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BLAST Project Reveals the Origins of Starlight

Yesterday's (April 8th) issue of the scientific journal Nature has seen the publication of a paper that crowns more than two years of research on the origins of starlight, the faint glow of the Universe, whose source has remained a mystery until only recently.Experts from the University of Toronto and the Univer...

9 April 2009
06:03 GMT

Tunguska Event Triggered by Comet, Researchers Say

On June 30, 1908, at about 7:00 a.m., a cosmic body entering Earth's atmosphere exploded several kilometers above ground in a remote region of Siberia, known as Tunguska, leveling more than 80 million trees spread over an area of 2,000 square kilometers. Estimations place the force of the explosion to about 200 ...

23 July 2008
03:51 GMT

US Exposed Civilians to Radiation During Atomic Test

The first explosion of a man-made nuclear weapon took place on July 16, 1945 in the desolate White Sands deserts of New Mexico. The world would soon realize the devastating effects of this type of weapon and would live with fear of global annihilation for half a century.What the world didn't know is that the US...

17 July 2007
02:48 GMT

New Shield Will Protect Bridges from Terrorist Attacks

The terrorist attacks have made the whole world see the real threat of international terrorism in a different light. Researchers from many countries have concentrated their efforts on the development of methods and special equipment by means of which it will be possible to detect explosive objects in advance or to ...

2 July 2007
05:03 GMT

How Does the Most Powerful Non-nuclear Weapon Ever Designed Work?

It's called MOAB Massive Ordnance Air Blast, or GBU-43/B, but the most familiar description is Mother Of All Bombs. This is truly the most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever designed and is only delivered by a Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the main tactical carrier for many military forces worldwide. The result of a t...

29 June 2007
11:22 GMT

The Greatest Summer Camp Ever - "Explosives Training Camp"

I'm not talking about a terrorist training camp, in which terrorists are trained to launch attacks, ranging from suicide bombing technology training to field combat. It's completely legal and not even expensive, if you want to have lots of fun while training to become an explosives expert. It even beats ex...

19 May 2007
07:04 GMT


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