Haptics" addresses the science, technology and applications associated with information acquisition and object manipulation through touch. It is an interdisciplinary title that covers topics associated with consumer electronics, robotics, teleoperation and telemedicine, and other...; Tags: Earth, IEEE, PRODUCTIVITY, Robots; Research articles 2008-08-01
Top US astronaut welcomes space tourism: TOKYO AFP — The commander of the latest US shuttle mission Tuesday welcomed the advent of space tourism, predicting that such travel is on the brink of the massive growth seen a century ago with airplanes. "The private sector can go out and make money doing something that only...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, Government, Kelly, Manufacturing, SOFTWARE, Tokyo, Virgin Galactic; Research articles 2008-07-29

Magnetic energy blasts make Northern Lights 'dance': NASA: WASHINGTON AFP — Explosions of magnetic energy between Earth and the moon are behind the sparkles and wavy glows of the Northern Lights that color the night sky, NASA said Thursday. A network of five satellites of a mission known as THEMIS that studied the phenomenon for a year...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, NASA, NETWORKING, researcher; Research articles 2008-07-24
Water on the Moon? New research boosts hopes: PARIS AFP — The ancient astronomers once deemed the Moon, like Mother Earth, to be awash with water and gave fanciful names to its "seas." The space age, of course, revealed these oceans, or Mare, to be desolate, bone-dry basalt plains -- and ever since, the Moon has been...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, theory; Research articles 2008-07-09
Mission to bring back soil samples from Mars gets 2018 launch: PARIS AFP — Space experts on Wednesday set a date of 2018 for launching the Mars Sample Return mission, billed as the most complex and costliest exploration of the Red Planet ever planned. The unmanned mission aims to pick up soil and rocks from Mars and bring them back...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, MARKETING, Paris; Research articles 2008-07-09
Satellite to shed light on global warming: BELTSVILLE, Md. -- NASA plans to launch a new satellite next year that will help scientists fill in a gap in their understanding of global warming: the role of clouds and airborne particles. The satellite Glory, targeted for launch in June, will give scientists a much better...; Tags: Earth, Glory, NASA, NETWORKING, particle, satellite, scientist; Research articles 2008-07-04
Black & green: the new eco-warriors: The legacy of activism and awareness that has been part of the African-American experience has found a familiar battlefront: planet Earth. Since the days of George Washington Carver, who in the late 1800s transformed the lowly peanut into a cash crop that saved the South, Black folks have been...; Tags: activist, car, Earth, job, Jones, lightbulb, U.S. Congress, Van, Washington; Research articles 2008-07-01
China quake was very unusual: US scientists: WASHINGTON AFP — The devastating earthquake in China was the unexpected result of a seismological oddity and is likely to occur in the area only about once in every 2,000 to 10,000 years, US geoscientists said Monday. A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT had studied the...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, China, Earth, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, team; Research articles 2008-07-01
Can you hear me now? Solar flares and their effect on DOD equipment: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction According to recent reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, solar flare activity is increasing in frequency and is poised to present detrimental effects to critical Department of Defense communications-electronics CE equipment. The purpose of this article is to briefly introduce the...; Tags: Earth, GPS, Handhelds, HARDWARE, radio, U.S. Department of Defense; Research articles 2008-07-01
How I Became A Voluntaryist: A Farewell to Tax-Financed Murder: [Editor's Note: In December 2006, I received an order for books from Pune, India. The purchaser was Jeff Knaebel. In April 2007, Jeff sent me his book, Experiments In Moral Sovereignty: Notes of An American Exile, which he had published in October 2006.1 discovered that Jeff was a tax expatriate,...; Tags: Earth, FINANCE, Government, income, India, Internal Revenue Service, Taxes, U.S., violence; Research articles 2008-06-30
I'm taking on a new lease of life by degrees! GRADUATES OF ALL AGES LINE UP TO RECEIVE QUALIFICATIONS: Byline: By NICOLA JUNCAR Education Reporter YOU'RE never too old to learn. That's the message 76-year-old John Wilkinson is hoping to pass on to others who are thinking of returning to the classroom. The pensioner, from Benton, Newcastle, was among 236 learners from the North East who...; Tags: CAREER, Earth, graduate, Open University; Research articles 2008-06-23
Seven Bowls of Wrath: the ecological relevance of Revelation: Abstract Catastrophic effects of climate change invite comparisons with the "plagues" or wounds of the earth described in chapters 15 and 16 of the Book of Revelation. The seven Bowls of Wrath can be interpreted as an ecological parable for the decades ahead, as the impact of several centuries...; Tags: angel, Atlantic, Beast, Benefits, Church, Earth, HEALTHCARE, Lamb, SOFTWARE, World Health Organization; Research articles 2008-06-22
US shuttle heads for landing after successful mission: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida AFP — The US shuttle Discovery is racing back to Earth on Saturday after a successful mission to deliver and open Japan's first space laboratory at the International Space Station. The shuttle, carrying seven astronauts, left orbit and plunged toward the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...; Tags: Earth, MARKETING, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-06-14
Astronauts spot object floating from shuttle, NASA not worried: WASHINGTON AFP — Astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery spotted an unidentified object floating behind the craft as well as a bump on the shuttle rudder on Friday but neither was cause for concern, NASA said. After carrying out routine testing the day before Discovery is due to land...; Tags: Earth, MARKETING, NASA, shuttle, TVs; Research articles 2008-06-13
We may all be space aliens: study: PARIS AFP — Genetic material from outer space found in a meteorite in Australia may well have played a key role in the origin of life on Earth, according to a study to be published Sunday. European and US scientists have proved for the first time that two bits...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Biotechnology, Earth, molecule, RNA, scientist; Research articles 2008-06-13
'Come to Ocean City' before the ocean disappears, says ad: WASHINGTON AFP — A popular seaside resort in the northeastern US state of Maryland is urging tourists to book vacations now before the ocean disappears altogether. Borrowing from the style of Orson Welles' 1938 radio announcement that Martians were landing on Earth, the ad features the mayor of Ocean...; Tags: advertisement, Agence France-Presse, Earth, MARKETING, Maryland, radio; Research articles 2008-06-10
Japanese astronaut says Earth is 'beautiful': TOKYO AFP — Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, on his first mission in space, said Sunday he was in awe of the Earth as he spoke with his prime minister in Tokyo. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda joined a group of students who spoke through a video link with Hoshide, who...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Construction, Earth, MARKETING, Tokyo; Research articles 2008-06-08