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Drury University students go weightless in trip to NASA
jscherder@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- While NASA recently closed a chapter of American space flights, enthusiasm for the space program is hardly over. Some students at Drury University recently spent a week at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and got an opportunity...Tags: Sports, Education, Karate, Science and Technology, Space Programs
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Central Florida: Theme park round-up
The Miami HeraldSummer is getting a late start this year at Orlando's theme parks. Except for SeaWorld's Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin where it's still winter the major new attractions aren't officially open yet. Within weeks, though, we'll be introduced to Evac,...Tags: Hasbro Inc., Lifestyle and Leisure, Fiction, Caves and Caverns, Business
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Older Lake students to help elementary school kids in NASA's Summer of Innovation program
LEESBURG — The tables have been turned on a group of older Lake students this summer as they take on the role of teacher to help a group of local elementary students learn more about math and science. But there won't be any long-winded lecture...Tags: Science, Teaching and Learning, Education, Science and Technology, Invention and Innovation
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E3 2013: Selling the Xbox One, PS4, Wii U in a tough climate
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesThe just-completed Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles is an extended tease. It began early Tuesday with a promise […]... -
BLASTING OFF: After years of autism challenges, Nick Johnson lands NASA gig
tkleffman@amnews.comNicholas Johnson has never been one for crowds. When he was younger, a trip to a restaurant or retail store often would send Nick into loud shrieks and convulsive movements. Once, during a trip to the grocery store when he was about 8, he began rocking...Tags: Chess Playing, Science, Entertainment, Gaming, Science and Technology
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Weather forecasters bemoan indecision on new satellite system
WASHINGTON — Weather experts don't usually admit when they're stumped. After all, they're in the business of forecasting the future. But lately, some meteorologists have used the word "baffling" to describe a decision by NOAA and Congress to...
Tags: Finance, Weather Reports, Taiwan, Government, Satellite Technology
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An unexpected lesson in Antarctic ice melt
It's called calving, and it occurs when enormous chunks of ice burst free from glaciers or floating ice shelves and drop into the sea with an explosive, heart-stopping crash. This process, which produces icebergs, has long been viewed as the primary...
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Partnership for cruise line The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), founded nearly 200 years ago to advance geographical science, is to...Tags: Fishing, Daytona International Speedway, Bowling, Clubs and Associations, Auto Racing
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LADEE space "bus" to launch from Wallops to the moon
When humans first began interacting with moon dust decades ago, they found a few surprises and one mystery. What surprised them was that the ultra-fine, sticky grit got everywhere, smelled like spent gunpowder and was astonishingly abrasive. "It...
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Stealthy, truck-sized asteroid zipped past Earth on Friday night
An asteroid the size of a truck zipped past Earth on Friday night, and you probably missed it. Asteroid 2013 LR6 is 30 feet in length, or a bit more than half the size of the space rock that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February. It made...
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NASA's tiny 'PhoneSats' from smartphones show promise
WASHINGTON — NASA is an agency known for going big: big missions, big rockets, big budgets. But nestled in California's Silicon Valley is one NASA unit headed in the opposite direction. Its latest mission is tiny but has led to big expectations...Tags: Satellite Technology, Science and Technology, Space Programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Underwriters Labs tightens tests for lithium-ion batteries
ReutersUnderwriters Laboratories has beefed up standards for lithium-ion batters like those used in electric vehicles and the 787 Dreamliner. Weaknesses were highlighted when regulators grounded Boeing's 787 for nearly four months this year after lithium-ion...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
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