Scientists design spacecraft to save Earth

" Heroic missions to stop life on Earth from being wiped out by an asteroid have become a favourite theme for Hollywood disaster films. Now, a team of British engineers have designed a real-life spacecraft...

Pilots feared UK-bound easyJet flight would be shot down!

" The pilots of a holiday jet which suffered a potentially catastrophic electrical fault refused to divert to a nearer landing spot because they feared they would be shot down by military craft. The easyJet Airbus...

Cheney: Obama policies risk catastrophic attacks

.Former vice president Cheney does not appear to support the new policies of the new president. Barack Obama. " Former vice president Dick Cheney has warned that President Barack Obama's anti-terror policies risk...

Girls' Most Dangerous Sport: Cheerleading

Sometimes I catch a glimpse of the national cheerleading contest on TSN (ESPN) and some of the stunts that they do are really impressive. Throwing people up in the air while they are flipping and spinning then...

Texas Governor's Mansion Burns; Arson Suspected

The Governor's Mansion in Texas has fallen victim to a suspected arsonist as it was getting renovated. Aside from serious external damage, some of the contents of the residence were burnt beyond...

A Storehouse of Greenhouse Gases Is Opening in Sibera

"In the permafrost bottom of the 200-meter-deep sea, enormous stores of gas hydrates lie dormant in mighty frozen layers of sediment. The carbon content of the ice-and-methane mixture here is estimated at 540 billion tons. "This submarine hydrate was considered stable until...

British Terrorists Planned Homicide Bomb Attacks on Seven Flights Over North ...

"LONDON —  A British terrorist cell planned to detonate homicide bombs on seven transatlantic flights over North America, causing catastrophic loss of life, a court was told yesterday. The...

First anniversary of Barbaro's death

"A year ago today, the world's horse lovers were mourning the loss of the mighty Barbaro after a nine-month battle to recover from a catastrophic leg fracture. The death of the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner was...

8,000-year-old take on Noah's Ark

First Nations had a similar legend about Lake Agassiz and the rising waters around central Canada, so similar to Greeks and Turks legends about the Black sea's earthen dam separating the mediterranean breaking way...

Expert warns of tsunami risk in Bay of Bengal

"HONG KONG - Powerful earthquakes could rock the Bay of Bengal, triggering tsunamis that would inundate Myanmar, Bangladesh and possibly India, an Australian geologist has warned."VIEW ANIMATED SEQUENCE 

How Many Scientists Say That Mankind Is Affecting Global Warming?

"But now a study of all research papers between 2004 and 2007 indicates only seven percent give an explicit endorsement of that so-called consensus. Forty-five percent give an implicit endorsement. But 48 percent...

New Zealand to lead UN call for nuclear weapons risk to be lowered

It is difficult to see how small nations such as New Zealand and Sweden can influence larger countries. The U.N. for instance has been sidelined by the US with regards to the war in Iraq. The U.N. is basically a...

Sarkozy cautions against attack on Iran

"By ANGELA DOLAND, Associated Press Writer Mon Aug 27, 3:18 PM ET PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Monday that it would be "catastrophic" to resort to military force in confronting Iran over its...

Dean 4 Dead In Mexico, Could Revive In Pacific

The total death toll from hurricane Dean has risen to 25, Dean might become a storm again over the Pacific  ocean." POZA RICA, Mexico - The remnants of Hurricane Dean dumped heavy rain across central...

In German crash test, China's Brilliance BS6 sedan fails miserably

"In German crash test, China's Brilliance BS6 sedan fails miserably Posted Jun 22nd 2007 9:01AM by Alex NunezBrilliance BS6 ADAC crash test  Click blue link for YouTube video China's Brilliance BS6 is a...

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