January 3, 2013
Mohenjo
Human Interest
A record 1 billion people will travel, airport traffic, aviation, business, cars, China, climate, current-events, decades ago exclusively for the wealthy, Future, huffingtonpost, international airport traffic and visa records, International Tourism, International Tourism Numbers, middle-east, one in seven people, participate in world traveling, perception of a more peaceful world, politics, research, Reuters, Science, Science News, technology, Tourism, tourist in 2012, transportation, Travel News, vacation, Video, visa records, World Travel & Tourism Council
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A record 1 billion people will travel across an international border as a tourist in 2012, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council.
That means that one in seven people on the planet will participate in world traveling this year, an activity that just a few decades ago was exclusively for the wealthy. The reasons for the upswing range from prosperity in developing countries like China to a perception of a more peaceful world.
The London-based council, whose members include executives of travel companies, compiles global travel data including international airport traffic and visa records. It calculates that the 1 billionth tourist will cross an international boundary on Dec. 13.
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January 1, 2013
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Science
2013 Planet Discoveries, Alien Earth, Alien Earth 2013, alien planet, Alien Planet Discovery, Alien Planets, Alien Worlds, business, catalog image, climate, Earth Twin, Earth-Like Exoplanets, Earth-Like Planets, Environment, epic discovery, Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Planets, First Alien Earth, huffingtonpost, research, Science, Science News, surface temperature, technology, travel, university of puerto rico, vacation, Video
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The first truly Earth-like alien planet is likely to be spotted next year, an epic discovery that would cause humanity to reassess its place in the universe.
While astronomers have found a number of exoplanets over the last few years that share one or two key traits with our own world — such as size or inferred surface temperature — they have yet to bag a bona fide “alien Earth.” But that should change in 2013, scientists say.
“I’m very positive that the first Earth twin will be discovered next year,” said Abel Mendez, who runs the Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo.
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More exoplanets than expected in the first year of the Habitable Exoplanets Catalog. Image released Dec. 6, 2012.
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January 1, 2013
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Science
aviation, Bright-Comet, business, climate, Comet 20123, Comet Astronomy, Comet Flyby, Comet Ison, Comet Outshine Moon, earth object program, Environment, huffingtonpost, ISON 2013, jet propulsion laboratory, nature, research, Reuters, Science, Science News, Space, Stargazing 2013, technology, transportation, vacation, Video, Visible Comet
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(Reuters) – A comet blazing toward Earth could outshine the full moon when it passes by at the end of next year – if it survives its close encounter with the sun.
The recently discovered object, known as comet ISON, is due to fly within 1.2 million miles (1.9 million km) from the center of the sun on November 28, 2013 said astronomer Donald Yeomans, head of NASA’s Near Earth Object Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
As the comet approaches, heat from the sun will vaporize ices in its body, creating what could be a spectacular tail that is visible in Earth’s night sky without telescopes or even binoculars from about October 2013 through January 2014.
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Comet ISON photographed at the RAS Observatory near Mayhill, NM
on Sept. 22, 2012, by amateur astronomers
Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero and Nick Howes of the Remanzacco Observatory.
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January 1, 2013
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Science
2013 Comet, 2013 Eclipse, 2013 Meteor Shower, architecture, arts, aviation, business, Celestial Events, climate, Environment, huffingtonpost, nature, photography, research, Science, Science News, Skywatching 2013, Space Events 2013, Stargazing 2013, Stargazing Next Year, Stargazing This Year, technology, travel, vacation, Video
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As 2012 comes to a close, some might wonder what is looming sky-wise for 2013.What celestial events might we look forward to seeing?
I’ve selected what I consider the top 13″skylights” (get it?) for the coming year, and have listed them in chronological order. Not all these night sky events will be visible from any one locality (you may have to travel to catch all the eclipses), but you can observe many of them from the comfort of your backyard, weather permitting.
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Jupiter shines bright near a halo-wrapped moon in this amazing photo by stargazer
Hunter Davis of Durango, Colo., on Dec. 25, 2012.
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January 1, 2013
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Science
'Lady Of The Cells', business, celebrities, Cell Biologist Death, climate, current-events, entertainment, gaming, huffingtonpost, Italian Biologists, Nobel Biologist, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize Winner, politics, research, Rip Rita Levi-Montalcini, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Rita Levi-Montalcini Dead, Rita Levi-Montalcini Death, Science, Science News, technology, travel, vacation, Video
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ROME — Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, died at her home in Rome on Sunday. She was 103 and had worked well into her final years.
Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno, announcing her death in a statement, called it a great loss `’for all of humanity.” He praised her as someone who represented “civic conscience, culture and the spirit of research of our time.”
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In this photo from files, taken on April 18, 2009, Italian neurologist
and senator for life Rita Levi Montalcini, Nobel Prize winner for
medicine in 1986, is seen at a press conference for her 100th birthday, in Rome.
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December 30, 2012
Mohenjo
Technical
activities in space, alt-week, altweek, asteroid, business, catch an asteroid, climate, current-events, discovery of certain particles, disease smelling dog, engadet, engadget, Future, gravity, growable hangover cure, hangover cure, highs lows, pretty good year, research, Science, Science News, Space, speed of gravity, technology, travel, vacation
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2012, we salute you. All in all, you’ve been a pretty good year. There’s been highs, lows, and lots of inbetweens. Above all else, though, you’ve been generous in the alternative arena. Whether it’s the discovery of certain particles, or activities in space, 2012 had it covered. What better way to finish it off, then, with a disease smelling dog, a plan to catch an asteroid and a growable hangover cure. This is alt-week.
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December 28, 2012
Mohenjo
Medical
'Wonder drug' statins, business, climate, current-events, gaming, Health, heart attack deaths, MailOnline, medicine, politics, protect against a host of chronic illnesses, research, Science, Science News, slash heart attack deaths by half, technology, travel, vacation, Wonder drug
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‘Wonder drug’ statins have helped slash heart attack deaths by half, research says
- Between 2002 and 2010 the death rate in men fell dramatically from 78.7 per 100,000 to 39.2
- Death rate among women fell from 37.3 to 17.7
Statins have played a significant role in slashing the number of deaths from heart attacks by half.
The ‘wonderdrug’ can reduce cholesterol and protect against a host of chronic illnesses.
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December 28, 2012
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Medical
54, ather plunged 350ft, aviation, business, climate, Environment, Fell on to an icy ledg, home, human-rights, just grateful to be alive, lifestyle, medicine, research, Roger Parker, Science, Science News, technology, transportation, travel, vacation, wakes from coma in time for Christmas, wedding
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Family’s joy after father who plunged 350ft off a mountain while raising money for charity wakes from coma in time for Christmas
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Roger Parker, 54, was abseiling down a glacier with a climbing team in August when the rock his rope was attached to crumbled
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Fell on to an icy ledge before it collapsed and he plummeted further down the mountain
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Father-of-three says he is ‘just grateful to be alive’ and home for Christmas
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Has already raised £100,000 and started fundraising again
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Home for Christmas: Roger Parker, who suffered a major fall in the Alps in August, with his wife Lesley-Ann and children Aimee, William and Lucy
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December 26, 2012
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Science
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The Cassini spacecraft has taken lots of spectacular photos of Saturn over the eight-plus years it’s been orbiting the ringed gas giant. But a new image released just in time for the holidays may be the most beautiful.
“Of all the many glorious images we have received from Saturn, none are more strikingly unusual than those taken from Saturn’s shadow,” the lead of the Cassini imaging team at the Space Science Institute, Carolyn Porco, said of the new image in a written statement released by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The institute is based in Boulder, Colo.
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December 26, 2012
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Science
business, cassini saturn, climate, Egyptian Mummy Murder, Forensic Science, Forensic Science Mummies, gaming, huffingtonpost, King Ramses III Murder, King Ramses III Murder Solved, libya, Mummy, Mummy Murder, nature, Pharaoh Mystery, politics, Ramesses III, Ramesses III Murder Solved, Ramses III, Ramses III Assassination, research, Science, Science News, technology, The Last Pharaoh, travel, vacation, Video
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In a murder mystery fit for prime time, scientists say they have solved the 3,000-year-old killing of one of Egypt’s last great pharaohs.
The first CT scans to examine the king’s mummy reveal a deep cut to the neck, reports the BBC. The cut had been hidden by bandages for centuries. The deep wound 2.7 inches (7cm) wide, was found just under the larynx, and could have caused immediate death, according to medical scientists.
“I have almost no doubt about the fact that Ramses III was killed by this cut in his throat,” said paleopathologist Albert Zink of the EURAC Institute for Mummies and the Iceman in Italy, according to the AFP.
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In a murder mystery fit for prime time, scientists say they have solved the 3,000-year-old
killing of one of Egypt’s last great pharaohs.
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