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NASA Receives Second Highest Number Of Astronaut Applications
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read more »UN DAILY NEWS DIGEST - 3 February
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Report of Solar Geophysical Activity (RSGA)
5:02 pm Eastern | Weather
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EXPERT AVAILABLE: MU Law Expert Says Fair Housing Ruling is Correct
4:45 pm Eastern | USA News
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Cleveland Weekly Update issued Feb 3, 2012 11:53 AKST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
4:36 pm Eastern | USA News
Satellite observations throughout the week suggest that eruptive activity at Cleveland Volcano has slowed or paused. Since observation of a new lava dome on 30 January, its size has not changed appreciably. Satellite-derived surface temperatures are consistent with slow to no growth of the dome. There have been no indications of explosive ash-producing activity from distant seismic, pressure or lightning sensors. Renewed eruptive activity producing a small 40 meter (130 foot) lava dome was first observed in satellite data on 30 January 2012, following a month of little to no observable ...read more »
Cascade Range Weekly Update issued Feb 3, 2012 10:42 PST Volcano Alert Level NORMAL - Aviation Color Code GREEN
3:06 pm Eastern | SciTech
Activity Update: All volcanoes in the Cascade Range are at normal levels of background seismicity. These include Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams in Washington State; Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters, Newberry Volcano, and Crater Lake, in Oregon; and Medicine Lake volcano, Mount Shasta, and Lassen Peak in northern California. Recent Observations: No unusual geologic activity was apparent at any of the Cascades Volcanoes during the week. Volcano seismicity remained at background levels. Hydrologic field teams collected stream data and ...read more »
Unicode over 60 percent of the web
2:52 pm Eastern | World
Computers store every piece of text using a “character encoding,” which gives a number to each character. For example, the byte 61 stands for ‘a’ and 62 stands for ‘b’ in the ASCII encoding, which was launched in 1963. Before the web, computer systems were siloed, and there were hundreds of different encodings. Depending on the encoding, C1 could mean any of ¡, Ё, Ą, Ħ, ‘, ”, or parts of thousands of characters, from æ to 品. If you brought a file from one computer to another, it could come out as gobbledygook.read more »
Kilauea Daily Update issued Feb 3, 2012 07:02 HST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
1:37 pm Eastern | SciTech
Activity Summary for past 24 hours: Overall eruptive activity was low. DI deflation slowed and the lava lake was perturbed by two large collapses of the vent rim. Within Pu`u `O`o Crater, glow was visible from several sources on the northeast and southeast edges of the floor. Surface flows southeast of Pu`u `O`o remained active but possibly weaker according to satellite imagery. Overall seismic tremor levels were low and gas emissions were elevated. Past 24 hours at Kilauea summit: The summit tilt network continued to record DI deflation punctuated with two abrupt positive ...read more »
Surface Of Mars Unlikely Place For Life After 600 million Year Drought
1:31 pm Eastern | SciTech
Scientists say Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surfaceread more »
System 95P (South Pacific Ocean)
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read more »as Floods Continue in Fiji, UN Stresses Need to Boost Preventive Measures
1:10 pm Eastern | SciTech
New York, The United Nations disaster risk reduction agency stressed today the need to boost preventive measures in Fiji, as heavy rains are predicted to occur more frequently in the archipelago nation, which has been ravaged by severe floods over the past week.read more »
NASA Receives Second Highest Number Of Astronaut Applications
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read more »AOL Selects Right Media Exchange as Display Advertising Platform for Ad Agreement
3 Feb 08:30 | SciTech
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Panorama of the East Coast
3 Feb 08:21 | SciTech
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read more »Panorama of the East Coast
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read more »2012-02-04 ISS Sighting
3 Feb 02:00 | SciTech
