Lisa Grossman, physical sciences reporterLast summer, the Iranian Space Agency announced their plan to send a monkey into space - and now they've apparently done it.According to Iranian state-run television, a press release on the space agency's website, and photos of the event, Iran sent a live rhesus monkey into sub-orbital space aboard a small rocket called Pishgam, or Pioneer. There's even a...
PM Lee calls for sensitivity & respect online for deceased boys' family
Label: Technology SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged all to continue to show sensitivity and respect, especially online, for the family who lost two sons in the accident at Tampines on Tuesday.In his Facebook post, Mr Lee said he is saddened to learn of the terrible accident involving two young brothers and said his thoughts are with the family.Mr Lee said the government will render all...
'Citizen cartographers' help Google update maps of N. Korea
Label: LifestyleCity center or Pyongyang, North Korea.(Credit:Google)Maps of North Korea's landscape have for decades been largely blank, but thanks to "a community of citizen cartographers," Google Maps has managed to fill in some of the blanks.Tapping input submitted to its Google Map Maker tool, the Web giant has added more detailed, up-to-date information to its maps of the reclusive nation, including streets,...
Space Pictures This Week: Martian Gas, Cloud Trails
Label: HealthImage courtesy SDO/NASAThe sun is more than meets the eye, and researchers should know. They've equipped telescopes on Earth and in space with instruments that view the sun in at least ten different wavelengths of light, some of which are represented in this collage compiled by NASA and released January 22. (See more pictures of the sun.)By viewing the different wavelengths of light given off by the...
US Mom Missing in Turkey Took Side Trips
Label: Business Sarai Sierra, the New York mother who disappeared in Turkey while on a solo trip, took several side excursions out of the country, but stayed in contact with her family the entire time, a family friend told ABC News.Turkish media reported today that police were trying to establish why Sierra visited Amsterdam and Munich. Police were also trying to establish the identity of a...
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DNA privacy: don't flatter yourself
Label: World The secrets contained in our individual genomes are less valuable than we like to believe IMAGINE donating your DNA to a project aimed at discovering links between genes and diseases. You consent to your genome sequence being released anonymously into the public domain, though you are warned there is a remote possibility that it might...
US senators unveil immigration reform deal
Label: Technology WASHINGTON: Eight US lawmakers crossed party lines to unveil a plan Monday that would provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants currently living in the shadows in the United States."We recognise that our immigration system is broken," the senators said in their bipartisan framework, a copy of which was obtained by AFP.It promises a "tough but fair" path to citizenship...
New iPad 4 reportedly in the works -- perhaps a 128GB model
Label: LifestyleAre you ready for an iPad with beefier memory?A new fourth-generation iPad with Retina display -- and perhaps as much as 128 gigabytes of memory -- is being readied for release, sources tell 9to5Mac. The upcoming slate would not be a new design but rather an addition to the current fourth-generation line, with the same color and wireless combinations as the iPad 4, these unnamed sources say.Pricing...
Doomed Dolphin Speaks to New York's Vibrant Wildlife
Label: Health By the time New Yorkers spied a dolphin swimming through the superfund sludge of the Gowanus Canal last Friday, it was too late. The marine mammal didn't even survive long enough for a rescue plan to come together. First sighted on Friday afternoon, the dolphin perished at 6:00 p.m.The reason the marine mammal died, and why the dolphin swam up the...
'Barrier of Bodies' Trapped Nightclub Fire Victims
Label: Business A fast-moving fire roared through a crowded, windowless nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, filling the air in seconds with flames and a thick, toxic smoke that killed more than 230 panicked partygoers, many of whom were caught in a stampede to escape.Inspectors believe the blaze began when a band's small pyrotechnics show ignited foam sound insulating material on the...
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