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Circus tycoon settles in spaceCanadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte has arrived at the International
space station and is preparing for his webcast to 14 cities.
iol.co.za Monday, October 05, 2009Biotech's Plans to Sustain Agriculture (preview)If environmental and economic sustainability is ultimately a matter of balancing the human race’s consumption and productivity, then the agricultural industry leans heavily on both sides of that scale. Its drain on the earth’s resources is enormous: it claims 70 percent of all freshwater taken by our species and more than 40 percent of the planet’s solid surface (nearly all the arable land), with attendant casualties in biodiversity. Yet modern agriculture is also the only reason we can produce enough food to nourish our population of 6.8 billion--a number slated to reach more than nine billion by midcentury. Keeping up with that steeply rising demand thus defines the challenge of sustainability not only for agriculture but for humanity. Agriculture depends on many technologies, but biotechnology might be the most influential among them. To find out how the industry perceives its prospects for raising both global crop productivity and sustainability,
Scientific American Monday, October 05, 2009Our Changing View of the MoonFrom mythology to dynamic world with water, our view of the moon through the ages.
SPACE.com Monday, October 05, 2009The GalileoMobile starts its South American voyage(ESO) Today marks the beginning of the GalileoMobile Project, a two-month expedition to bring the wonder and excitement of astronomy to young people in Chile, Bolivia and Peru. Supported by ESO and partners, a group of astronomers and educators will travel through a region of the Andes Mountains aboard the GalileoMobile, offering astronomical activities, such as workshops for students and star parties for the general public.
Eurekalert.org Monday, October 05, 2009Video Show - Getting Back to Luna: Why the Moon?Why go back to the moon? Who's going, how will they get there, and what will they do when they arrive?
SPACE.com Monday, October 05, 2009(Un)inflated Expectations: Airless Lunar Wheel Concept Gets a Workout on Moon Rover Prototypes [Slide Show]A flat tire is nuisance enough for the lucky motorist that has a spare, a jack, and a safe place to pull over. For an astronaut in a bulky spacesuit, exposed to the harsh lunar environment, it could be a mission wrecker--or worse. [More]
Scientific American Monday, October 05, 2009Virtual world disputes heading for real courtroomsWith eye-popping sums at stake in the virtual economy, intellectual property disputes are being fought in the real world
Newscientist.com Monday, October 05, 2009LCROSS Viewer's GuideOn Friday morning, Oct. 9th, you can watch a pair of spacecraft crash into the Moon with your own eyes. The purposeful impacts are the climax of NASA's LCROSS mission to unearth signs of water in lunar soil. Today's story tells how and where to look.
NASA Monday, October 05, 2009A sudden Tropical Storm Grace explodes in far Eastern Atlantic(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The latest tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean may have escaped the notice of most when it formed just before midnight last night so far north and east in the Atlantic, away from where forecasters usually look for forming storms. However, NASA's Aqua satellite and forecasters in the Azores Islands, Portugal and Ireland are watching it closely.
Eurekalert.org Monday, October 05, 2009NASA's Aqua Satellite sees Tropical Storm Parma lingering in the Luzon Strait(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Two instruments on NASA's Aqua satellite captured views of Tropical Storm Parma early today, Oct. 5, while it was almost stationary in the Luzon Strait and it appears that it will sit there for several days.
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