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Learn moreA British minister proposes health warning labels on fashion photographs, concerned about their influence on young women. But what does the science show?
The oil spill in Michigan, though small compared to the Deepwater Horizon, raises questions about the country's network of oil and gas pipelines.
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By Charles Moffat - July 2010. HEALTH - When I went off to university in 1999 one of the things my parents decided to do (likely due to worry when they saw the size of my students loans) was sign me up fo...
A surge of lava flows from Kilauea volcano are threatening the town of Kalapana. One house has already been lost and two more are in immediate danger.
Contrary to what you might believe, a clear, blue ocean isn't necessarily a good thing.
The leak itself may be plugged, but the long-term impact of the spill may not be felt for decades.
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Catalonia's move to outlaw the centuries-old tradition may have more to do with regional identity than animal rights.
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A special mold constructed from fly eyes coated in nickel could improve solar cell efficiency.
The buyer paid $45 for a collection worth an estimated $200 million.
For extreme hobbyists, the new kit offers a chance to launch personal projects into space.
The US military covered up a reported surface-to-air missile strike by the Taliban that shot down a Chinook helicopter over Helmand in 2007 and killed seven soldiers, including a British military photograp...
By Leithen Francis Australia has discovered that an engine failure on an NH Industries MRH90 transport helicopter was caused by the compressor blades fracturing after coming into contact with the engine ca...
An Iraqi military helicopter has crashed in a sandstorm southwest of Baghdad, leaving all five of its crew dead, the commander of the country's air force says. The five-man crew of the helicopter was kille...
A Russian helicopter allegedly hijacked by militants in Sudan has returned unscathed to its home base in the province of Darfur on Tuesday, a Russian aviation company said in a statement.Earlier on Tuesday...
Worried by insurgent ambushes on its soldiers in Afghanistan and return fire that sometimes kills civilians or local allies, Germany last year ordered a small fleet of Israeli Heron spy drones designed to ...
Venezuela may soon buy several Russian military transport aircraft, a department head for Russia's state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport has said.Russia has already exported Su-30MK2 Flanker-G air...
A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) commando died after he plunged to the ground when his parachute failed to open.Hasnizam Ab Wahid was training with 25 of his colleagues at the RMAF airbase in Gong Kedak ...
P. S. Suryanarayana Share India and Vietnam agreed in Hanoi on Tuesday to strengthen their defence cooperation. The modalities of implementing the 2009 memorandum of understanding in this domain were discu...
The Iranian Army Air Force plans to stage massive and countrywide air drills this week, a senior commander announced on Monday."The wargames to be held on Mordad 9-16 (July 31-August 7) through collective ...
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*There are people and there are heroes*. I consider WikiLeak founder *Julian Assange,* the Australian internet activist, a hero. He and his team reveal on their websites secrets deliberately kept from us, ...
Hunting for the Higgs boson isn't like trying to find one needle in a haystack (as the proverbial saying goes), it's like trying to find one needle in a Chicago-sized city filled with haystacks.
NASA's future may be up in the air, as Congress debates a myriad of options for the U.S. human space program, but 1,394 shuttle workers are getting a concrete reminder this week of what's in store -- no job.
Some dogs may look like their owners, but all dogs imitate their human companions.
One push of a button and WikiLeaks put some 91,000 documents at the public's disposal.
The technology allows wildlife managers to find dead bison hidden under thick brush and dispose of the carcass before it can pose a threat to other animals or humans.
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Astronaut foods may appear indestructible, but many crew favorites don't retain their nutrition or palatability for even a year.
Researcher this summer hope to answer one of the oldest mysteries in weather science: why do hurricanes form?
This isn't an urgent call to arms, but it's a future date to consider. In 172 years time there's the possibility that we might be hit by an asteroid with potential to cause some significant global turmoil.
Alternative medicine has proven tricky to study, and sometimes dangerous to patients. Doctors are divided as to whether or not it has any merit at all.
POLITICS - Credit card companies in the United States Prime Rate are recommending business owners get small business credit cards to smooth their transactions and keep track of finances easier. The US prim...
