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dailymail.co.uk - 32 minutes ago
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For those who are keen to keep fit
but low on motivation, a personal trainer is often...
the best option. But the human version may not be the most effective. Dog owners get more exercise walking their pet than someone with a gym membership, researchers have found.
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How walking the dog beats going to a gym: It gives you ...
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nytimes.com - 16 hours ago
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Gregg Mozgala, a 31-year-old actor with cerebral palsy,
had 12 years of physical therapy while he was...
growing up. But in the last eight months, a determined choreographer with an unconventional résumé has done what all those therapists could not
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Learning His Body, Learning to Dance
spacefellowship.com - 13 hours ago
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Sandwiched between Argentina to the southwest and Brazil
to the northeast, landlocked Paraguay possesses remarkable ecological richness...
for its relatively small (about the size of California) area. The northwestern part of the country is occupied by the dry woodlands known as the Chaco. In the ...
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Forest Change in Paraguay, 1990-2000 Seen from Space
youtube.com - 37 hours ago
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Ascent video highlights from ground, air, SRB and
External tank assets during the launch of STS-129.Lift Off...
Audio - Lorne Mathre & Maggie PersingerMusic...
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STS-129 Ascent Video Highlights
mastersinhealthinformatics.com - 16 hours ago
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Health informatics is a fascinating field, representing the
intersection of computer science,information science and health care....
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25 Free Open Courseware Classes on Health Informatics
spacefellowship.com - 19 hours ago
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Peering through the thick dust clouds of our
galaxy’s “bulge” (the myriads of stars surrounding its centre),...
and revealing an amazing amount of detail, a team of astronomers has unveiled an unusual mix of stars in the stellar grouping known as Terzan 5. Never observed anywhere in ...
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Cosmic “Dig” Reveals Vestiges of the Milky Way’s ...
space.com - 34 hours ago
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A new estimate of the age of our
Milky Way Galaxy suggests it was an original member...
of the universe, having been born just about as early on as was possible. The overall universe is about 13.7 billion years old. That figure, after decades of wildly ...
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Milky Way's Age Narrowed Down
space.com - 34 hours ago
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This near-infrared image shows the star cluster called
Terzan 5 within the Milky Way's bulge. Credit: F.R.Ferraro,...
University of Bologna.
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Image Display
eso.org - 35 hours ago
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ESO 45/09 - Science Release 25 November 2009
For immediate release Cosmic "Dig" Reveals Vestiges of the...
Milky Way's Building Blocks Peering through the thick dust clouds of our galaxy’s "bulge" (the myriads of stars surrounding its centre), and ...
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Cosmic "Dig" Reveals Vestiges of the Milky Way's ...
science.nasa.gov - 2 days ago
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Data from NASA's STEREO spacecraft have confirmed the
stunning reality of monster waves on the sun known...
as "solar tsunamis." Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley ! Get this podcast story.
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Monster Waves on the Sun are Real
spacefellowship.com - 17 hours ago
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NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used the wire
brush of its rock abrasion tool during the rover’s...
2,070th Martian day, or sol (Nov. 19, 2009), to scour dust from a circular target area on a rock called “Marquette Island.” The brushed target area, called ...
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Examining ‘Marquette Island’
spacefellowship.com - 21 hours ago
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(NASA) – This image from the High Resolution
Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance...
Orbiter shows a sample of the variety and complexity of processes that may occur on the walls of Martian craters, well after the impact crater formed. At the very ...
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Gullies and Flow Features on Crater Wall
spacefellowship.com - 18 hours ago
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A routine disposal overboard of waste water and
urine collected aboard Atlantis was terminated early. It is...
not necessary to dump the now half-full collection tank before landing Friday. Flight controllers have a workaround available for the crew to bypass a suspected clogged filter and dump the ...
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Flight Controllers Develop Workaround to Bypass Suspect ...
spacefellowship.com - 21 hours ago
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(NASA) – Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut
crew undocked from the International Space Station at 4:53...
a.m. EST Wednesday. Atlantis is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Friday. Tuesday, the STS-129 crew joined Expedition 21 Commander Frank De Winne and his crew ...
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Atlantis Undocks from Station
spaceflightnow.com - 38 hours ago
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Space plane unveiled - Air Force releases new
photos of X-37B space plane as April launch date...
draws closer. Atlas roars into night - Atlas 5 rocket launches Intelsat 14 commercial communications satellite during overnight mission. Out of ...
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Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Martian ...
spacefellowship.com - 20 hours ago
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6:28 GMT (1:28 am EST) – Atlantis Crew
Wake Up 9:48 GMT (4:48 am EST) – Cabin...
Stowage Begins 10:48 GMT (5:48 am EST) – FCS Checkout 11:58 GMT (6:58 am EST) – RCS Hot-Fire Test 14:13 GMT (9:13 am EST) – US PAO Event With ABC News / WTVT-TV / KCBS-TV 18:28 GMT (1:28 pm EST) – Stott’s ...
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STS-129 Flight Day 11 Planned Activities
spacefellowship.com - 38 hours ago
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The thin line of Earth’s atmosphere and the
setting sun are featured in this image photographed by...
the crew of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-129 mission was docked with the station. © Matt for International Space Fellowship, 2009. ...
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Picture of the Day – Thin Blue Line
spacefellowship.com - 21 hours ago
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(NASA) – On Sol 2095 (Tuesday, Nov. 24),
Spirit performed a set of diagnostic actions related to...
a stall of the right-rear wheel on the previous drive, three days earlier. The diagnostics showed a fully functioning wheel free of obstruction. The rover was commanded forward with 1.5 meters ...
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Free Spirit – No Wheel Stall in Diagnostic Drive
spacefellowship.com - 21 hours ago
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(NASA) – The diminutive moon Prometheus whips gossamer
ice particles out of Saturn’s F ring in this...
image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 21, 2009. The moon and the ring have eccentric, offset orbits, so Prometheus dips in and out of the F ring as it travels around Saturn. ...
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Prometheus Plays Tug of War with One of Saturn’s Rings
spacefellowship.com - 2 days ago
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In the first video showing the auroras above
the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the...
tallest known “northern lights” in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness high above the ringed planet. The new video reveals changes in Saturn’s aurora every ...
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Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance Of Saturn’s Northern Lights
