Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

ISRO discovers underground chamber on the moon

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It is great to see that the next generation of space discoveries are coming from India! ISRO FTW!

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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Dirty air triggers more heart attacks than cocaine | Reuters

Thick pollution can be seen as a man rides his bicycle across the main road running through Beijing's Tiananmen Square February 21, 2011. REUTERS/David Gray (Reuters) - Air pollution triggers more heart attacks than using cocaine and poses as high a risk of sparking a heart attack as alcohol, coffee and physical exertion, scientists said on Thursday.

Sex, anger, marijuana use and chest or respiratory infections and can also trigger heart attacks to different extents, the researchers said, but air pollution, particularly in heavy traffic, is the major culprit.

Maybe we should spend more time getting the basics right first.

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Friday, February 25, 2011

The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian farmers are committing suicide after using genetically modified crops | Mail Online

When Prince Charles claimed thousands of Indian farmers were killing themselves after using GM crops, he was branded a scaremonger. In fact, as this chilling dispatch reveals, it's even WORSE than he feared.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Telegraph - Calcutta: Lunar Cave can serve as base for future operations

New Delhi, Feb. 23: A giant volcanic cave beneath the moon’s surface discovered by Indian scientists last year through an analysis of archived images from the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft may be a candidate site for a future human habitat.

More extremely useful information coming from the Chandrayaan. Encouraging signs for India's Space Programme.

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