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  The Generation X Report: How Many Gen Xers Know Their Cosmic Address?

  October 23, 2012 — Less than half of Generation X adults can identify our home in the universe, a spiral galaxy, according to a new ... > full story
• Space Policy
  NASA
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  NASA Must Reinvest in Nanotechnology Research, According to New Paper

  October 16, 2012 — The United States may lose its leadership role in space to other countries unless it makes research and development funding and processes a renewed and urgent priority, according to a new ... > full story
• Space Probes
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  Felix Baumgartner Successfully Lands After Highest Freefall from Edge of Space

  October 14, 2012 — After flying to an altitude of 39 kilometers (24 miles) in a helium-filled balloon, Felix Baumgartner completed Sunday morning a record breaking jump for the ages from the edge of space, exactly 65 ... > full story
• NASA
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  NASA's Curiosity Rover Checks in on Mars Using Foursquare

  October 4, 2012 — NASA's Curiosity Mars rover checked in on Mars Wednesday using the mobile application Foursquare. This marks the first check-in on another planet. Users on Foursquare can keep up with Curiosity as ... > full story
• Educational Policy
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  Science Fiction Is Not Put to Good Use in Teaching, Spanish Study Finds

  October 4, 2012 — A new study from Spain finds that science fiction, especially the cinema, is very popular among secondary school students and teachers see it as a good way of motivating interest in the sciences. ... > full story
• Computer Science
  Computer Programming
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  Computers Get a Better Way to Detect Threats

  September 20, 2012 — Computer scientists have developed a technique to automatically allow one computer in a virtual network to monitor another for intrusions, viruses or other kinds of ... > full story
• Weapons Technology
  Energy Policy
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  Report Recommends Cost-Effective Plan to Strengthen U.S. Defense Against Ballistic Missile Attacks

  September 11, 2012 — To more effectively defend against ballistic missile attacks, the United States should concentrate on defense systems that intercept enemy missiles in midcourse, a new report ... > full story
• Environmental Policy
  Animals
  Endangered Animals
  Cats
  Nature
  Sustainability
   
  

  Tigers Take the Night Shift to Coexist With People

  September 3, 2012 — Tigers don't have a reputation for being accommodating, but a new study indicates that the feared and revered carnivores in and around a park in Nepal are taking the night shift to better coexist ... > full story
• Moon
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  Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012: U.S. Astronaut Was First Man to Walk on the Moon

  August 25, 2012 — Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, has died, following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82. Armstrong's words "That is ... > full story
• Political Science
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  Berlin Beats London and Washington in League Table of World's Best Democratic Space, Experts Say

  August 8, 2012 — New research suggests that Berlin has the best democratic space in the world, topping a list that includes London, Washington and ... > full story

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