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On Thursday, October 14, US President Barack Obama announced the names of the 10 researchers that will receive the National Medal of Science. Additionally, three scientists and a research team will be awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. These two awards are the highest distinctions that the US go... |
16 October 2010
05:35 GMT |
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On Monday, October 11, US President Barack Obama signed into law the new vision on space exploration that will guide the efforts of the United States in the coming decades. The plan shifts its focus from exploring the Moon as a primary target to exploring near-Earth objects (NEO) by 2025, and reaching the surface of ... |
12 October 2010
02:03 GMT |
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Officials in Washington announced that the White House will get a new set of solar panels on its roof, as well as a solar hot water heater, as part of ongoing efforts to raise awareness on the fact that alternative energy is readily available. At this point, solar panels are no longer prohibitively expensive, and an ... |
6 October 2010
05:43 GMT |
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With the new authorization bill that Congress passed this week, the American space agency is caught celebrating its October 1 anniversary in the most important transitional period of its history.The document, which was approved in the evening of September 29, states the new guidelines for space exploration that NASA ... |
1 October 2010
10:58 GMT |
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In a decision made late Wednesday, on September 29, the US Congress passed the NASA authorization bill, which set the amount of funding the American space agency will get for 2011, and also what its main avenues of development should be. Landing on the Moon by 2020 is no longer the main objective at NASA according to... |
1 October 2010
09:26 GMT |
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First Lady Michelle Obama was first criticized for her fashion choices – now it’s her spending, which is reportedly out of control, that’s come under serious fire because it sends a wrong message to the electorate. The US economy is still pretty much down from recession and almost 15 million people ... |
16 September 2010
03:11 GMT |
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Late last week, we were telling you that US President Barack Obama had put in an appearance on the legendary daytime talk show for women, The View. Though he received plenty of criticism for reportedly “scooping” so low as to do the cheeky show – Oprah would have been more appropriate, critics say, ... |
2 August 2010
09:56 GMT |
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US President Barack Obama has made an appearance on the chat show The View, where, among other, more important things, he also agreed to take on a pop culture quiz. As the video below will confirm, even President knows of Lindsay Lohan’s stay in jail, though he may not be aware of the existence of Jersey Shore&... |
30 July 2010
09:17 GMT |
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A new study by researchers at the University of Kent has just determined that leaders of all types tend to seek positions of authority in order to help others. These individuals can and do lead based on this fact, the experts say, giving the example of presidents Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy, and that of British ... |
27 July 2010
06:59 GMT |
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EA Sports is looking to address many of the complaints about Madden NFL 10 in the latest entry in the popular American football franchise. The Super Bowl, America's biggest sporting event, was treated quite poorly in last year's installment, making feel less than the great achievement it is in real life. Ma... |
27 July 2010
04:30 GMT |
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US Congressmen on Wednesday approved a bill setting the budget of the American space agency at around $19 billion for 2011. The document also cuts the amount of money President Barack Obama wanted to make available to the private sector. Instead, politicians decided to award about $3 billion to research and developme... |
24 July 2010
03:24 GMT |
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On Monday, members of the House Science and Technology Committee released the draft text of a new bill, that sets new directions for NASA and the American space program as a whole. The new approach aims to pretty much keep Project Constellation intact, while also agreeing to fund the private sector. Admittedly, this ... |
23 July 2010
03:08 GMT |
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Lady Gaga goes from strength to strength backed by a strong and coherent online presence. She engages with the fans and uses YouTube to promote her lengthy videos that are rarely played in their entirety on TV. So it’s not much of a surprise that she becomes the first, living, person to break through the 10 mil... |
5 July 2010
07:14 GMT |
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The American space agency has been given a week to come up with new documents detailing cost estimates and possible schedules concerning the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. Originally a part of Project Constellation – the ambitious initiative to return humans to the Moon by 2020 – the capsule is currently... |
12 June 2010
04:02 GMT |
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In the words of some space industry analysts, the successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket may change everything for the United States. Currently the top power in space, the country could easily lose its leading role in the near future, if appropriate measures are not taken immediately. With the planned retirement of... |
5 June 2010
04:11 GMT |
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During former US President George W. Bush's Administration, the United States adhered to a bold plan for sending back humans to the Moon within our lifetimes. Dubbed Project Constellation, the initiative was to include two new rockets (ARES I and ARES V), a space capsule (the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle), a l... |
28 May 2010
06:01 GMT |
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As we also told you last week, bioengineers managed to create the first synthetic life form recently. They combined an artificially-produced genome with a host cell, and watched as the new organism grows. The achievement elicited a huge wave of discussions and debates in the international scientific community, especi... |