Date: Saturday, February 04, 2012 Time: 04:44 AM Duration: 1 minutes Maximum Elevation: 22° Approach: 22° above ESE Departure: 12° above ESE read more »
2012-02-04 ISS Sighting
3 Feb 02:00 | SciTech
Date: Saturday, February 04, 2012 Time: 04:43 AM Duration: 1 minutes Maximum Elevation: 22° Approach: 22° above ESE Departure: 12° above ESE read more »
2012-02-04 ISS Sighting
3 Feb 02:00 | SciTech
Date: Saturday, February 04, 2012 Time: 06:16 AM Duration: 3 minutes Maximum Elevation: 15° Approach: 12° above WSW Departure: 11° above SSW read more »
2012-02-04 ISS Sighting
3 Feb 02:00 | SciTech
Date: Saturday, February 04, 2012 Time: 06:15 AM Duration: 3 minutes Maximum Elevation: 15° Approach: 12° above WSW Departure: 10° above SSW read more »
2012-02-04 ISS Sighting
3 Feb 02:00 | SciTech
Date: Saturday, February 04, 2012 Time: 04:44 AM Duration: 1 minutes Maximum Elevation: 21° Approach: 21° above ESE Departure: 12° above ESE read more »
2012-02-04 ISS Sighting
3 Feb 02:00 | SciTech
Date: Saturday, February 04, 2012 Time: 06:17 AM Duration: 3 minutes Maximum Elevation: 14° Approach: 10° above W Departure: 10° above SSW read more »
2012-02-04 ISS Sighting
3 Feb 02:00 | SciTech
Date: Saturday, February 04, 2012 Time: 06:16 AM Duration: 3 minutes Maximum Elevation: 14° Approach: 12° above WSW Departure: 11° above SSW read more »
2012-02-04 ISS Sighting
3 Feb 02:00 | SciTech
Date: Saturday, February 04, 2012 Time: 04:45 AM Duration: 1 minutes Maximum Elevation: 21° Approach: 21° above ESE Departure: 12° above ESE read more »
2012-02-04 ISS Sighting
3 Feb 02:00 | SciTech
Date: Saturday, February 04, 2012 Time: 04:43 AM Duration: 1 minutes Maximum Elevation: 21° Approach: 21° above ESE Departure: 12° above ESE read more »
Mind the Gap: Encouraging women to study engineering
3 Feb 01:10 | SciTech
Women make up more than half the global population, but hold fewer than a third of the world’s engineering jobs. In the U.S., female students comprise fewer than 15 percent of all Advanced Placement computer science test takers. Even in high-tech Israel, few girls choose computer science. Not only is this a loss to companies like Google and everyone who benefits from a continually developing web; it's also a lost opportunity for girls.read more »
NASA to Host Media Telecon on Space Station Status
3 Feb 00:21 | SciTech
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read more »Pagan Weekly Update issued Feb 3, 2012 13:54 ChST Volcano Alert Level ADVISORY - Aviation Color Code YELLOW
3 Feb 00:07 | SciTech
Low-level volcanic unrest continues at Pagan. On 30 January the USGS received a pilot report via the National Weather Service office in Guam of a volcanic cloud rising to an altitude of 10,000 ft asl. The cloud was described as "white with bits of light brown". Satellite images of Pagan from the time of the PIREP showed a vigorous gas and steam cloud but no evidence of a significant amount of volcanic ash. Other satellite images over the past week showed a gas and steam plume drifting downwind from the volcano. The USGS received no further reports of unrest or activity at Pagan ...read more »
NASA Ames Research Center News and Features Update
2 Feb 21:21 | SciTech
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read more »UN DAILY NEWS DIGEST - 2 February
2 Feb 18:49 | SciTech
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NASA Seeks Proposals For Edison Small Satellite Demonstrations
2 Feb 17:20 | SciTech
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read more »Report of Solar Geophysical Activity (RSGA)
2 Feb 17:06 | Weather
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Roar of the crowd: Super Bowl on Twitter
2 Feb 16:38 | SciTech
From @TimTebow leading the Denver Broncos to a shocking overtime win (and a new record for sports-related Tweets per second: 9,420) to San Diego Chargers receiver @ericweddle1’s sideline Tweets from the Pro Bowl—we watched all of the NFL post-season’s most memorable moments come alive on Twitter.read more »
CDC’s Nowak Named First Mizzou Advantage Visiting Professional
2 Feb 16:06 | USA News
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Colbert Advocates NASA Space Station Research
2 Feb 15:20 | SciTech
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read more »Roar of the crowd: Super Bowl on Twitter
2 Feb 15:14 | SciTech
From @TimTebow leading the Denver Broncos to a shocking overtime win (and a new record for sports-related Tweets per second: 9,420) to San Diego Chargers receiver @ericweddle1’s sideline Tweets from the Pro Bowl—we watched all of the NFL post-season’s most memorable moments come alive on Twitter.read more »
