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L.A. Galaxy boss says won't rush Becks back into action
L.A. Galaxy boss Bruce Arena has said that he has no plans to rush England football star David Beckham back into...


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Ancient bacteria could pave way for new and improved sunscreens
Cyanobacteria - organisms that thrived on Earth before there was enough oxygen to block harmful ultraviolet light-could pave way for new and improved sunscreens, according to a new...
NASA eyes unprecedented mission to unlock Sun's biggest mysteries
NASA is developing an unprecedented mission to study the Sun closer than ever...
Chief rabbi slams Stephen Hawking for excluding God's role in universe creation
The chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, has lashed out at Stephen Hawking after the astrophysicist claimed in his new book that God had no role to play in the creation of the...
2001 Indian 'red rain' showered earth with 'alien life', claim theorists
After nine years of research, panspermia theorists have said that the 'red' rains that occurred in India in July 2001 contained bugs that were unlike anything ever found on the Earth, suggesting that it may be an alien form of...
Venus Williams sparkles in U.S. Open tennis victory
Her play sparkling as much as her sequined dress, American Venus Williams easily eliminated 185th-ranked qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg on Friday at the U.S....
Veteran Canadian astronaut Hadfield to command space station
Just a small snippet of hair may hold the key to predicting a person's risk of heart attack months in advance, according to a new Canadian...
Nadal, Murray, Clijsters, Venus into US tennis Open last 16
NEW YORK (AFP) – Rafael Nadal's bid for a career Grand Slam and Andy Murray's quest for his first Grand Slam title moved a step closer to a US Open semi-final collision course with...
NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners
A team of NASA doctors and engineers recommended Friday that Chilean authorities regulate the day-and-night sleep patterns of 33 trapped miners, boost their Vitamin D intake and phase in an exercise...
Nasa advises over trapped miners
A team of Nasa doctors and engineers recommended that Chilean authorities regulate the day-and-night sleep patterns of 33 trapped miners, boost their Vitamin D intake and phase in an exercise...
Astronaut Dr. Roberta Bondar speaking in Regina
REGINA — Dr. Roberta Bondar, the first Canadian woman in space, will speak to a luncheon in Regina on Oct. 27 at Queensbury Centre.This luncheon speech is part of Western Christian College's series...
Walsh Construction awarded NOAA contract
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for construction of part of its new facility at Ford Island in Honolulu. The contract, which is being funded by federal stimulus dollars, will pay for...
Clijsters, Venus roll into US Open fourth round
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - Defending champion Kim Clijsters and Venus Williams took easy third-round wins Friday at the U.S. Open. The second-seeded Clijsters dropped the first three...
'Top Chef's' Short Ribs Get NASA Twist for Spaceflight
Angelo Sosa's short ribs are destined for the International Space Station. As a 'cheftestant' on Bravo's Emmy Award-winning cable reality TV show "Top Chef," Sosa won...
Beckham itching to make Galaxy return
David Beckham has targeted an earlier-than-expected return to action with the Los Angeles Galaxy next Saturday. The England midfielder, 35, has not played a competitive game since tearing his left...
NASA Imagery Reveals Weaker, Stretched Out Fiona
Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 13:59 CDT NASA satellite data has noticed that Tropical Storm Fiona is getting "longer." That is, the storm is elongating in almost a north-south...
Cosmic Log: Why the N.Z. quake is no Haiti
7.0 quake hit New Zealand , and early indications are that it caused relatively few serious casualties. Why the difference? The main reasons don't have to do so much with the earthquakes...
Q&A | Rooftop party lets you salsa under the stars
The Latin Rooftop Dance Party/Tapas and Tequila Tasting will be held Sept. 11. For $10, guests can do the salsa and merengue under the stars on the Glassworks rooftop, 815 W. Market St., to music by...
NASA Footage Sets Scene for Quantum Quest Movie
also includes Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, who for the first time lends his voice to an animated movie in the role of meteorite hunter Jack Doohan. Kloor met Armstrong at Purdue University...
'Earth-like' Exoplanet Could Have a Comet's Tail
Institute for Interplanetary Space Physics in Rome argue that, given the planet’s likely composition and distance from its star, COROT-7b probably loses its surface elements to space in a long,...
Video - Splattered Star Stuff, A Supernova Story
When a massive star explodes, it lights up nearby matter, exposing a fascinating process of stellar death and re-birth. Images from the newly upgraded Hubble Space Telescope have been animated to...
1st Canadian Commander of Space Station Named
A Canadian astronaut is set to become the first International Space Station commander from the Maple Leaf Nation. Veteran Canadian spaceflyer Chris Hadfield will take command of the space station...
New Telescope Takes Best Sunspot Photo Ever
Images taken July 1 and 2, 2010 by the New Solar Telescope at the Big Bear Solar Observatory reveals up-close details of a sunspot like never...
Book Review - 'Packing for Mars' Travels Light
arrives at a time when the future of U.S. manned space travel lies at a crossroads. Despite the title, the book doesn't chiefly outline a proposed manned mission to Mars. Instead, it delves into...
Wanna scan the universe? Just open Windows
BANGALORE: Global software major Microsoft has designed a computer programme that allows you to scan the universe and zoom into outer space through its Windows. “We have designed a virtual...
NASA satellite and International Space Station catch Earl weakening
NASA satellites and the International Space Station are keeping eyes on Hurricane Earl as it heads for New England. Watches and Warnings are posted in the US...
Oldest Continents Depend On Water From Earth's Mantle
Posted on: Friday, 3 September 2010, 14:03 CDT Earth today is one of the most active planets in the Solar System, and was probably even more so during the early stages of its life. Thanks to the...
Chinese Satellites Bump During Secret Maneuvers
A Chinese satellite may have intentionally nudged another spacecraft during secretive space maneuvers in near-Earth orbit, according to analysts. Such close encounters could allow China to practice...
Samsung Galaxy Tab: An Android contender
IFA electronics show here with strong words showing it plans to compete directly with Apple's iPad. Just how well it'll succeed depends in large measure on how well developers embrace large-screen...
NASA Flies First Drone Over Hurricane
Hurricane Earl is waning as it moves northward up the east coast of the United States. Some of the first researchers to notice the weakening had front row seats, watching the eye of the hurricane via...
Gadget Lab Podcast: iPods, Apple TV and Samsung's Galaxy Tab
This week’s episode of the Gadget Lab podcast is heavy on fruits. High on vitamin A, Dylan Tweney gushes over the pluot, a plum-apricot hybrid, while yours truly dishes out this week’s...
One Ring Zero Reboots Holst's Planets, Keeps Pluto in Mix
is One Ring Zero’s latest attempt to smarten up traditional pop using unconventional sonics and subjects. For more than a decade, Hearst and One Ring Zero co-founder and multi-instrumentalist...
Eternal black holes are the ultimate cosmic safes
If you wanted to hide something away for all eternity, where could you put it? Black holes might seem like a safe bet, but Stephen Hawking famously calculated that they leak radiation, and most...
Viking Experiment May Have Found Life’s Building Blocks on Mars After All
Phoenix mission on Mars 32 years later could means the way the Viking experiment was set up actually would have destroyed any carbon-based chemical building blocks of life – what the experiment set...