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UN denies naming 'ambassador' to aliensUnited Nations, N.Y. (UPI) Sep 27, 2010 The United Nations is set to appoint the world's first ambassador to greet any aliens trying to contact Earth, authorities said. Malaysian astrophysicist Mazlan Othman, 58, would be responsible for co-coordinating humanity's response if and when extraterrestrials make contact, Britain Daily Telegraph reported Sunday. Othman will discuss the details of her proposed new role at a Royal Society conference in England this week, the newspaper said. She is currently head of the little-k ... read more |
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Rome, Italy (SPX) Sep 24, 2010The heat in the atmosphere of Venus, induced from a strong greenhouse warming, might actually have a cooling effect on the planet's interior. This counter-intuitive theory is based on calculations from a new model presented at the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) in Rome on Tuesday 21st September. "For some decades we've known that the large amount of greenhouse gases in the atmo ... more  
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Sep 24, 2010The Dying Swan is sometimes moving smoothly and gently, sometimes in a dramatic and fiery manner, as Tchaikovsky's majestic music from the ballet Swan Lake is playing. Yet this is no ordinary ballet dancer, but a robot in the form of a swan, created at Malardalen University and choreographed by professional dancer Asa Unander-Scharin. The swan robot's just over four-minute-long dance has s ... more  
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2010Animal Defenders International (ADI), the leading animal welfare organization that works globally for the protection of animals, launched a major U.S. educational and legislative campaign to secure public and government support to prevent NASA from proceeding with irradiating squirrel monkeys to study adverse effects of space radiation. The centerpiece of the legislative campaign is a comp ... more |
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Japan to pilot digital textbooks in classroomsTokyo (AFP) Sept 24, 2010 Japan will soon start trialling electronic textbooks in primary schools, enhancing the role of IT in the classroom for a generation of "digital natives" born in the wired age. Under the "future school" project, 10 elementary schools will give all their under-12 pupils tablet PCs and fit their classrooms with interactive electronic blackboards starting as early as next month. The networked devices boast software that lets them trace complex Chinese characters on-screen or exchange ideas on a virt ... read more |
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