Cleveland Status Report issued Feb 2, 2012 10:42 AKST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
2 Feb 15:04 | SciTech
There was no evidence of ash emissions or elevated surface temperatures in partly cloudy satellite images over the past day. AVO has not received any other reports of activity. Renewed eruptive activity producing a small 40 meter (130 foot) lava dome was first observed in satellite data on 30 January 2012, following a month of little to no observable change. The new dome occupies only a small portion of the approximately 200 meter (650 foot) diameter summit crater. There have been no observations of ash emissions or explosive activity during this current lava eruption. The lava dome that ...read more »
Kilauea Daily Update issued Feb 2, 2012 07:09 HST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
2 Feb 13:35 | SciTech
Activity Summary for past 24 hours: Overall eruptive activity was slightly elevated. DI deflation and the drop of the summit lava lake started yesterday morning. Within Pu`u `O`o Crater, glow was visible from several sources on the northeast and southeast edges of the floor; a single very short flow issued from the southeast source yesterday afternoon. Surface flows southeast of Pu`u `O`o remained active according to satellite imagery. Overall seismic tremor levels were low and gas emissions were elevated. Past 24 hours at Kilauea summit: Another DI deflation started ...read more »
NASA to Host Media Telecon on Space Station Status
2 Feb 13:20 | SciTech
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read more »Yemen: UN Relief Chief Welcomes Release of Seven Humanitarian Workers
2 Feb 13:10 | World
New York, The top United Nations humanitarian official voiced relief today that seven aid workers abducted earlier this week in Yemen have now all been released unharmed.
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2 Feb 13:10 | SciTech
THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, GLACIERS NOW UNDER ATTACK FROM ICE THIEVES – UNread more »
Facebook Not Such Good Thing For People With Low Self-Esteem
2 Feb 12:28 | SciTech
People with low self-esteem seem to behave counterproductively on Facebook, bombarding their friends with negative tidbits about their lives and making themselves less likeable, according to a new study.read more »
New Super-Earth Detected In Habitable Zone Of A Star
2 Feb 12:21 | SciTech
An international team of scientists led by Carnegie's Guillem Anglada-Escudé and Paul Butler has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. read more »
Mind the Gap: Encouraging women to study engineering
2 Feb 11:58 | SciTech
Women make up more than half the global population, but hold fewer than a third of the world’s engineering jobs. In the U.S., female students comprise fewer than 15 percent of all Advanced Placement computer science test takers. Even in high-tech Israel, few girls choose computer science. Not only is this a loss to companies like Google and everyone who benefits from a continually developing web; it's also a lost opportunity for girls.read more »
Noise Exposure Can Cause 'Ringing In the Ears'
2 Feb 11:41 | SciTech
New research at the University of Michigan Health System suggests over-exposure to noise can cause lasting changes to our auditory circuitry – changes that may lead to tinnitus, commonly known as ringing in the ears.read more »
NASA Administrator Leads Action Session of President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness
2 Feb 10:19 | SciTech
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read more »EXPERT AVAILABLE: Current Renewable Energy Laws Undervalue Airspace, MU Expert Says
2 Feb 10:09 | SciTech
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Saturn and Its Moon Dione
2 Feb 09:20 | SciTech
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read more »Saturn and Its Moon Dione
2 Feb 09:20 | SciTech
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read more »2012-02-03 ISS Sighting
2 Feb 02:00 | SciTech
Date: Friday, February 03, 2012 Time: 05:37 AM Duration: 4 minutes Maximum Elevation: 66° Approach: 55° above W Departure: 10° above SE read more »
2012-02-03 ISS Sighting
2 Feb 02:00 | SciTech
Date: Friday, February 03, 2012 Time: 05:39 AM Duration: 4 minutes Maximum Elevation: 63° Approach: 43° above W Departure: 10° above SE read more »
