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With SpaceX In Flight, What's Next For NASA - InformationWeek

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With SpaceX In Flight, What's Next For NASA
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The Dragon spacecraft faces a series of tricky tests and maneuvers as it heads to the International Space Station. By Sharon Fisher The successful launch of Space Exploration Technologies' Falcon 9 rocket on May 22 was a key milestone in the ...
With milestone launch, SpaceX aims to make space cheap — and coolWashington Post
SpaceX mission to the International Space Station launchedTelegraph.co.uk
Private firm moves into Nasa's spaceHindustan Times
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Sticky feet could help robots land on asteroids - Daily News & Analysis

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Sticky feet could help robots land on asteroids
Daily News & Analysis
A new biologically inspired robot could one day crawl over the surface of an asteroid or Mars and gather samples for study using lots of tiny, mechanical “toes. Asteroids have a weak gravitional pull, which makes it difficult for a robot probe to drive ...
Sticky Feet Help Robots Land on AsteroidsLiveScience.com

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The Google Science Fair and Other Top Student Competitions - PC Magazine

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The Google Science Fair and Other Top Student Competitions
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How can we turn garbage into energy? How do cancer cells become resistant to chemotherapy? Students at these science fairs and competitions sponsored by major tech companies and organizations set out to solve the world's problems.
13 Indians make it to Google Science Fair finalsHindu Business Line
13 Indian students shortlisted for 'Google Science Fair'Zee News
16 Indian teens in Google Science Fair shortlistIBNLive.com
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Pollution-hunting robot fish take to the sea - Reuters India

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Pollution-hunting robot fish take to the sea
Reuters India
| LONDON (Reuters) - Robot "fish" developed by European scientists to improve pollution monitoring moved from the lab to the sea in a test at the northern Spanish port of Gijon on Tuesday. The developers hope the new technology, which reduces the time ...
Robofish Detects Sea Pollution and Protects Real Marine Life, Is a Freaking RobotPCWorld
Robotic fish to patrol for pollution in harboursBBC News
One More Thing: Robot fish - pollution's greatest fearTechRadar UK
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Asteroid DA14 knocking out satellites would be worse than hitting Earth - Economic Times

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Asteroid DA14 knocking out satellites would be worse than hitting Earth
Economic Times
That the ancient Mayans predicted the end of the world in December 2012 has been assiduously debunked by astronomers and scientists in the run-up to this year. Their assurances gained heft with the announcement earlier this month of the discovery of ...
Approaching Asteroid May Get Close Enough to Smash SatellitesNational Geographic
Asteroid may smash Earth satellites: NasaTimes of India
Huge asteroid to fly close to earth, may destroy satellitesNDTV
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Soon, an 'unprinter' to remove ink from papers - Times of India

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Soon, an 'unprinter' to remove ink from papers
Times of India
Scientists claim to have developed a new technique that can remove ink from printed papers so they can be reused in printers and photocopiers. LONDON: Scientists claim to have developed a new technique that can remove ink from printed papers so they ...
Laser wipes paper clean for reuseEconomic Times
Tipp-ex for the modern world – just hit 'unprint'Telegraph.co.uk
Scientists Bring Forth an 'Unprinting' DeviceNewsPoint Africa

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Giant magnetic space whirlpools give Mercury plasma shower - Newstrack India

Giant magnetic space whirlpools give Mercury plasma shower
Newstrack India
London, May 22 (ANI): NASA's Messenger spacecraft have detected Kelvin-Helmholtz waves, like on the Earth, around Mercury. KH waves occur at the boundary between two fluids, such as two different bodies of air in Earth's atmosphere.

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Are monkeys self-aware? Scientists discover brain cells 'linked to self ... - Daily Mail

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Are monkeys self-aware? Scientists discover brain cells 'linked to self ...
Daily Mail
By Eddie Wrenn In humans, we believe a small part of the brain, known as the 'anterior insular cortex', controls our self-awareness and our empathy. Within that region lies a unique brain cell - the von Economo neuron, or VEN - which seems to lie at ...
Empathy cells found in monkey brainsZee News
Rare neurons discovered in monkey brainsScience Codex

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Venus shadow to be visible on June 6 - Daily News & Analysis

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Venus shadow to be visible on June 6
Daily News & Analysis
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Bangalore On June 6, at the crack of dawn, one of the rarest celestial occurrences called 'Transit of the Venus' can be observed when planet Venus will fall in the same trajectory as Earth and the Sun causing its shadow to ...
After Solar Eclipse, June's Venus Transit of Sun Is Next Amazing Sky SightSpace.com
SPACE 5-6 Jun 2012 Venus passes across the SunNewsAhead Agency
Transit of Venus: Feeling solar withdrawal? Watch Venus cross sunLos Angeles Times
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Climate models indicate El Nino return - Times of India

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Climate models indicate El Nino return
Times of India
SYDNEY: Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said on Tuesday all seven of the climate models it monitors indicate conditions are likely to approach or exceed the El Nino threshold in the second half of 2012. The El Nino weather pattern is linked to ...
Climate models indicate likely El Nino return: AustraliaReuters
Climate models indicate likely El Nino return - AustraliaReuters Africa
A land of (more extreme) droughts and flooding rains?The Conversation
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