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A Planet-Like Companion Growing Up In The Fast LaneHilo HI (SPX) Apr 08, 2010 The cliche that youth grow up so fast is about to take on a new twist. This is due to the discovery of a very young planet-like object (with a mass somewhere between 5-10 times that of Jupiter), paired with a low-mass brown dwarf. What is unique about this system is that the planet-like body appears to have formed in about a million years-more rapidly than some theories of planet formation predict. Kamen Todorov of Pennsylvania State University and co-investigators made the discovery using the kee ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) April 6, 2010As Apple iPad owners around the United States play with their new machines, some are complaining about the Wi-Fi connectivity of the devices. An online Apple support page has received dozens of messages from iPad owners about erratic Wi-Fi service and so have other sites dedicated to Apple products such as MacRumors.com. The extent of the problem was not immediately clear as many owners ... more  
Santa Barbara, Calif. (UPI) Apr 6, 2010 A U.S. geologist says she's discovered a pattern that connects regular changes in the Earth's orbital cycle to changes in the planet's climate. University of California-Santa Barbara Assistant Professor Lorraine Lisiecki performed her analysis of climate by examining ocean sediment cores taken from 57 locations around the world and linking that climate record to the history of the Earth ... more  
Tehran (AFP) April 7, 2010Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday warned his US counterpart Barack Obama of a "tooth-breaking" response, as he condemned Washington's new nuclear policy. Ahmadinejad lashed out after the United States unveiled new limits on use of the nation's nuclear arsenal, but suggested that exceptions could be made for "outliers" such as Iran and North Korea, both accused by the West of ... more |
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Outside View: CyberframeworkWashington (UPI) Apr 7, 2010 Next week, representatives from dozens of countries will meet in Washington to discuss nuclear security. Clearly, proliferation of nuclear weapons to include theft and acquisition by terrorists or unfriendly regimes raise nightmarish scenarios. Fortunately, only two nuclear weapons have ever been used in anger. While the consequences of a nuclear detonation could be catastrophic, the safeguards, the dangerous nature of uranium and plutonium and the engineering complexity of fielding a usable we ... read more |
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