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Short People More Likely To Have Problems with Heart Than Tall People
09:11 11.06.2010 |
Science
Short people have a 50 percent higher risk of having a heart problem or dying from one than tall people, a new study says, though weight, blood pressure and smoking habits remain more important factors.
South Korea Loses Contact with 108-Feet Naro Rocket Shortly after Launch
07:11 10.06.2010 |
Science
South Korea failed in its second attempt to launch a research satellite into space using a domestically developed rocket, dealing a blow to the country’s ambition to snare a share of a $250 billion global market.
Members of Mars Mission Project Prepared for Experiments
04:28 04.06.2010 |
Science
An international team of researchers climbed into a set of windowless steel capsules Thursday to launch a 520-day simulation of a flight to Mars intended to help real space crews of the future cope with confinement, stress and fatigue of interplanetary travel.
Porn Actor Slaughters Colleague with Machete after Being Fired
07:15 03.06.2010 |
Science
A machete-wielding porn performer went on a rampage at a Van Nuys production facility, killing one of his former co-stars and badly wounding two other men, Los Angeles police investigators said Wednesday.
Six Men To Be Locked in Mock Spaceship for 18 Months To Be Trained for Martian Mission
05:29 03.06.2010 |
Science
On Thursday morning, six astronauts will be locked in a 550 cubic-meter windowless complex in Moscow. The mission: to simulate the experience of a real trip to Mars and back
Soyuz TMA-17 Crew Capsule Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
07:49 02.06.2010 |
Science
The Soyuz TMA-17 crew capsule, carrying outgoing space station commander Oleg Kotov, Timothy Creamer, and Soichi Noguchi, settled to a safe parachute-and-rocket-assisted landing in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after a descent from the International Space Station.
