By Maximillion, on April 3rd, 2010%
AP – After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to conduct technology tests in orbit and then glide home to a California runway.
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By Maximillion, on February 18th, 2010%
AP – From pole to pole, surface to frigid depths, researchers have discovered thousands of new ocean creatures in a decade-long effort now nearing completion, and there may still be several times more strange creatures to be found, leaders of the Census of Marine Life reported Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Association for . . . → Read More: Marine census grows near completion
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By Maximillion, on December 16th, 2009%
AP – The Federal Trade Commission piled on new antitrust charges against Intel Corp. on Wednesday, seeking to end what it described as a decade of illegal sales tactics that have crippled rivals and kept prices for computer chips artificially high.
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By Maximillion, on December 8th, 2009%
AP – A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries and activists who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries.
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By Maximillion, on December 8th, 2009%
AP – This decade is on track to become the warmest since records began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the U.N. weather agency reported Tuesday on the second day of a pivotal 192-nation climate conference.
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By Maximillion, on December 8th, 2009%
AP – The world’s weatherman says this decade has very likely been the warmest in the historical record, and 2009 likely will end as one of the warmest years.
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By Maximillion, on December 6th, 2009%
AP – A decade has passed since the federal government began returning endangered Mexican wolves to their historic range in the Southwest. It hasn’t worked out — for the wolves, for ranchers, for conservationists or for federal biologists.
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By Maximillion, on November 21st, 2009%
Investor’s Business Daily – Climate Change: As scientists confirm the earth has not warmed at all in the past decade, others wonder how this could be and what it means for Copenhagen. Maybe Al Gore can Photoshop something before December.
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By Maximillion, on November 18th, 2009%
AP – Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday for a weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of spare parts needed to keep the outpost running for another decade.
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By Maximillion, on October 26th, 2009%
Data is presented that shows solar photovoltaic costs decreasing. Over the past decade, photovoltaic module and non-module elements have contributed to the cost decline. …
… "From 1998 to 2008, installed costs declined by about 3.6% (or $0.3/W) per year, on average, starting from $10.8/W in 1998. Preliminary cost data indicates that the average cost of projects . . . → Read More: Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic Costs Decreasing