SPACE, Astronomy News, Jun 06, 2011

Telescope debacle devours NASA funds
Florida Today
And, scientists are worried the cost growth and schedule delays are gobbling up more and more of the nation's astronomy budget and NASA's attention, threatening funding for other space science programs. Some fear the dilemma will get worse if the ...
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Astronomy Without A Telescope – Enough With The Dark Already
Universe Today
It's not a perfect analogy since space-time is not a substance – and, at the level of a universe, the heat of the oven equates to the input of energy out of nowhere – and being thermal energy, it's not dark. Alternatively, you can model the universe as ...
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Universe Today

Radio telescopes will hear what universe has to say
Calgary Herald
... a University of Calgary professor who directs the Centre for Radio Astronomy. Building the SKA will share some of the same challenges as assembling the International Space Station -huge, complex and a remote, hostile environment. ...
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Rod Martin is entering a new frontier
The Herald-Mail
Shortly afterward, he had his first encounter with astronomy. "I was probably 4 or 5 when my parents woke me up in the middle of the night — which was probably 9 or 10 pm — to see a brilliant aurora display," he recalled. "I'll never forget the ...
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The Herald-Mail

Montville's dark park to open in August to stargazers
Plain Dealer
CWRU Astronomy Department Chairman Chris Mihos said Observatory Park will provide a place far enough away from his Cleveland campus with dark enough skies to study the night sky. Yet, it will be close enough to still drive home for the night, he said. ...
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Scientifically Speaking, 6/5
Denver Post
Info/register: contact Rob Novak at rnovak@larimer.org or call Telescope viewing Chamberlin Observatory, 2930 E. Warren Ave., on the University of Denver campus, has astronomypresentations and allows use of the 20-inch Alvan Clark refractor telescope ...
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Looking Backward to Move Forward
Inside Higher Ed
... referring to the subjects that formed the core of the medieval university: arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. “Studying arithmetic gives us insight into numbers and geometry gives us insight into space. Those are ways of knowing the world, ...
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June 5th: Transit of Venus - 365 Days of Astronomy
By kortney.hogan
Space and astronomy news from around the Universe at www.universetoday.com. Transcript:TRANSIT OF VENUS PODCAST Jay M. Pasachoff, Williams College A year from today, on June 5, 2012, in the United States and June 6, 2012, in Europe, ...
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Milky Way Galaxy Is Bent Like a Sombrero - Yahoo! News
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Space And Astronomy News Mattters - May 27 2011 - Crystal Rain ...
The $800million probe, called O... on May 27 From Skymania News ..... Astronomers using theHubble Space Telescope to peer deep into the central bulge of ...
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Herndon High School teacher flies in airborne observatory
Washington Post (blog)
(Nicholas A. Veronico - NASA SOFIA) Although budget cuts forced the closing of Herndon High School's planetarium two years ago, astronomy teacher Mary Blessing is undaunted. And last month, she was one of only six high school teachers in the nation ...
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Online math program helps students connect with science
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Odenwald's love for astronomy and math inspired him to help create an online education program called Space Math for teachers and students. “I mainly work with NASA press releases that come out and I reverse engineer them to show the mathematics that ...
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Cosmic fun takes over Gunwharf Quays
Portsmouth News
Cosmic entertainment includes getting to use telescopes, a short film giving information on stars, and an opportunity to ask experts from space company Astrium about making satellites and arts and crafts. Astronomy books will also be available to buy. ...
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e2v technologies PLC Final Results -3-
Military & Aerospace Electronics
Space imaging We have a long established heritage of providing reliable, high performance, high quality space qualified imaging sensors and arrays for space science and astronomy applications and high speed, high resolution sensors for earth ...
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Four Kids Return from Space Academy
News Tonight
Rahul Joseph Cecil states: "It has given me the courage to pursue my first love-astronomy". Michelle agrees that the program definitely has increased her determination to study astrophysics. Though most of the sessions were fun and interactive, ...
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News Tonight

