Monday, January 28, 2013

[Science] Iran sends a monkey in to space. Why do impoverished dictatorships persist with ...

Iran sends a monkey in to space. Why do impoverished dictatorships persist with ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9831485/Iran-sends-monkey-into-space.html
Breaking news in the world of crazy backwards regimes that want to prove they're capable of something more than just killing their own citizens: Iran has put a monkey in to space.

2 Science Projects to Receive Award of 1 Billion Euros
http://www.neurope.eu/article/graphene-human-brain-win-multi-billion-science-award
BRUSSELS - Projects to imitate the brain and to develop new materials for information technology have won awards of about 1 billion euros each that will be announced Monday by the European Commission.

Drill reaches Antarctica's under-ice Lake Whillans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21231380
An American attempt to bore down into Lake Whillans, a body of water buried almost 1km under the Antarctic ice, has achieved its aim.

Japan launches two new satellites
http://www.slashgear.com/japan-launches-two-new-satellites-28266920/
On January 27, Japan launched a rocket into orbit with a pair of new surveillance satellites onboard. The goal of the launch was to strengthen the surveillance capability of Japan and allow the country to keep an eye on North Korea.

Boeing-led Missile Defense Team Completes GMD Flight Test
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/758601.shtml
Release date- 26012013 - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., - Boeing [NYSE: BA], working with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and industry teammates, today returned the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system to testing with a successful ...

To err is human; to make excuses is also human
http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/macdill/macdill-makes-changes-after-cargo-plane-landed-at-wrong-airport/1272434
I'm talking about honest-to-goodness circumstances that should completely absolve, acquit and exonerate me every time. Unfortunately, my wife doesn't understand this.

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