'Battlestar Galactica' Set To Blast Into Final Season

Like many other nerds who love their Battlestar, I can't frakkin' wait for April 4th..""Battlestar Galactica" begins its final season with the Cylons, rapidly evolving robots created by man, hot on the heels of...

Nanaimo 'Capital of Google Earth,' says Time Magazine

The unlikely Google hotspot of Nanaimo, BC, a 78,000-person city about an hour north of Victoria, has made waves by pioneering new features of Google Earth, and Time Magazine recently took note.  Check out...

Lunar eclipse may shed light on climate change

The lunar eclipse that darkened our skies last month revealed to scientists that the Earth's atmosphere contains little light blocking volcanic dust. "Some researchers say the low volcanic dust levels in the...

$60M to shoot a satellite?

A missile fired from a Navy warship on Wednesday night shot down a U.S. spy satellite that had been malfunctioning 130 miles above the Earth. The price tag for the endeavor has been pegged at upward of $30 million and even as high as $60 million, depending on the news report....

Why is it so expensive to shoot down a satellite?

That is one pricey missile. And that can't be no ordinary spy satellite if it's worth a $30 million expense to take it out of commission."A missile fired from a Navy warship on Wednesday night shot down a U.S. spy...

Man-made changes bring about new epoch in Earth's history

Geologists from the University of Leicester propose that humankind has so altered the Earth that it has brought about an end to one epoch of Earth’s history and marked the start of a new epoch. an Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams at the University of Leicester and their...

Milky Way could hold hundred of rogue black holes: study

"The astronomers believe these "intermediate mass" black holes are invisible except in rare circumstances and have been spawned by mergers of black holes within globular clusters -- swarms of stars held together by their mutual gravity.These black holes are unlikely to pose a...

UN Conference finally adopt Bali Roadmap

""Bali Roadmap is a concensus reached by the UNFCCC for all countries to carry out their respective commitments to safeguard the earth," COP-13 Chairman Rachmat Witoelar said Saturday night.The adoption of the Bali Roadmap came after marathon negotiations overnight which...

Japan`s defence minister braces for aliens

""There are no grounds for us to deny that there are unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and some life-form that controls them," Ishiba was quoted by AFP as telling reporters, saying it was his personal view and not that of the defence ministry.Ishiba, nicknamed a "security...

Earth and Moon born 62 million years after Solar System

Paris (ANTARA News) - Earth and the Moon were created around 62 million years after the Solar System began to form 4.567 billion years ago, according to a paper released on Wednesday by the British journal Nature. The assessment, which gives 62 million years as the best...

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RI wants binding agreement as NGOs doubt commitment to saving forests

"The US-based Tropical Forest Group (TFG) meanwhile expressed doubt about the commitment of many countries to saving tropical forests, given their lackluster performance in conserving the environment since the Rio Earth Summit 25 years ago."We are still wondering about their...

President not used to issuing informal memos bypassing bureuacracy

"In the dialog, Mohamad Vijay, the youngest participant of the campaign, said he was delighted to be able to participate in the campaign as he had managed to cycle 1,447 kilometers from Jakarta to Bali. "Why were...

President launches nation-wide simultaneous tree planting drive

""It`s not planting trees as just a show , to get a picture printed in the papers, nor because Indonesia is to host the United Nations climate change conference in Denpasar but because we don`t want to experience...

Earthquakes hits two provinces in wee hours of Monday

"A strong earthquake hit Bima and Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province, early Monday, killing at least three persons, injuring tens of residents, and destroying hundreds of houses.The earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale was felt by the Dompu residents at between...

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