Shorter summer nights; still plenty to see
WTOP
The Northern Virginia Astronomy Club (NOVAC) will meet 7 pm at George Mason University (GMU) on the 12th. The speaker is Robert Zimmerman and his topic is "What's Past is Prologue: Predicting the Future of Space Travel." The United States Naval ...
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Clark Planetarium director is a supernova in commerce and the cosmos
Salt Lake Tribune
But his fascination with the heavens ultimately led him back to astronomy. He became the last director of the Hansen Planetarium and the first director of the new Clark Planetarium, which now serves about 300000 people a year. ...
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Astrophysicists use X-ray fingerprints to study eating habits of giant black holes
PhysOrg.com
"As in many areas of science, especially astronomy, we end up needing more data – many more high-quality observations to better define this relationship," he added. Astrophysicists don't have a detailed understanding of how the accretion process works, ...
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Where I Learned To Read
New Yorker
In place of an astronomy manual, you would read Copernicus. No books aboutAristotle, just Aristotle. Like, you would read book-books. The Great Books, so called, though I had never heard of most of them. It was akin to taking holy orders, ...
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New Yorker

An Engine That Lifted Our Spirits!
Swans
Archaeologists, historians and imaging technologists in the ensuing decades concluded the complex system of 30 gears to be a 2200-year-old "Astronomical Calculator" from the time of Hipparchus, who had founded the school of astronomy on the island of ...
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Gigantic Star Shines Brightly, But Is a Loner - Yahoo! News
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Ninth European Space Power Conference - Astronomy News
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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jun 06, 2011

Researchers hope for more funding in next budget
The Citizen Daily
ATPS-Tanzania deals with undertaking independent policy research in science, technology and innovation issues, which are critical for socio-economic development.Dr Hassan Mshinda, the director general of Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology ...
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Cellphone Cancer Warning Falls Lightly on US Ears
ABC News
The International Agency for Research on Cancer reviewed dozens of publishedstudies on cellphones and cancer before classifying cellphones as "possibly carcinogenic" on Tuesday. It's a risk category that includes night-shift work, engine exhaust and ...
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ABC News

Upping the anti
EurekAlert (press release)
Support for ALPHA-Canada and its research came from NSERC (National Science and EngineeringResearch Council, TRIUMF, AIF (Alberta Ingenuity Fund), the Killam Trust, and FQRNT (Le Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies). ...
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Science talks draw boffs
Times LIVE
"Their awareness of greening issues, new technologies and research scope will be enhanced and should stimulate them to explore and promote new technologies at their future workplace or in their future studies," Deenadayalu added. ...
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How the smartphone is killing the PC
The Guardian
Smartphones' really dramatic effect though will be on people in developing countries, where electricity supplies may be expensive or discontinuous, and the cost of a PC prohibitive, says Carolina Milanesi, who studies the mobile market for the research ...
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The Guardian

Hormones don't create 'male' and 'female' brains
Jerusalem Post
Trained in the sociomedical science, with a specialty in research design and measurement, Jordan-Young specializes in the interdisciplinary field of gender and sexuality, science and technology studies. The scientist has devoted nearly 13 years to ...
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Masdar graduates with first-class honours
The National
But these were the trailblazers - the first class to graduate from the Masdar Institute ofScience and Technology. It was, said Dr Sultan al Jaber, Masdar's chief executive, "a very emotional moment". Having begun their studies in 2009, ...
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The National

Seven bag awards for bright performance in various fields
Arab News
The award is granted for excellence and outstanding performance in eight fields: Haj and Umrah services, management, culture, social services, architecture, environment, science & technology, and economics. The governor said the prize for economic ...
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High school retools for biotech era
Boston Globe
By Scott Van Voorhis Auto-body repair and office technology are out at Minuteman Career & Technical High School in Lexington, and biotech lab training is in. These are some of the changes made by the regional vocational school's superintendent, ...
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Campus notes
Reading Eagle
Nicholas Nowotarski, Spring Township, received a bachelor of science degreee in biology from Temple University, Philadelphia. He took part in the Honors Convocation for oustanding ranking inscience and technology, and he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa ...
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Rivals say no to nuclear
Bangkok Post
"The Democrats are not against nuclear power, but we need to conduct furtherresearch," said the former science and technology minister. Khunying Kalaya said the party would promote the use of renewable energy for electricity production, with a target ...
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Bangkok Post

LITE feeling the heat
The Daily Advertiser
The only sign of such a mission statement on LITE's website is on the "About LITE" page, which says LITE will serve Louisiana "by furthering education in immersive technologies, engaging in collaborative research involving immersive technologies, ...
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New citrus supplement busts cholesterol and sugar
Israel 21C
The research on this citrus extract is led by Dr. Yaakov Nahmias from the Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Maria Shulman, his graduate student. They have isolated the molecule that creates the ...
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Of rankings and reputation
Malaysia Star
However, most science and technology courses are conducted mostly in Chinese. Postgraduate studies in Chinese are not only cheaper but it also gives prospective students a bigger variety of subjects to choose from, although this would require a high...
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Malaysia Star

