Eyewitness accounts and twitter messages on the ground in Japan reveal rising desperation and frustration with the media.
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Enhancing our understanding of complex space weather, N.A.S.A. scientists have gleaned new insights into the origins of fast-moving electrons during substorms in the Earth’s magnetosphere.
Professor of history at the University of Maryland, David Hirsch warns against expecting too much from battery innovation, such as in electric cars, but not from alternative transportation.
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N.A.S.A. space scientists have hit on a new way to manage the growing cloud of space junk surrounding the Earth: Use mid-powered lasers to nudge space junk off collision courses.
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If you dnate to the relief effort in Japan, you can enter a chance to win this new book about the past and present of Japanese art.
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