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Learn moreThe summer solstice may be a big day for Druids, but how significant is it for life on Earth?
An organic fibrous cloth traps crude oil and absorbs its toxic vapors.
Held up in legislative limbo in the United States, the Law of the Sea treaty could give other nations the authority to tap into natural resources in the Arctic.
When it comes to the hunt for the elusive Higgs Boson, perhaps we've been thinking too small. What if there's more than one Higgs? A new theory suggests there might be another four to add to the Higgs Family.
Despite our best search strategies, are signals from E.T. manifested in anomalous flashes of radio energy from our galaxy that are missed, or dismissed as natural phenomena?
Will the ESA's Rosetta comet mission have a successful "blind date" with the asteroid named Lutetia? Or will the space rock be a "High-Maintenance Asteroid with Entitlement Issues"?
Italian scientists and officials are being investigated for manslaughter charges because they didn't predict a quake that destroyed much of L'Aquila, Italy in 2009.
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An oil spill off the Egyptian Red Sea coast is threatening to damage marine life in the area.
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‘Obama cannot order pelicans not to die (no matter whose ass he kicks). And no amount of money – not BP’s $20bn, not $100bn – can replace a culture that’s lost its roots.’ Photograph: Lee Celano/Reuters ...
A current of warm water is eating away at the base of Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, hastening its retreat, and raising the possibility of future collapse.
Estonia may be "a small, unassuming European country," but it's quickly becoming a hot-spot for new strategies in protecting our nations, and ourselves, online.
Despite decades of drug and alcohol abuse, Ozzy Osbourne is alive and well. Does the secret of his longevity lie in his DNA?
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy All but forgotten now, Enron -it's rise and calamitous fall -dominated the front pages and sucked up airtime until knocked out of contention by 911. As I was reminde...
A brilliant take-off from *The Flying Rodent* (h/t dBOs at Bread and Roses) : *U.S. Identifies Vast Quantities of Bullshit in Afghanistan* The U.S. has discovered huge deposits of bullshit in Afghanistan,...
Hull of the second Project 1135.6 frigate built for Indian Navy will be launched on June 23 from slipways of Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad). "The shipwrights are completing last preparations for launch the ...
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*The Costa Blanca*, the Mediterranean coastal region of the Spanish autonomous state of Valencia, celebrates the Summer solstice, or Midsummer, with the fiesta of *San Juan* with 'Hogueras' and many firew...
. While waiting for the ban to be lifted, the Department of Interior's Minerals Management Services, these guys, have approved five new offshore drilling projects since June 2. An Exxon Mobil site at a wa...
To halt encroaching desertification, a group of African nations wants to plant a "Great Green Wall" of trees extending from Senegal to Ethiopia.
** *Emergency Fundraising* *Earthcycles/Censored News live broadcast at US Social Forum Detroit* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ Earthcycles and Censored News will broad...
The nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile, Prithvi-II was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Orissa Coast on Friday. The missile which was fired from a mob...
The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is set to start commercial negotiations with aircraft engine makers Eurojet Turbo GmbH and General Electric Aviation for 99 aircraft engines for the Light Combat A...
In spite of being built for 17 years, nuclear-powered submarine Severodvinsk will be armed with most advanced weapons and, perhaps, will become the world most silent sub, said Capt 1 rank Alexei Poteshkin,...
Two crewmembers of an F-5F fighter jet were killed Friday as the aging jet crashed into waters off the country’s west coast during a routine training mission. The Air Force immediately suspended operations...
Shipping containers have been redesigned to become housing, offices, and even health clinics, but now a startup in Tucson is transforming them into sun-free, soil-free greenhouses.
What do the Eastern spotted skunk, the striped skunk, black bear and long-tailed weasel have in common? They are just four of 117 endangered species in the state of Alabama -- which ranks 3rd in the countr...
Doom-sayers had long predicted that the lost, possibly ill whale would not live much longer.
Archaeologists are finding elaborate offerings at a dig site they believe will ultimately yield an elusive prize: the tomb of an Aztec emperor, the first of its kind.
*URANIUM IS THE NEW ASBESTOS * ** * * *AUSTRALIA: UNION BAN ON NUCLEAR WORK * http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/uranium-is-the-new-asbestos-union-ban-on-nuclear-work-20100531-wonk.html AAP, Brisbane...
Above, you'll see some of the top images of the week. Click on each one to explore the story behind it. In case you couldn't get away from the beach this past week, here are five can't-miss Discovery News ...
Commanding NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, a group of elementary school students have made an exciting discovery: a lava tube skylight punched though the Martian surface.
Five sharpshooters fired bullets through the heart of a double murderer in Utah in what was was billed as a bloody throwback to Old West-style justice.
ENVIRONMENT - A dead sperm whale has been found floating a couple of km south of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmentalists are now warning this could be the first of many sperm whales kille...
A memory skill that pianists have little control over may orchestrate their performance.
No one knows just how the Gulf's corals are being affected by the spill, but scientists are worried since the organisms support an array of life.
So far, about 1,000 species of yeasts have been identified in food labs, but at least 10,000 new species are expected to be found in the near future. Cheers!
TECHNOLOGY - Want more proof that we now live in a widescreen world? At this rate by January 2012 at least 91% of the world will be using wide screen monitors... the exceptions will be companies with off...
During an exciting day out in London, I was invited to the launch of YuriGagarin50, a celebration of British and Russian advancements in space science.
The world's largest dams skim a little off the top from the ocean, but also depress Earth's crust, making sea level do funny things.
There have been no other cases of ancient humans eating hyenas, but this find may represent an exception.
By Stephen Pipkin-Savage Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement in the late '60s, announced on Facebook and by private interview with this reporter that he would be going to the oil-ravag...
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy ‘Police States’ are what they do! One of the things police states do is deny citizens a voice even as they seek to control information themselves. Lately and not sur...
Damselfish farmers seem to have a "green thumb," nurturing, harvesting and even defending their algae plots.
China Thursday vowed to take its military ties with Pakistan to a new height and defended its nuclear cooperation with Islamabad to build two new reactors for the country. Gen Kayani heading a high level P...
The aerospace and defence sector in the country is growing leaps and bounds and is fast emerging as a key participant in the Asia-Pacific region. The US and European aerospace companies are now recognising...
Russia's fifth generation fighter will be about three times as cheap as its foreign analog, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.He observed the test flight of a prototype fighter and lat...
Russia's Defense Ministry will order at least 50 fifth-generation fighters from 2016, a senior official said on Thursday."At the first stage, there will be dozens of planes, more than 50," said Vladimir Po...
Lockheed Martin has confirmed that the United Arab Emirates has resumed talks with rival bidders for a contract to supply a fleet of advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft, about 16 months after si...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates defended US arms sales to Taipei on Wednesday, citing China's "extraordinary" deployment of cruise and ballistic missiles opposite Taiwan. Both Gates and Admiral Michael M...
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‘Obama cannot order pelicans not to die (no matter whose ass he kicks). And no amount of money – not BP’s $20bn, not $100bn – can replace a culture that’s lost its roots.’ Photograph: Lee Celano/Reuters ...
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy All but forgotten now, Enron -it's rise and calamitous fall -dominated the front pages and sucked up airtime until knocked out of contention by 911. As I was reminde...
. While waiting for the ban to be lifted, the Department of Interior's Minerals Management Services, these guys, have approved five new offshore drilling projects since June 2. An Exxon Mobil site at a wa...
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