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The twin punch of a meteor raining destruction on remote Russia and an asteroid hurtling past Earth prompted calls from scientists and political leaders for greater vigilance to combat risks from the...
Updated : 2013.02.17 20:34
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Stress experienced by pregnant women in violent situations can be passed down generations and negatively affect their grandchildren’s health, a recent study suggested. According to a report present...
Updated : 2013.02.14 18:14
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(123rf) Women with high levels of calcium are at twice the risk of dying from heart disease than those with normal levels, a recent study has found. A research team at Uppsala University studied th...
Updated : 2013.02.14 15:15
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PARIS (AFP) ― Scientists on Monday said that for the first time they had printed 3D objects using human embryonic stem cells, furthering the quest to fabricate transplantable organs. Once fine-tuned...
Updated : 2013.02.07 21:14
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President-elect Park Geun-hye is under growing pressure to revise her nuclear energy governance plan widely criticized as weakening safety regulations and research capabilities. Part of a sweeping g...
Updated : 2013.02.07 21:14
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An artist`s conception of the new planet and its red dwarf star. (NASA/UPI) Six percent of red dwarf stars, the most common stars in our galaxy, have habitable planets, meaning an Earth-like planet ...
Updated : 2013.02.07 10:02
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This image is not directly related to the article. (123rf) Unless baby boomers take immediate action they may spend their last years in sickness, disability and immobility, Canadian researchers warn...
Updated : 2013.02.05 15:57
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An asteroid. (UPI) A small asteroid approaching Earth will pass by so near it will come closer than the orbits of many weather and communications satellites, NASA says. Although the near-Earth aste...
Updated : 2013.02.05 14:08
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Iran's announcement that it had successfully sent a monkey into space stirred questions on the Internet on Saturday, with people pointing to differences between official images of the primate before ...
Updated : 2013.02.03 16:20
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Korea’s newest scientific satellite made initial communication with a ground station in Daejeon early Thursday, finally confirming the success of the nation’s first successful launch of a space roc...
Updated : 2013.01.31 20:36
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The U.S. government made clear Thursday that it makes no sense to compare the rocket launches of the two Koreas. "You know our view that there is no basis for comparing the behavior of the ROK in sp...
Updated : 2013.01.31 09:11
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South Korea's new science satellite successfully made contact with a ground station here Thursday, marking a complete success in the country's launch of its first-ever space rocket on the previous da...
Updated : 2013.01.31 09:10
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The Korea Aerospace Research Institute announced that it has made contact with the country’s new scientific satellite, completing a mission to send a satellite into orbit for the first time from its...
Updated : 2013.01.30 20:49
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Korea plans to develop a three-stage indigenous space rocket, the KSLV-2, by 2020. Before that, it aims to develop a 75-ton thrust engine by 2018. Kim Seung-jo, president of the Korea Aerospace Rese...
Updated : 2013.01.30 20:47
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With the successful launch of the Naro rocket on Wednesday, Korea made a major stride in its decade-old bid to gain entry into the elite club of players in space technology and the lucrative space se...
Updated : 2013.01.30 20:46