28 May 2010
04:32 GMT |
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When US President Barack Obama forwarded his 2011 budget proposal to Congress, he made a lot of people very angry with the provisions regarding NASA's future. Under the new plans, the agency is to give up on Project Constellation, its multi-billion dollar, five-year effort to construct new spacecrafts and rocket... |
18 May 2010
04:24 GMT |
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For almost a month now, oil has been spilling at a very high rate into the Gulf of Mexico, from a drilling site tapped by the Deepwater Horizon rig. On April 20, the rig blew up and then sunk into the Gulf on April 22. Since then, oil company BP, the operator of the rig, and US federal authorities have been working a... |
17 May 2010
06:05 GMT |
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Barack Obama, the President of the United States, launched another broadside at the culture of videogaming, complaining that the age of the iPad and of the Xbox and the PlayStation is placing additional burdens on citizens, some of them linked directly to the information they have access to and which they need to sor... |
12 May 2010
03:01 GMT |
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Jessica Simpson, former teen bombshell, pop singer, country singer, actress and television personality, is looking up to the First Lady as a role model. In attendance at the White House Correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, Simpson said her presence there was meant to celebrate Michelle Obama and everything... |
3 May 2010
03:42 GMT |
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Project Constellation is undoubtedly one of the most ambitious space programs ever devised. It was set up under then-President George Bush and aimed at developing new spacecrafts and delivery system to return humans to the Moon. But President Barack Obama proposed that the initiative be canceled, in favor of supporti... |
14 April 2010
04:42 GMT |
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Speaking recently at a conference, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said that critics to the changes proposed by the 2011 budget proposal for the space agency should not be afraid of the future. The official explained that change was not necessarily a bad thing, and that the new vision for space exploration should a... |
14 April 2010
03:41 GMT |
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Initially, the vision NASA had of space exploration was to retire the shuttles this September and then replace them with a new generation of space vehicles, called Project Constellation, as soon as the latter became available. But a review panel US President Barack Obama convened last year determined that the space a... |
12 April 2010
02:24 GMT |
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In his budget proposal for 2011, US President Barack Obama has proposed that the course of NASA be changed. The document argues that the burden of delivering astronauts to low-Earth orbit, such as, for example, to the International Space Station (ISS) should be passed down to private companies. At the same time, Obam... |
12 March 2010
03:16 GMT |
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According to an announcement made on Tuesday by the NASA Space Shuttle Program manager John Shannon, the American space agency could theoretically fly the three orbiter beyond their September 2010 retirement date. He explained that everything needed to do this is for US President Barack Obama and other lawmakers to g... |
10 March 2010
02:55 GMT |
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According to an announcement the White House made on Match 7, US President Barack Obama will be making a visit to Florida on April 15 to discuss the impact that his Administration's space plans will have on the community here. Florida stands to lose most if the shuttles are retired, with hundreds of the best-qua... |
9 March 2010
04:02 GMT |
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President Barack Obama continues to take serious fire for his smoking in the media and with many anti-groups, but there is one particular group that seems bent on turning that into something good. A poster with the President lighting up a joint, announcing an upcoming “ganja gala” has emerged online, thou... |
2 March 2010
04:47 GMT |
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Tiger Woods is still reeling from the media scandal that almost cost him his career and from which he’s yet to recover fully, having just taken the first step towards his comeback. On the bright side, he’s got people he knows he can count on, like US President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinto... |
1 March 2010
03:34 GMT |
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The President of the United States, Barack Obama, has just announced that the federal government will authorize the release of $8 billion in loan guarantees, to stimulate the construction of the first new nuclear power plants in the last 30 years. At this time, the Southern Company has plans to construct two modern f... |
17 February 2010
08:50 GMT |
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The Obama administration has announced the formation of a new task force set to handle infringements on intellectual properties. Eric Holder, who is the Attorney General of the United States, has said that growth in industries like computer software and videogames cannot be guaranteed unless developers are certain th... |
17 February 2010
03:47 GMT |
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With the new budget proposal released by the Obama Administration on February 1, NASA's Project Constellation has been abandoned. Members of this new space program included the ARES I launch vehicle, the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, the Altair Lunar Lander, the Earth-Departure Stage (EDS), and the ARES V heav... |
8 February 2010
03:47 GMT |
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In addition to sacking NASA's plans to go to the Moon by 2020, the new budget proposal that the White House forwarded to the Congress also includes more funding for basic science. Despite the federal freeze that has been proposed on all non-defense discretionary spending, American science agencies and organizati... |
3 February 2010
