Member 5273Marine archaeologists find remains of slave ship (AP)26-11-2008 11h07AP - Marine archaeologists have found the remains of a slave ship wrecked off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, an accident that set free the ancestors of many current residents of those islands. Some 192 Africans survived the sinking of the Spanish ship Trouvadore off the British-ruled islands, where the slave trade was banned. Thanksgiving sky: Jupiter, Venus, moon together (AP)26-11-2008 06h21AP - It's not just families that are getting together this Thanksgiving week. The three brightest objects in the night sky Venus, Jupiter and a crescent moon will crowd around each other for an unusual group shot. Work pays off, broken space gear working again (AP)26-11-2008 07h46AP - Astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex got a double dose of good news Tuesday: A rotary joint that they spent days cleaning and lubing appeared to be working normally again for the first time in more than a year, and a urine-recycling machine finally was behaving. Thanksgiving in space: stiff turkey, bland yams (AP)26-11-2008 08h06AP - The smoked turkey resembles sliced deli meat but stiffer, the candied yams are bland inside, the green beans taste like they've been microwaved to death and the corn bread stuffing has a broth-heavy, institutional flavor. Huge Cave Bears: When and Why They Disappeared (LiveScience.com)26-11-2008 10h21LiveScience.com - Enormous cave bears that once inhabited Europe were the first of the mega-mammals to die out, going extinct around 13 millennia earlier than was previously thought, according to a new estimate. Why'd they go? In part because they were vegetarians. The new extinction date, 27,800 years ago, coincides with a period of significant climate change, known as the Last Glacial Maximum, when a marked cooling in temperature resulted in a reduction or total loss of the vegetation that the cave bears ate (today's brown bears are omnivores). ... Eight dead, thousands affected by flooding in Panama (AFP)26-11-2008 10h39AFP - At least eight people were killed, six are missing and more than 14,000 affected by heavy rains drenching Panama since Saturday, national disaster relief officials have said. European states at odds over space funding priorities (AFP)26-11-2008 05h18AFP - European ministers Tuesday discussed funding for the International Space Station but differences emerged with Germany calling for more money for the ISS and France focussing on building more launchers. <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 89 Member 3149 Member 1687 Member 3686 Member 1341 Member 4219 Member 252 Member 1090 Member 3992 Member 4897 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 | |
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