A barge crashed into an oil well, sending crude spewing some 20 feet into the air.
U.S. copyright law was modified to make it legal to hack smart phones, tamper with electronic book readers and bypass anti-copying technology on DVDs.
Dogs quietly sneak food when we're not looking, waiting for the perfect opportunity to bite, steal and nosh.
Loving bonds can make small children more resilient to adult life's trials and tribulations.
Scientists still aren't sure what the phenomenon is, but experiments suggest the balls of fire may not actually be lightning.
A video by a Japanese artist captures the entire history of nuclear explosions on Earth.
Although efforts to skim and burn the crude contained some oil, the real difficulty is finding it rather than cleaning it up.
If this is your first exposure to the Friday News Feedbag... we're glad to have you in the club. Welcome to Feedbag Nation, which stems from our weekly science news podcast that you can subscribe to here o...
Cutting-edge imaging, filming and sonar technology will aid explorers as they conduct an inventory of artifacts and examine the state of the ship.
Two space probes are given a new lease on life after being rerouted for a mission to unravel the composition of the moon.
Ajai Shukla In adversity, the saying goes, lies opportunity. Applying that principle, India’s indigenous defence complex is at a crucial moment where a resolute decision could make it a genuine supplier of...
U.S. and South Korean warships and helicopters staged anti-submarine maneuvers off the Korean peninsula Monday meant as a warning to Pyongyang that aggression in the region will not be tolerated.The four-d...
Alenia Aermacchi, has signed a contracts with the UAE for the conversion, configuration acrobatic aircraft of ten MB-339 A. This contract includes the upgrade of the MB-339A aircraft for the National Aerob...
Kuwait has surprised Boeing by asking for information on the F-15 Silent Eagle, making it the first non-operator of classic F-15s to express an interest in the latest version of the fighter.Paul Oliver, Bo...
A helicopter carrying one Romanian and six Israeli soldiers crashed Monday in mountainous terrain during joint military training, the Romanian defense ministry said.There is no information on whether there...
United States have delivered the first batch of Advance Medium Range Air to Air Missiles (AMRAAM) AIM-120 C5 to the Pakistan air force for its F-16 C/D block 52+ aircrafts. This will make the AIM-120 C5 to...
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*DROPBOX is one* of the most useful applications I have on my computers. With it I share important files across systems, synchronize my Tomboy notes, have contact with friends and share a special folder wi...
One of the Wikileaks war logs released yesterday contained a friendly fire report filed by the 205th RCAG U.S. military unit which states four Canadian soldiers were killed and seven other Canadians and an...
One day it was pet rocks, now it's Silly Bandz. But what lies behind fads, and how have they changed?
During a flight on June 22, Melissa Jun Rowley joined a team of space engineering students from the University of Michigan aboard NASA's famous Weightless Wonder aircraft to document the group's participat...
Naturalist Mark Fraser today shares a breathtaking video on the grizzly bear.
At a "media availability" he called this morning, Taliban Larry was blindsided with questions on the publication of the Wikileaks war logs. Echoing U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones, Cannon said :...
A Kepler co-investigator has preempted the official announcement and leaked that the exoplanet-hunting space telescope has discovered about 140 Earth-like candidate worlds orbiting other stars.
By Hanif Khalid Pakistan will possibly test-fire nuclear missile tomorrow (Tuesday).Civil and military personalities will reach the test fire range in north Punjab through helicopters to watch the test fir...
During the 24-hour-long operation, he received new facial muscles, skin, nose, lips, a jaw, teeth, a palate and cheekbones.
The largest species of rat ever discovered was about 50 percent larger than the common black rat.
ENVIRONMENT - Ontario is in a race versus 8 American states to see who will get wind power factories by wind giant Vestas from Denmark. The company is planning to build factories for building offshore wind...
Julian Assange on Wikileaks release of 91,000 classified Afghan war documents from 2004 to 2009 to The New York Times, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel. "This is the story of the war since 2004. Like most ...
