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Thursday, 07 December 2006 06:04

NASA clears space shuttle for launch

NASA has cleared space shuttle Discovery for launch on Thursday in the US, despite technical hitches and forecasts of bad weather.

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Thursday, 07 December 2006 03:28

Martian water signs give hope of life

By Stan Beer

Gullies thought to be only a few years old suggest that water may be flowing on Mars today, according to new scientific photographic evidence.

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Wednesday, 06 December 2006 08:39

NASA wants self-sustaining moon base by 2024

By Stan Beer

Could mankind establish a colony on the moon and then later on other planets? If US space agency NASA has anything to say about it, 18 years from now that's exactly what will happen.

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Tuesday, 05 December 2006 05:26

NASA to build permanent moon base

Almost 40 years after Armstrong's one small step, NASA has announced plans to build a permanent lunar base.

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Monday, 04 December 2006 21:30

Ancient Greek artefact considered early stargate

Metal scraps recovered from a Roman shipwreck a century ago are believed the remains of a 2000 year-old astronomical computer.

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Monday, 04 December 2006 05:00

Hawking's future is Serenity not Star Trek

By Stan Beer

Stephen Hawking, the genius who wrote a best seller that most readers couldn't understand, believes the human race is destined to colonize planets in other star systems. However, Hawking's vision sounds more like the cult space western series Firefly than Star Trek.

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Sunday, 03 December 2006 21:16

Stephen Hawking stars in 'œEscape from Planet Earth'

By Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Stephen Hawking says that humans should colonize space and other planets. Well, of course we should!

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Sunday, 03 December 2006 16:49

Now we know what makes little red apples

By Stan Beer

Imagine having a bright blue or purple apple for lunch. It may soon be a possibility. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) researchers have located the gene that controls the colour of apples - a discovery that may lead to bright new apple varieties.

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Monday, 27 November 2006 20:48

Chinese businessman to take off into space with Virgin

By Alex Zaharov-Reutt

With Virgin Galactic due to take off at the end of 2008, the rush in on to be amongst the first space tourists, with 65,000 around the world applying. A Chinese businessman has been selected, with a Chinese woman yet to be selected.

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Monday, 27 November 2006 03:29

Carbon dioxide emissions growth accelerating, reduction efforts fail

By Stan Beer

New research shows the rate of increase in carbon dioxide emissions has more than doubled since the 1990s and efforts to reduce emmissions have failed, with four years of unprecedented growth.

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