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International Space Station 5 - NASA High Res Images (4 Galleries)

International Space Station Part 17
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UNIVERSE - Destination Innovation (Episode 1 - Kepler) (Video)

World’s Most Impressive Pyramid-Shaped Structures

The Egyptian pyramids of the Giza Necropolis, as seen from the air
Perhaps the world’s most popular pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Giza, a pyramid built in the ancient time as burial place for King Khufu.
It is one of the grandest structures of ancient period and was regarded as one of the “Seven Wonders of the World”. As a matter of fact, it is the only surviving wonder of the ancient world.

A pyramid (from Greek: "πυραμίς" – pyramis^]) is a structure whose outer surfaces are roughly triangular and converge to a single point at the top. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least three triangular surfaces (at least four faces including the base). The square pyramid, with square base and four triangular outer surfaces, is a common version.

Welcome to Wikinews - Latest news 1/2012

Latest news

• Elizabeth II annuls Fred Goodwin knighthood
• Queensland state election shorts: January 30, 2012
• British courts give green light for assisted dying case
• New York police confirm cocaine shipment seizure at UN Headquarters

• Herman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich for US president
• Twitter to allow censorship of posts on a country by country basis
• Wikinews Shorts: January 28, 2012
• Five arrested over police payments at News International
• Report indicates Texas state parks still suffering following worst drought on record
• Wikinews Shorts: January 27, 2012

• 'Davos man' versus 'Camp Igloo'; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps
• Wikinews Shorts: January 26, 2012
• Queensland state Premier announces March 24 election date

• One year on: Egyptians mark anniversary of protests that toppled Mubarak
• Geoffrey Rush named 2012 Australian of the Year
• Self-immolating law grad dies in Morocco

• Wikinews Shorts: January 24, 2012
• Russia leases submarine K-152 Nerpa to India for ten years
• Wikinews Shorts: January 23, 2012
• China to run low-cost maglevs by next year

• Indian MP demands arrest of writers reading banned novel at literature festival
• U.S. presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina primary
• Penn State student blog inaccurately reports death of Joe Paterno
• US singer Etta James dies aged 73
• First Czech Winter Olympics champion Jiří Raška dies at age 70
• Gujarat high court refutes Modi's objection to Lokyukta's appointment
• U.S. Congressman Jason Altmire comes out against SOPA
• Wikinews Shorts: January 20, 2012
• Rick Perry withdraws from U.S. presidential race, endorses Gingrich
• US government, music industry websites taken offline in web attack
• Salman Rushdie may not attend literature festival in India following widespread protests
• Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi to contest in by-election
• Meteorites in Morocco found to be from Mars
• Wikinews interviews Sue Gardner on Wikipedia blackout
• India and China to develop friendly relations
• Online retailer Zappos.com hit by hackers
• Wikipedia, Reddit in 'blackout' against SOPA, PROTECT IP laws
• Woman gives birth on New Jersey PATH train
• Jon Huntsman ends U.S. presidential campaign, endorses Mitt Romney

Yahoo - Latest Science News Galleries 1/2012

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  World's largest emerald garners no

  Baboons wreak havoc on travelers

  Zoo fits elephant with contact lens

  Pythons wiping out Everglades mammals

  National Geographic's top photos of the week

  Wildlife photos of the week

  New species discovered in jungle

  Teen scientist doesn't make Intel finals

  Poachers threaten wild Venus flytra

  Spectacular Northern Lights

  

  Pilot whales stranded on NZ beac
  Sumatran elephants face extinction
  Spectacular Northern Lights
  Scientist claims signs of life on Venus
  British skier sets record for solo Antarctic trek
  Mysterious ancient 'winged' structure discovered
  WWF "Life Grows On" photo competition
  Stingray pups born at Bristol Zoo
  'Extinct' monkey found in Indonesia
  London 2012 unveils anti-doping lab
  Satellite view of Italy shipwreck
  Baby penguins welcomed at Sydney Aquarium
  Giant pandas find new home in France
  U.S. bans import of Burmese pythons
  Dolphins mysteriously stranded on Cape Cod
  Scientists find 'lost' Darwin fossils
  India's polio breakthrough
  Homeless teen up for science prize to get house
  World's tiniest vertebrate

The Mysterious Origins of Man - George Saunders

I have always been fascinated by fringe science. Speculation regarding the mysterious origins of man, the meaning of life, and man's place in the universal scheme is doubly fascinating. I went so far as to attend a Baptist seminary in the mid-Sixties seeking answers to the great questions. The realities proposed by religions, science, and personal experience are analogous to the "Four Blind Men and the Elephant" story below. Each group has found evidence to prove their world view.