03:58 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced in a press conference yesterday that rebuilding the space agency's vision for exploration might take up to several months. Up until this point, engineers had Project Constellation to work on, but this initiative has been shelved u... |
3 February 2010
01:28 GMT |
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The Obama Administration has announced officially that it plans to change its approach to space exploration. This means that Project Constellation, the American project to return to the Moon by 2020, will be canceled, and that emphasis will be placed on providing funding for the private space sector. NASA is to again... |
2 February 2010
02:38 GMT |
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Over thirty websites of various Representatives and House Committees fell victim to mass defacement yesterday. The incident occurred shortly after President Obama gave his State of the Union address.The attack seems to be politically motivated as it contained an offensive anti-Obama message. "[expletive] Obama!! Red ... |
28 January 2010
10:45 GMT |
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Since the Nobel Prizes first started being awarded, more than a century ago, they have constantly grown in popularity and fame, until they reached their current status, as the most prestigious scientific awards in the world. But, while for most categories the winners are always selected after rigorous criteria, such ... |
4 December 2009
10:05 GMT |
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Just the other day, Angelina Jolie was reaping praises from the media after word got out that she and partner Brad Pitt contributed with approximately $6.4 million to charity this year. Today, she’s again tabloid fodder because she secretly hates President Barack Obama for not sharing the same views as her on t... |
25 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
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In a new scientific study conducted on people's perceptions on politicians, it was revealed that people tended to alter the image they had of their candidate (or their opponent) in their mind, depending on preferences. The feelings that the politician incites in a person are a factor that directly influences the... |
24 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Barack Obama, the President of the United States, has launched an initiative called “Educate to Innovate”, aimed at getting more people interested in topics related to the so-called STEM, which is science, technology, engineering and math. And it seems that big companies with a presence in the videogaming... |
24 November 2009
05:30 GMT |
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Microsoft applauded President Barack Obama for making science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education nothing short of a national priority, according to Pamela Passman, corporate vice president, Global Corporate Affairs. The Redmond company indicates that it will back government efforts designed to drive ... |
24 November 2009
04:42 GMT |
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Twitter is a great tool for public relations and many companies, celebrities, and public figures have realized this early on. And like any great PR opportunity, you're going to want to let the professionals handle it. US president Barack Obama can credit his win at least partially on making good use of online t... |
16 November 2009
06:03 GMT |
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It has recently emerged that the Obama marriage hasn’t always been as happy and trouble-free as it is now, when a book detailing how political ambition almost killed it came out. Despite all this, Mrs. Obama knew from the start that her husband was Mr. Perfect for her, which is why she can now offer advice for ... |
10 November 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama are America’s number-one couple in terms of advocating a healthy lifestyle, based on eating well and working out regularly. However, reports in the US media have it that this, combined with all the hard work he’s been putting in as of late, might have taken its toll on... |
3 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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This April, US President Barack Obama asked the US Human Space Flight Plans Committee to assess NASA's situation as objectively as possible, and to present a report on possible avenues of development for the future as fast as possible. According to a press release on NASA's website, the panel is scheduled t... |
20 October 2009
06:00 GMT |
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If there's one man in the videogame world who has the expertise to comment on the fact that Barack Obama, the president of the United States, got a Nobel Peace Prize last week, it's Hideo Kojima, the man behind the Metal Gear Solid saga.Here's a full post on his blog addressing the issues. It reads &ld... |
14 October 2009
13:21 GMT |
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After numerous meetings and discussions on the correct course of action, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award this year's Prize for Peace to US President Barack Obama, “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” In the century since... |
9 October 2009
08:55 GMT |
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User generated content is at the heart of yet another controversy, this time a rather tame one that got blown out of proportion, as it usually happens. The fact that the content happened to be on the increasingly popular Facebook only fueled the attention of the media which in turn caught the eye of the US Secret Ser... |
29 September 2009
09:19 GMT |
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Washington and Lee University Philosophy Professor and Chair of the philosophy department James E. Mahon is the person who wrote the definition of lying for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. He says that, even though a popular TV show concluded that people lied, on average, about 42 times per week, much less l... |
25 September 2009
04:41 GMT |
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Although Barack and Michelle Obama always put up a united front, coming off as the picture-perfect family where all problems are discussed and then solved, things were not always like that, author Christopher Anderson says in “Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage.” Theirs is a love story ... |
23 September 2009
14:31 GMT |
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