2 win Nobel for picture of backfire from Big Bang

"Two physicists who obtained a satellite picture of the infant universe a mere 389,000 years after its explosive birth 13 billion years ago--a feat most scientists thought would never be achieved--have been awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics. Many consider their...

9 Minute Nobel Prize

"A standing ovation and a Nobel prize not bad for nine minutes of work. Big Bang pair claims Nobel physics prize "

"Dark matter" is real: scientists (Reuters)

" BOSTON (Reuters) - A team of U.S. scientists has found the first direct evidence of the existence of "dark matter," a little-understood substance with a huge influence on gravity, the team's leader said on Tuesday. Scientists still do not know what exactly dark matter is,...

UBC team homes in on when first stars formed - Montreal Gazette (subscription)

" Event occurred roughly 12 billion years ago, or just 1.5 billion years after universe began Another mystery of the universe is close to being solved, thanks to a team of astrophysicists led by a University of British Columbia astronomer. Registered 7-day subscribers of The...

Universe Might be Bigger and Older than Expected (SPACE.com / LiveScienc...

" Ker Than Staff Writer SPACE.com Mon Aug 7, 9:45 AM ET A project aiming to create an easier way to measure cosmic distances has instead turned up surprising evidence that our large and ancient universe might be even bigger and older than previously thought. If accurate, the...

Stephen Hawking's answer to the question of human survival: Er, I don't know

"It was an unusual move for one of the world's most eminent scientists. Having built a career shedding light on the darkest secrets of the universe, from the essence of space-time to the complexity of black holes,...

Miss Universe explains fainting spell (AP)

" By E.J. TAMARA, Associated Press Writer Thu Jul 27, 5:05 PM ET LOS ANGELES - Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza is back on her feet after being crowned Miss Universe " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Miss Universe 2006 and fainting under hot lights and the weight of a...

Ms. Universe - She came, she smiled, she fainted

"But Puerto Rico is ‘Latin’ enough to satisfy the Hispanic and South American audience as well. Two birds killed with one stone! It’s no coincidence that Miss Japan won 1st runner up and Miss Switzerland...

Miss Universe contestant faces indecency charges

Miss Indonesia may face indecency charges, after a hardline Muslim group complained to police about her appearance onstage in a bikini. The accusations round off a dramatic ending to the pageant. Miss Puerto Rico...

Miss Puerto Rico crowned Miss Universe, collapses

"Forty minutes into her reign as Miss Universe Miss Universe , Miss Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza collapsed during a post-pageant news conference and was rushed offstage on Sunday night. Pageant officials...

Miss Puerto Rico crowned Miss Universe (AP)

" LOS ANGELES - An 18-year-old from Puerto Rico who hopes to someday star in U.S. and Latin American films was crowned Sunday night as Miss Universe " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Miss Universe 2006. Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza shared a nervous emotional hug...

Women of 86 nations vie for Miss Universe (AP)

" LOS ANGELES - Women from 86 countries prepared to sashay in bikinis and evening gowns Sunday — and perhaps talk a little about world peace — for the final competition in the Miss Universe " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Miss Universe pageant,...

Is God A Cosmonaut

"Before there was intelligent design there was the cosmology that the universe is alive, and that it is a holographic memory of itself, therefore the origin of the original I think, therefore I am paradigm."

Top Secret Spy Technology Now Available for Everybody

Technical Remote Viewing is a highly structured and standardized technique that allows you to consistently obtain accurate information, on demand, using a rigorously applied set of protocols.It is a trained ability to acquire accurate direct knowledge of things and events -...

the stars most likely to harbour intelligent life

An astronomer has drawn up a shortlist.

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