Former astronaut and Ohio Sen. John Glenn tells Cleveland audience that...
Plain Dealer (blog)
John Glenn says there is America needs to stress education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to make nation competitive around the world. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- American legend John Glenn urged a greater push for education on Saturday, ...
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Plain Dealer (blog)

Do cell phones cause cancer?
The Virginian-Pilot
The International Agency for Research on Cancer, basing its conclusions on a review of previousstudies, classified cell phones as "possibly carcinogenic," the kind of ridiculously imprecise conclusion that means precisely nothing. ...
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On campus - June 5, 2011
Bismarck Tribune
Johnson is in the "Religion and Global Studies Summer Courses in South Africa" program led by Dr. Jan Pranger, Dr. Elna Solvang and Dr. Nicholas Ellig. Thirty-eight University of Mary student-athletes were honored as members of the Northern Sun ...
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MT grad to teach 'SALT' of earth in Iraq
Murfreesboro Post
Upon graduating from MTSU last month with dual bachelor's degrees in global studiesand international relations, the 23-year-old signed up with SALT International for a job helping the Kurds of northern Iraq become more self-sufficient. ...
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Murfreesboro Post

A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Such research has provoked controversy. The findings go somewhat beyond those of a 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations body that episodically reviews climate science and advises governments. ...
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UK: Changing times, changing lives
University World News
For example, new technologies developed at Leicester are assisting cities in monitoring air pollution on a real-time basis and using these data to assist with traffic flow management and carbon footprint estimates. Other research focuses upon 'greening ...
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University World News

Shorter summer vacation doesn't mean more learning
Jerusalem Post
Still, the Gladwellers are armed with study after study decrying the decline in Israeli students' test scores in math and science – studies that foresee a future economic catastrophe due to an improperly trained workforce. They see homeschoolers as ...
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Environmental engineers on rise
Deccan Chronicle
Since a decade, educational institutions have incorporated environmental studies in mainstreamscience subjects like civil and public engineering. Anna University has developed a world-class environment laboratory to meet the exclusive needs of ...
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Wedding news
The Keene Sentinel
The bride-to-be, the daughter of Gerald and Helen Babonis, is a 2001 graduated of Monadnock Regional High School in Swanzey, and is a graduate of Boston University and Simmons College Nursing School, receiving bachelor of science degrees. ...
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Aptitude tests to decide career becoming popular
Times of India
Girls are opting for courses related to lifestyle, aviation, fashion technology and hospitality. Boys generally favour BBA and BCA. Meanwhile, due to the rising popularity of professional courses, purescience has few takers. Every year, the number of ...
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$25 Billion + At Risk in Obama WIRELESS Broadband Initiative
Justmeans
At a time when it is essential to cut the Federal deficit, President Obama is gambling billions of taxpayer dollars on the theory that massive spending on risky wireless broadband technology will be worthwhile. The President proposes to spend at least ...
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Our History Shapes the Future
Nanotechnology News
The answer depends on science, theology, and demographics. A handful of nominal Christians destroyed the Aztec civilization, not because of their technology (though that helped), but because the Aztec civilization was based on a great and powerful ...
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ASU seizing online future
Arizona Republic
If all goes as planned, he will graduate in December with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinarystudies and will enroll in MBA classes or law school. The content for online courses is similar to that of on-campus ones, but online students don't show ...
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After results, admission process gains momentum
Times of India
Students applying for mass communication, converging technology, chemistry, physics, homescience, mathematics, MCA, MBA and environmental science have to appear for entrance tests. The date for the tests will be notified on the RU website ...
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Sunday Spinelessness – Flat animals and biology's age of discovery
Sciblogs (blog)
Sometimes it's tempting to look back on the history of science and feel just a little envious of the people that went before us. Imagine being alive at a time when you could jump on a boat, sail to some tropical country and discover thousands of ...
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INSERTING and REPLACING Plexxikon Reports Positive Data from Phase 3 and Phase ...
Gamut News
The most frequent Grade 3 adverse event observed in these studies was cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, a common skin cancer treated by local excision (minor surgery done in a physician's office), with continuation of treatment. ...
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Hawaii economy could use more legs to stand on
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
That was the drumbeat that sounded through all those programs on robotics and otherwise promoting math, science and technology studies in the public schools. But Lim was right to sound the alarm a bit, lest anyone continue to lean too heavily on ...
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser

ACROSS OUR CLASSROOMS
SalemNews.net
AKRON-Cara Houck of Akron, a 2008 United Local graduate, graduated from the University of Akron on May 7 with an associate's degree of applied science in medical assisting technology. Houck was also named to the dean's list for the spring semester. ...
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Research Symposium "Sustainable Urbanisation Patterns in Oman" at GUtech
Zawya (subscription) (press release)
"Science, technology and innovation cannot evolve in separation of the rest of the society. They are one of the most interrelated, interactive and collaborative fields of human activity. The topic of the symposium explains and raises questions of how ...
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A win-win solution
Malaysia Star
In addition to his announcement on the 86, Nazri said twinning degrees – where students start their degrees at a local institution before completing their studies at a foreign partner university – would also be included. Top students from SM Sains ...
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Malaysia Star

Meet area's valedictorians for 2011
Morning Sentinel
He'll take both his math and computer science skills to the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyin Cambridge, Mass., next fall. In addition to playing guitar, captaining the cross-country and indoor and outdoor track teams, and taking six Colby ...
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Meet the academic elite of the graduating Highlanders
Livingston Daily
He is an AP Scholar with honors, an Eagle Scout and the recipient of the Kettering UniversityTechnology Award. His extracurricular activities include cross country, swimming and track. He hopes to attend the US Air Force Academy. ...
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La Jollan named dean of USD School of Law
La Jolla Light
Much of his practice has involved representing technology and life sciencecompanies. He is vice chairman of BIOCOM/San Diego, which represents more than 550 member companies, and from 2003 to 2011 served as the organization's vice president and ...
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La Jolla Light

Baptiste Lamarre : People : CBM : Biotechnology Research ...
Measurement Network · Science + Technology ... In 2010, he was appointed at NPL as a PrincipalResearch Scientist to lead a technical research area with a ...
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LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen News, Jun 06, 2011

Fighting chance
Fundweb
The world was taken by surprise when pro-democracy protests started in
Tunisia and even more astonished when they spread to Bahrain, Egypt, Libya,
Syria, Yemen and beyond. Many experts had long concluded that
authoritarianism was too embedded in the ...
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Woe unto Africa as colonialism is reborn!
Daily Monitor
Tunisia's Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak are now history while Libya's
Muammar Gaddafi, Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh and Bahrain's King Hamad and
his Premier Sheikh Khalifa al-Khalifa are struggling to remain in power.
Elsewhere, leaders in Jordan, ...
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PETER MCKAY: Just William's a fool to trust this cosy club on despots
Daily Mail
Since their main outside ally, the United States, abandoned the dictators
of Egypt and Yemen, Gulf council members have agreed to support each other
in the face of popular uprisings. Saudi Arabia sent troops to quash the
uprising in Bahrain. ...
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Egypt: The Revolution Blows Up
Newsweek
A wave of protest swept through Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, and Syria.
Rebellion turned into full-blown civil war in Libya. The same seems close
to happening in Yemen. Western journalists flocked to Cairo's Tahrir Square
and wrote euphoric articles ...
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Embattled Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh urged to make exit deal
The Guardian
If Saleh is finished, he will come to be seen as the latest scalp of the
"Arab spring" – which since January has seen the overthrow of the
presidents of Tunisia and Egypt, repression in Bahrain and anti-regime
unrest in Libya and Syria. ...
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Arabs see Yemen as turning point for uprisings | News by Country ...
He vowed not to leave Egypt and now faces graft and murder charges.
Protests have spread, notably to Yemen, Syria, Libya and Bahrain, where
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EUROZONE Debt Crisis News, Jun 06, 2011

Forex - NZD/USD weekly outlook: June 6-10
Stock Markets Review
... and as concerns over the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis eased. ... which gives insights into the data policymakers looked at when making their ...

Why a Greek Default Could be Worse Than the Lehman Collapse - Money Morning

BY MARTIN HUTCHINSON, Contributing Editor, Money Morning
The 2008 collapse of Lehman Bros Holdings Inc. (PINK: LEHMQ) ignited a financial meltdown that resulted in widespread bank failures and caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to lose 18% of its value in just one week.

Yet a Greek default - which (even with a bailout) becomes increasingly likely with each passing day - would actually be much, much worse in many respects.

Sure, it's possible that European Union (EU) taxpayers will soon be dragooned into yet another rescue plan. But that would only delay the inevitable - a catastrophic collapse that will drudge up feelings of panic we haven't witnessed since the global financial crisis hit its apex nearly three years ago.

Here's why."

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