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  • Huge earth-passing asteroid identified as entirely new beast

    Scientists have discovered that a big asteroid that flew past Earth last month belongs to a new category of space rock, thanks to new radar images captured by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon sailed within 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers) of Earth on May 31, making their closest approach to our planet for at least the next two centuries. ...

  • Star attraction at Vancouver space centre being put out to interstellar pasture

    Eating behaviours of preschoolers, such as having meals while plunked in front of the TV, can lead to elevated cholesterol levels that could put kids at risk for cardiovascular disease later in life, ...

  • NASA selects new astronauts for space exploration

    US space agency NASA said Monday it has selected eight new astronauts for future missions to low-Earth orbit, an asteroid and even Mars.The eight candidates, all in their 30s, were chosen from more than 6,000 applications NASA received last year. Half of them are women, making this the highest percentage of female astronaut candidates ever selected for a class.NASA said the candidates could also ...

  • Rain continues to fall in flooded Fort McMurray and area

    Flooding at Heritage Park in Fort McMurray on June 11, 2013. (AMANDA RICHARDSON/QMI Agency) The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo began offering shovels, sand and bags to be used to protect properties as the Hangingstone and Clearwater rivers turned parks to lakes and forced more than 100 people to evacuate their homes. A state of emergency was issued Tuesday afternoon. According to Wood ...

  • Rob Ford to learn whether Supreme Court will hear conflict appeal

    Analysis: Project Traveller raid not about Rob Ford TORONTO - It’s either the last chapter in Mayor Rob Ford’s conflict-of-interest case or the start of a heck of a finale at the Supreme Court of Canada. Ford finds out Thursday whether the country’s top court will hear Toronto resident Paul Magder’s appeal of the court decision earlier this year that let him stay in the ...

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Superman Returns

Superman Returns

In the first chapter of his book The Material Ghost: Films and Their Medium, critic/film theorist Gilberto Perez offers a passing criticism of the great American film critic James Agee, who he describes as a film critic who mainly yearned for past glories. This crit ... ...

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  • Jury in Trayvon Martin case to be anonymous for now Judge

    Florida court debates what jury can hear in Trayvon Martin killing SANFORD, FLA. - The identities of jurors in the trial of former neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman will remain anonymous for an unspecified period after a verdict is handed down in the case, the judge ruled on Monday. The decision by Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson came after jury selection in the trial resumed for a second ...

  • Mountie knew what he was doing when he killed his wife court hears

    EDMONTON - A psychiatrist says a delusional former Mountie who shot his wife to death should be found criminally responsible because he knew what he was doing was wrong. Dr. Lenka Zedkova testified Monday that while she accepts Tirth Sehmbi, 39, was suffering from delusions at the time of the July 10, 2010, slaying of Rajpinder Sehmbi, 29, she believes he was still able to appreciate the nature ...

  • Bombardier Embraer in air-to-air combat for the single-aisle space

    An artist's conception of Embraer SA's new E2 family of jets. Embraer, a fierce competitor against Bombardier in the market for regional jets, is upgrading its fleet and taking aim at Bombardier's $3.4-billion C Series. ...

  • Wild Honey Bee Mating Keeps Genetic Diversity Alive In The Colony

    Honey bees have a knack of being quite promiscuous. Queens have been observed with anywhere between seven and 20 different males in the colony during the frantic mating season; all this fooling around serves a beneficial purpose, however. Many previous studies have shown ...

  • Sale of Springer Science to BC Partners still option -sources

    By Alexander Hbner FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A direct sale of German publisher Springer Science+Business Media SPSBM.UL to BC Partners is still an option, even after Springer's owners said last week their focus was on a stock exchange listing, ...

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