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Concerns increase over orbital debris - the Chinese offer to sweep up space junk

July 4th, 2008

 

If someone were to ask you which planets in our solar system contain rings, presumably you would immediately think of the famous rings of Saturn. In fact, the other three gas giants: Jupiter; Uranus; and Neptune, all possess ring systems of their own, despite being thin and dark. Over the last half-century, another planet has developed a ring, and it is purely man-made. The image below shows the extent of all the nuts, bolts, solar cells, abandoned satellites, nuclear reactor cores, spent rocket stages, solid fuel fragments, and jettisoned spacecraft parts, that still orbit Earth.

 

                              

 

crazy, ain’t it? Not content with littering the planet in which they dwell, the human race turns to space as their own personal ashtray.

 

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Weird Science: Pig’s bladder contains miracle secret

July 2nd, 2008

 

[WARNING: This footage contains scenes that may disturb some viewers]

 

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You may have already heard the furore surrounding Lee Spievak’s 3-year old fingertip. After all, Spievak, a 69-year old hobby-shop owner never had a surgeon operate on his digit. How then can he have a fingertip that is 66 years his junior?! 

 

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North Pole predicted to melt for first time this summer

June 30th, 2008

 

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The effects of Arctic warming may be so severe that the North Pole may melt for the first time in recorded history, this summer, before refreezing later in the year. Prior reports forecasted a completely ice-free summer in the Arctic between 2013 and 2030, but this summer’s prediction serves as an omen to accelerated, and perhaps human-influenced, climate change.

 

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