‘You can't simulate the ISS on the ground’ Independent online Washington - Elon Musk, the Internet entrepreneur and owner of SpaceX, which aims to be the first private firm to send a cargo craft to the International Space Station, admits he has a case of pre-launch jitters. | In an interview with AFP, Musk described the oft-delayed launch of his company's carg...
Sierra Nevada growing ever so slowly Review Journal | RENO - The Sierra Nevada range continues to grow about a half-inch in elevation every 10 years, and scientists say new technology that allows them to detect from space the relatively fast rate of uplift in the crust is helping shed new light on the origin of the mountains. | Researchers at the Uni...
It's nature, not nuture: personality lies in genes, twins study shows The Daily Telegraph Nature rather than nurture is responsible for creating your personality, according to a study of twins which found that character is something you are born with. | Researchers studied sets of twins to learn whether genetics or upbringing has a greate...
Entrepreneurial Space Flight: The Latest Frontier The New York Times 6 Q’s About the News | Use the photo and related article to answer basic news questions.See all 6 Q’s About the News » | WHERE are independent companies launching rockets? | WHERE are the rockets going? | WHERE would the companies like t...
New US battle strategy against Iran in US movements and Israeli drill Pakalert Press Share | Debka | A series of apparently unconnected military movements observed in Middle East seas and skies in the last tendays have a common factor: introduction of the new US Air Sea Battle (ASB) doctrine, which is designed to make the most of t...
World briefs for May 16 Richmond Times Dispatch VATICAN CITY -- | U.N. observers caught in Syrian violence | The U.N.'s observer mission in Syria was caught up in a burst of violence Tuesday captured on video, with a roadside bomb damaging its cars minutes after regime forces gunned down mourners ...
Move over Segway, Honda introduces the Uni-Cub The Los Angeles Times | The people mover has gotten an upgrade: On Tuesday, Honda announced its new Uni-Cub, a personal mobility device that lets you glide around the office or the aquarium perched comfortably on what looks like a trash compactor on wheels. | Like the Seg...
LinkedIn launches Windows Phone app The Los Angeles Times | The newly launched LinkedIn app for Windows Phone includes features that neither iPhone nor Android users see in their apps. | includes two sections that don't appear in the other two apps: jobs and companies. Users can browse relevant jobs and sav...
Sierra Nevada growing ever so slowly Review Journal | RENO - The Sierra Nevada range continues to grow about a half-inch in elevation every 10 years, and scientists say new technology that allows them to detect from space the relatively fast rate of uplift in the crust is helping shed new light on the origin of the mountains. | Researchers at the University of Nevada's Geodetic Laboratory in Reno an...
'Majority of global population to live in cities by 2050' Zeenews Beijing: About two-thirds of the world's population will be located in urban areas by 2050, creating serious implications for the conservation of natural resources, according to the 2012 edition of the Nature's Living Planet Report. | The report, released by the Beijing branch of the World Wild Fund (WWF) on Tuesday, said increasing demand for natu...