One day four blind men encountered an elephant for the first time. They approached it cautiously, but with great curiosity. The first one grabbed hold of the trunk and declared "Aha! An elephant is just like a snake!" The second found an ear and replied "No, an elephant is exactly like a tent." The third bumped into a leg and decided the elephant was just like a tree, and the fourth caught the tail and maintained that the elephant was just like a rope. They all went home arguing, each steadfastly insisting that he was right and the other three were wrong. See also: The Blind Men and the Elephant by John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)

New Discoveries at Nazca Lines in Peru

  New Giant Figure Discovered
A new giant picture on the Nazca Plateau in Peru, which is famous for giant patterns that can be seen from the air, has been discovered by a team of Japanese researchers.
The image is 210 feet long, and appears to be an animal with horns, somewhat resembling (of all things) a lobster. It is thought to have been drawn as a symbol of hopes for good crops, but there are no similar patterns elsewhere, and the type of the animal remains unclear. The discovery marks the first time since the 1980s that a picture other than a geometrical pattern has been found on the Nazca Plateau.
The picture was found by a team of researchers including Masato Sakai, an associate professor at Yamagata University, after they analyzed images from a U.S. commercial satellite. They confirmed it was a previously undiscovered picture in a local survey in March this year. It is located at the south of the Nazca Plateau, and apparently went undiscovered since few tourist planes pass over the area.

Top 10 Soviet and Russian Space Missions

Credit: SPACE.com
 Russia, formerly the Soviet Union, has long been at the forefront of the space frontier, beginning 50 years ago with the historic Oct. 4, 1957 launch of Sputnik - the world's first artificial satellite. Here is a rundown of the ten top Russian space missions from the drawing board to realization.

Nazca lines - The Skeptic's Dictionary

The Nazca lines are geoglyphs and geometric line clearings in the Peruvian desert. They were made by the Nazca people, who flourished between 200 BCE and 600 CE along rivers and streams that flow from the Andes. The desert itself runs for over 1,400 miles along the Pacific Ocean. The area of the Nazca art is called the Pampa Colorada (Red Plain). It is 15 miles wide and runs some 37 miles parallel to the Andes and the sea. Dark red surface stones and soil have been cleared away, exposing the lighter-colored subsoil, creating the "lines". There is no sand in this desert. From the air, the "lines" include not only lines and geometric shapes, but also depictions of animals and plants in stylized forms. Some of the forms, including images of humans, grace the steep hillsides at the edge of the desert.

NASA’s New Satellite Captures Amazing Hi-Res Image of Earth

You’ve seen Earth, but you’ve never seen it like this.

Suomi NPP, NASA’s newest Earth-watching satellite, has taken a high resolution image of Earth, one of the most beautiful such images ever created. It’s available in 8000×8000 pixel resolution, and it takes a while to download, but it’s definitely worth it.

How the Great Pyramids of Egypt were built ?

by Bob Brier
Hidden ramps may solve the mystery of the Great Pyramid's construction.
Of the seven wonders of the ancient world, only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains. An estimated 2 million stone blocks weighing an average of 2.5 tons went into its construction. When completed, the 481-foot-tall pyramid was the world's tallest structure, a record it held for more than 3,800 years, when England's Lincoln Cathedral surpassed it by a mere 44 feet.
We know who built the Great Pyramid: the pharaoh Khufu, who ruled Egypt about 2547-2524 B.C. And we know who supervised its construction: Khufu's brother, Hemienu. The pharaoh's right-hand man, Hemienu was "overseer of all construction projects of the king" and his tomb is one of the largest in a cemetery adjacent to the pyramid.

When the Smithsonian discovered an ancient Egyptian colony in the Grand Canyon

Did Egyptians cross the Pacific Ocean and wander the American Southwest thousands of years ago? In the early 20th century, claims of such a discovery were made by two Smithsonian-funded archaeologists, who spoke of a thriving civilization tucked within a series of caverns carved into the side of a remote portion of the Grand Canyon. What did the archaeologists find? What evidence did they bring back? Hell, did these men even exist?
A parallel North American civilization?
A story on the front page of the April 5, 1909 edition of the Arizona Gazette recounted the discovery of a series of bizarre caves and artifacts in the Marble Canyon region of the Grand Canyon. The report claimed two Smithsonian-funded archaeologists, Prof. S. A. Jordan and G.E. Kinkaid, are responsible for the find. As the article noted:

Delta II Launches GRAIL Spacecraft (Video)

Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View of Comet (Video)

Rover's Eye View of Three-Year Trek on Mars (Video)

The International Space Station video update for Jan. 30, 2012 (Video)

International Space Station 4 - NASA High Res Images (4 Galleries)

International Space Station Part 13

International Space Station 3 - NASA High Res Images (4 Galleries)

International Space Station Part 09

International Space Station 2 - NASA High Res Images (4 Galleries)

International Space Station Part 05

International Space Station 1 - NASA High Res Images (4 Galleries)

International Space Station Part 01 The following images are a collection of the best shuttle mission imagery that point out significant changes in the configuration of the station. This collection may not contain images from every shuttle mission. To view archived shuttle mission images, click here.

Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days (23/1/2012 - 30/1/2012)

Latest Earthquakes Magnitude 2.5 or Greater in the United States and Adjacent Areas and Magnitude 4.5 or Greater in the Rest of the World - Last 7 days

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This list contains all earthquakes with magnitude greater than 2.5 located by the USGS and contributing networks in the last week (168 hours). Magnitudes 4.5 and above are in bold font. Magnitudes 6 and above are in red. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the maps.)
The most recent earthquakes are at the top of the list. Times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Click on the word "map" to see a ten-degree tall map displaying the earthquake. Click on an event's "DATE" to get a detailed report.
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Update time = Mon Jan 30 19:21:50 UTC 2012

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	2.5	2012/01/30 17:02:23	36.020	-117.820	2.7	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP	2.7	2012/01/30 14:58:47	62.215	-145.763	1.3	CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP	2.6	2012/01/30 14:57:48	44.231	-114.137	15.4	SOUTHERN IDAHO
MAP	5.2	2012/01/30 13:20:35	2.030	96.611	38.7	SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
MAP	4.3	2012/01/30 12:33:17	15.867	-93.715	138.0	OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
MAP	3.3	2012/01/30 10:42:01	59.855	-152.955	20.7	SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP	3.5	2012/01/30 10:34:20	19.061	-64.239	55.3	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.5	2012/01/30 09:13:03	59.911	-152.185	123.4	SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP	2.9	2012/01/30 08:10:46	61.764	-150.318	5.6	SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP	2.9	2012/01/30 08:09:42	60.348	-152.411	107.8	SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP	6.3	2012/01/30 05:11:01	-14.179	-75.644	39.2	NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
MAP	3.2	2012/01/30 03:57:18	38.819	-122.799	3.4	NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.1	2012/01/30 03:56:17	38.825	-122.799	3.8	NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	4.6	2012/01/30 02:18:15	-22.844	-66.229	245.1	JUJUY, ARGENTINA
MAP	2.5	2012/01/30 00:03:36	18.188	-67.370	17.0	MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO

Martian Landscapes - Science Humor !!

Intriguing scratches on the rocks in this hi-resolution NASA image. Is that another face on Mars to the right of the big rock?
 

The History of the Universe in 200 words - Eric Schulman

by Eric Schulman National Radio Astronomy Observatory Charlottesville, Virginia

Quantum fluctuation. Inflation. Expansion. Strong nuclear interaction. Particle-antiparticle annihilation. Deuterium and helium production. Density perturbations. Recombination. Blackbody radiation. Local contraction. Cluster formation. Reionization? Violent relaxation. Virialization. Biased galaxy formation? Turbulent fragmentation. Contraction. Ionization. Compression. Opaque hydrogen. Massive star formation. Deuterium ignition. Hydrogen fusion. Hydrogen depletion. Core contraction. Envelope expansion. Helium fusion. Carbon, oxygen, and silicon fusion. Iron production. Implosion. Supernova explosion. Metals injection. Star formation. Supernova explosions. Star formation. Condensation. Planetesimal accretion. Planetary differentiation. Crust solidification. Volatile gas expulsion. Water condensation. Water dissociation. Ozone production. Ultraviolet absorption. Photosynthetic unicellular organisms. Oxidation. Mutation. Natural selection and evolution. Respiration. Cell differentiation. Sexual reproduction. Fossilization. Land exploration. Dinosaur extinction. Mammal expansion. Glaciation. Homo sapiens manifestation. Animal domestication. Food surplus production. Civilization! Innovation. Exploration. Religion. Warring nations. Empire creation and destruction. Exploration. Colonization. Taxation without representation. Revolution. Constitution. Election. Expansion. Industrialization. Rebellion. Emancipation Proclamation. Invention. Mass production. Urbanization. Immigration. World conflagration. League of Nations. Suffrage extension. Depression. World conflagration. Fission explosions. United Nations. Space exploration. Assassinations. Lunar excursions. Resignation. Computerization. World Trade Organization. Terrorism. Internet expansion. Reunification. Dissolution. World-Wide Web creation. Composition. Extrapolation? Who is Eric Schulman : Press Here

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Earthquakes: the 10 biggest in history

Here are the 10 biggest earthquakes detected since records began. 

Most of the largest known earthquakes have been centred around the Pacific's Ring of Fire (Credit: WIkimedia/Gringer).

THE EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK off the Pacific coast of Japan on Friday 11 March, was reported by the USGS (US Geological Survey) to be magnitude 8.9, but the Japan Meteorological Agency on Monday upgraded it to magnitude 9.0, making it perhaps the fourth largest earthquake since records began.

"This data is computed from seismometers located across the world," says Professor Mike Sandiford a geologist at Melbourne University. "So the magnitude cannot be accurately calculated immediately after the event; it takes a few days." It's possible that the magnitude of the quake will be upgraded even further, he says.