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2 hrs ago | National Public Radio

A Real Estate Deal That Spans The Earth

For sale: 160 acres of rolling hills in California perfect for a vineyard, cattle ranch or communication with outer space.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Real Estate, Home Listing, Home

6 hrs ago | Space Ref

Station Astronauts Capture Stunning Views of U.S., Canada, Northern Lights

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station recently filmed what is among the most spectacular night imagery ever taken from space of the United States.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Photography, Arts, Brownsville, TX

10 hrs ago | Weyburn Review

Robot milker firm, Ont. builder partner on dairy barns

A southwestern Ontario construction and design firm specializing in ag buildings has struck a partnership with a major milking equipment supplier to offer a full-service dairy barn package.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

14 hrs ago | WIBW-TV Topeka

Space Takes a Toll on Astronaut's Eyes

It's not really why he signed up to be an astronaut, but like it or not, Mike Barratt and his eyes have become a science project.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Marin Independent Journal

Calif aerospace workers brace for NASA cuts

Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge are bracing for an announcement of NASA's budget in anticipation of major cuts.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, La Canada Flintridge, CA

National Geographic

Space Pictures This Week: Sun Storm, Mars Lander, More

A new picture from the European Southern Observatory 's Very Large Telescope is the most detailed infrared view yet of the Carina Nebula.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Astronomy, Science

Space.com

NASA Invites Twitter Fans to 2013 Space Budget Announcement

At KARS Park 1 on Merritt Island in Florida, a group of Tweetup participants watch as a Delta 2 Heavy rocket lifts off on Sept.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Merritt Island, FL, Social Software

Space.com

New Dimension: 3D Visors Tested for Space Surgery

CAMDASS uses a stereo head-mounted display and an ultrasound tool tracked via an infrared camera.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Virtual Reality, World News, Belgium, Medicine, Nursing

Criminal Report Daily

How to Put Out a Fire In Space

A flame in space. Fire in space burns at a lower temperature, slower and with less oxygen than in normal gravity.

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Related Topix: Fire, Science / Technology, California, UC San Diego

KLKN

Norris students' experiment to be sent to space

Five seniors in Dr. Cindy Larson-Miller's advanced biology class are going above and beyond the average science student.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Thu Feb 09, 2012

OfficialWire

South Carolina Students To Speak Live With Space Station Astronauts Wednesday

Students at Crayton Middle School in Columbia, S.C., will speak with NASA's Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 9:55 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb.

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Related Topix: Columbia, SC, Science / Technology, NASA

Belleville News Democrat

Scientists say NASA cutting missions to Mars

Scientists say NASA is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA

KBMT

Visible from space: Mars rover remnants

Usually, you hear about The Great Wall of China. We've seen photos of the smoldering ruins of the World Trade Center from the orbiting international space station and images of the sunken hulk of the Costa Concordia off Italy.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Mart, TX

Space Ref

Spaceborne Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar Ships from Japan to U.S.

Japanese scientists and engineers have completed construction on a new instrument designed to take 3-D measurements of the shapes, sizes and other physical characteristics of both raindrops and snowflakes.

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Related Topix: Weather, Science / Technology, NASA, Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Glendale News-Press

Schiff vows to fight budget impacts to NASA deep space missions

Rep. Adam Schiff today announced his opposition to any budget cuts at NASA that would threaten the agency's planetary science programs, including missions to Jupiter's icy moon and Mars.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA

CTV

Stunning video from space captures northern lights

A rare sight lit up the night sky in some parts of Europe. The Northern Lights came after a massive solar storm that space experts are calling the most powerful in six years.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Natural Disasters, Solar Flare

The Hamilton Spectator

Space Truckin' actually went into space

Morse was speaking in advance of the iconic band's Canadian tour which began last week in St.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Canada, Pop/Rock, Ian Gillan, Hard-Rock, Gillan

San Marino Tribune

Romanian Charged with Hacking into NASA Computers at JPL

A Romanian citizen faces federal charges for allegedly hacking into NASA computers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena in an attack that caused more than $500,000 in damage, prosecutors said today.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Computer Security, Prison

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Canada.com

'Suicide Safer Ottawa' takes first steps

Records filed in Ontario Superior Court as part of a pre-sentence report for a 2011 child-sex crimes case reveal that a counsellor at the Royal Ottawa Hospital sexually abused a 12-year-old patient for... There is no argument in favour of torture that does not shrivel when exposed to daylight.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Science / Technology, NASA, Baked Goods, Life, Food, Bread, Canada,

Houston Press

Skylab IV Splashed Down on This Day: Five Things the Most Complaining Space Crew Ever Bitched About

The crew of Skylab IV -- William Pogue, Gerald Carr and Edward Gibson -- became famous for the sheer amount of complaining they did.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA

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