The miniature mills could power a whole new generation of nano-sized devices.
CANADA/ENTERTAINMENT - Next year on August 31st 2011 Canadian television broadcasters will switch from analog to 100% digital broadcasts. The rabbit ears on your old TV will become completely obsolete. Ca...
Lasers have a natural advantage over conventional weapons -- their ammunition doesn't easily run out.
POLITICS - In China Tony Hayward would have been shot for gross negligence. The Chinese government has zero tolerance for companies and individuals who fail to protect the safety of the country. Remember ...
A chariot that may have witnessed King Tutankhamun’s final moments is traveling outside Egypt for the first time in three millennia to join the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" exhibit at t...
From a ship overrun with spiders to bed bug infestations at major clothing stores, is this the time of plagues?
A helicopter on Monday morning crashed in eastern part of Afghan capital Kabul, Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi said. "A helicopter crashed in Pul-e-Charkhi area east of capital city Kabul," Azimi t...
The finely serrated teeth of sharks are fearsome enough, but now scientists say that even touching the skin of a shark could harm you -- by infection.
India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed interceptor missile, capable of destroying any incoming hostile ballistic missile, from the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island off th...
It's been a busy few days for the Mars Science Laboratory after NASA engineers and technicians attach the rover's 'eyes' and take it for a test drive.
Brass hats and ass hats are not happy about what is called one of the biggest 'leaks in military history', certainly the biggest expose since Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers. Wikileaks has blown...
Do we have an ethical duty to respect and preserve the natural environments of neighboring planets and their moons?
Israel and the United States have signed an agreement to make the Arrow II ballistic shield capable of shooting down missiles at a higher altitude, the Israeli Defense Ministry said on Sunday.The Arrow III...
The black box of the MiG-27 aircraft, which crashed yesterday in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, was retrieved today as the toll rose to three, with two more persons succumbing to their injuries. The b...
A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on Sunday that Iran is now capable of mass-producing its home-made ballistic missiles."We have reached a never-ending point in (in...
Turkish defence industry company KaleKalip, a Kale Holding company, will produce F135 engines of the F35 Joint Strike Fighters, Turkey's state minister for foreign trade said. F135 engine is being built by...
Preparation for the test-fire of India's own interceptor missile, likely to be conducted tomorrow at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off Orissa coast, reached its final stage today.The target, a modified s...
CANADA - Canadians are hopping mad about the scrapping of the long form census and its not just politicians, economists, researchers, scientists, university professors and academics. The general public is ...
A team of Canadian archaeologists is leading an expedition to find two British vessels that shipwrecked in the Canadian Arctic more than 150 years ago.
South Korea and the United States will establish a new roadmap to outline a broader alliance by the year’s end in tandem with a changing security environment around the Korean Peninsula, the Ministry of Na...
Four state-of-the-art U.S. stealth fighters will join a massive combined air and naval exercise to be held by South Korea and the United States in the East Sea later this month in a show of the allies’ str...
Israel's defense ministry said July 23 it was not looking to buy a sixth submarine from Germany at this time, after a German media report that Berlin had rejected an Israeli request for a subsidy.Israel ha...
By WENDELL MINNICK, JUNG SUNG-KI and PAUL KALLENDER-UMZEU The potential market in Asia for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) could be more than 500 fighters in the next two decades, with Japan, Singapore...
A request for proposals for the Japanese Air Force's $10 billion F-X tender is expected as early as October, and the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet and Eurofighter Typhoon are preparing to duke it out for the ...
An Indian state seen as a bastion of an increasingly deadly Maoist revolt said yesterday it was asking for $1bn to counter the left-wing insurgency with a development surge.Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Rama...
Qatar has asked a number of leading manufacturers to respond with proposals for an upgrade of its fighter fleet near the end of this month.This latest battle for supremacy in the Gulf fighter market is lik...
By: Daniel Kostecka The ongoing debate in China over whether or not to formalize logistical support agreements for Chinese naval forces in the Indian Ocean is a natural outgrowth of the People’s Liberation...
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