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Oleg Batishchev, a research scientist at MIT’s department of aeronautics and astronautics, has developed the Mini-Helicon Plasma Thruster, a compact, economical rocket for use on spacecraft.
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Amid the ongoing financial regulation overhaul, the banking industry is hoping to pull off a quiet power grab that has eluded its grasp since the Great Depression, by...
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The Anti-Defamation League is one of the most phony organizations in the world. Ostensibly committed to fighting bigotry, it has become a bigoted organization. Its sole...
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Yesterday I was driving to work when I heard about the standoff between three unidentified gunmen and the US army. This was happening not at some university, hospital,...
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Arlington Cemetery is the closest thing to holy ground in America. A national monument it is the nation’s most important military burial ground.
A new book - On...
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For the first time in a decade, the U.S. is reviewing the endangered status of the humpback whale, prompted by evidence that these acrobatic leviathans — once...
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One of the leaders of a polygamist sect was convicted Thursday night of sexually assaulting an under-age girl whom the church elders had assigned to him as one of his...
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Reporting from Washington - As President Obama struggles over a new military strategy for Afghanistan, his advisors are trying to satisfy sharply divergent demands:...
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Jennifer Smith, a Texas real estate agent, remembers when she considered her car an office, her cellphone a professional lifeline. If it rang, she picked it up. If she...
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Who is Nidal Malik Hasan?
What’s in a name? Very, very little—particularly when it comes to divining the motivations of the perpetrator of a violent crime. But that...
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No Zionist cause is too extreme and violent for mainstream support in America. Generic pro-Israel fundraisers are one thing, but support for illegal Israeli settlers on...
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President Barack Obama came to office with great enthusiasm to finally end the Israeli occupation of Palestine and bring about a two-state solution: Peace.
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She is known for her unconventional choices and now US first lady Michelle Obama is setting another precedent by the first presidential
wife to appear on a reality TV...
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A US army major has opened fire on fellow soldiers at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, with death toll now standing at 12, with 30 injured.
Base commander Lt Gen...
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Barack Obama and his Democratic Party were given clear warning yesterday that they face a potentially disastrous 2010 after big Republican victories on Tuesday...
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Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads – and President Barack Obama’s lack of engagement – for a bitter election...
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Something is not right here, means having sex with animals shows that that person is mentally sick or imbalanced. This south Carolina man sure is one of them. He loves...
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As though the world isn’t messed up enough with struggling world economies, violence everywhere, we also have Muslim extremism infecting the world with fear. ...
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Friends, blogging provides incentives. It’s a tree whose fruits are to be tasted. Let the time be ripened. There’s little chance of getting disheartened if we work...
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A convicted rapist living in an Ohio home where several bodies have been found has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder, US police say.
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The 2009 election has come and gone. Once again, the media and their political analysts have failed in their assessment of what would happen.
They are going to also...
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Reflections of endurance, time links to the past. The value of quality: workmanship versus modern technology.
Found in New Zealand the pocket watch with an...
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Hey all you ladies out there - if you have small boobs, I have some good news for you! The Discovery Channel has lent credibility to a ringtone that can enhance your...
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Four miles under the ocean’s surface off Brazil’s lush coast lie billions of barrels of recently discovered light crude — a treasure that could transform...
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Scientists have discovered mystery snippets of mammal DNA that have survived eons of evolution and yet have no apparent purpose. The finding reveals just how much we...
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Do you know what is the most important photo taken by mankind? If not, it is an image acquired by the Hubble Telescope in September 2003, which for 11 days was pointed...
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Cool collection of photos of the sky. Alan Dyer explores the sky from rural Alberta, Canada.
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Rumors were flying over the weekend that the White House was being briefed by NASA scientists about a “provocative” discovery that could indicate the potential for...
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The international team of researchers recently returned from two weeks in the Celebes, a little-explored sea between Malaysia and the Philippines that is home to one of...
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The history of scientific discovery is full of missteps. Sometimes iffy ideas lead to stronger theories. Other times, a good idea becomes a bad idea.
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A team of astronomers announced they have discovered the smallest and potentially most Earth-like extrasolar planet yet. Five times as massive as Earth, it orbits a...
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The remarkable sound of a Stradivarius violin has been revealed. Scientists used a medical scanner to discover that the violin has a unique sound due to the...
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They\’ve found water ice on Mars! If this is news to you then we\’re proud that the Daily Galaxy is the only science-feed you read, probably delivered on...
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What is your blood group? It’s the very first question you are confronted with when you are rushed into the hospital for an immediate blood transfusion.
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India has achieved another milestone in its space program. The 44.5 meter tall four-stage PSLV C7 has been successfully launched by ISRO from the Satish Dhawan Space...
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Discovery, the US space shuttle blasted off in space on a important International Space Station construction mission from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,...
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In this photo released Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, a newly-discovered Egyptian mummy in a sarcophagus is seen in a tomb at Saqqara, south of Cairo, in Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. Egyptian archaeologists say they have..
