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International Crews for ShenzhouSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 18, 2010 The recent visit of NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to China has generated a high level of attention and controversy. Relations between the USA and China are not exactly cordial at the moment, for a variety of reasons. The problems are so acute that high-placed voices in the USA have questioned if Bolden should even visit China at all, let alone try to forge any links. Let's put aside a deep analysis of the problems and the animosity, and focus on one issue that seems to be getting lost in the h ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) Oct 13, 2010Carbon pollution and over-use of Earth's natural resources have become so critical that, on current trends, we will need a second planet to meet our needs by 2030, WWF said on Wednesday. In 2007, Earth's 6.8 billion humans were living 50 percent beyond the planet's threshold of sustainability, according to its report, issued ahead of a UN biodiversity conference. "Even with modest UN pro ... more  
The Hague (AFP) Oct 14, 2010Restored Qing Dynasty musical clocks designed to delight emperors in the Forbidden City and never seen outside China will go on display from Saturday at Utrecht's Speelklok museum. The clocks stored in the Forbidden City's Palace Museum were silent for decades until a team from the Utrecht museum began working with Chinese experts to restore them three years ago. "This exhibition is the ... more  
Ljubljana, Slovenia (UPI) Oct 14, 2010 Volunteers in Slovenia are allowing themselves to be repeatedly punched - by a robot - in an effort to assess human-robot pain thresholds, a researcher says. The late science fiction author Isaac Asimov's famous First Law of Robotics - "A robot may not injure a human being" - appears to be taking a hammering, but the scientist behind it says it's all in a good cause, NewScientist.co ... more |
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Sciencespace Hotel Project To Be Launched After Contract Is Signed - EnergiaMoscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 13, 2010 The implementation of the project to build the first space hotel will only start after a contract between Russian state-owned rocket and space corporation Energia and Moscow-based company Orbital Technologies is signed, the Energia head said. Orbital Technologies on Wednesday announced sky-high plans to launch an orbiting hotel in space by 2015-2016. "As of now, the company only has an agreement of intent. When we have a firm contract, there will be the terms and engineering design," Vitaly ... read more |
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