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Siri, Do I Have Cancer? NASA Builds Cancer Detecting Mobile Phone Sensor

Nanosensor technology could allow for Siri to one day answer this question because NASA has built a cancer detecting mobile phone sensor at the Ames Research facility in California. Ames scientific researcher Jing Li is working on a small chip the size of a nickel that includes 32 of the amazing nanosensors. They are all made of different kinds of materials, and that lets them interact with different chemicals in unique ways.
NASA's IBEX Spacecraft Reveals New Observations of Interstellar Matter

NASA Probe's Alien Particle Discovery and What it Tells us About our Sun

NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer probe has detected particles of neon and oxygen that did not originate in our solar system, and this tells us a bit more about what our galaxy is made of, NASA said in a release Jan. 31. The probe, called IBEX for short, is meant to study the mysterious boundaries of our solar system, the edge of the sun's atmosphere called the heliosphere.
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Florida Republican Debate 2012: Summary of Highlights

Florida Republican Debate 2012: Summary of Highlights, From Ron Paul To Romney

Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum tackled a broad range of foreign, domestic and social issues during last night's debate, from immigration law and foreign policy to Romney's link to Obamacare and whose wife would make the best first lady. Relive the highlights of the CNN Florida Republican debate, and get a rundown of the top quotes and biggest arguments of the night.
Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is silhouetted against the U.S. flag during his speech at a Space Coast meeting in Cocoa, Florida January 25, 2012.

Gingrich Calls for Moon Base, Space Contests

Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich called on Wednesday for a base on the moon and an expanded federal purse for prize money to stimulate private-sector space projects.
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Scientists Move on from Mars, Say Venus Shows Signs of Life

The Soviet Union’s landing probe, Venus-13, detected the presence of several objects resembling living organisms, on the surface of the planet Venus in 1982, according to research published in the current issue of Solar System Research.
The entrance of the Dotcom Mansion, home of accused Kim Dotcom, is seen in Coatesville

Megaupload.com a Story of Dotcom Boom and Bust

Kim Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz and Kim Tim Jim Investor, spent his 38th birthday on Saturday in a New Zealand jail after 70 police personnel raided his country estate at the request of the U.S. FBI, which alleges Dotcom masterminded a criminal -- and highly profitable -- copyright-infringement operation.
Smoke rises from burning grass at a village near Bangkok March 31, 2008.

2011 Was Ninth-Warmest Year Since 1880: NASA

The global average temperature last year was the ninth-warmest in the modern meteorological record, continuing a trend linked to greenhouse gases that saw nine of the 10 hottest years occurring since the year 2000, NASA scientists said on Thursday.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon capsule lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force station in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 8, 2010.

SpaceX Delays Trial Run to Space Station

Space Exploration Technologies, a startup space transportation firm hired by NASA to fly cargo to the International Space Station, is delaying a planned February 7 test flight to allow more time to prepare for the mission, a company spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
The Zenit-2SB rocket blasts off from its launch pad at the cosmodrome Baikonur November 9, 2011.

Failed Russian Space Probe Plunging Back to Earth

A stranded Russian science satellite, loaded with rocket fuel for a roundtrip mission to Mars, is expected to plunge back to Earth on Sunday, but officials said on Friday they don't know when or where it will hit.
The Zenit-2SB rocket is seen before its launch at the cosmodrome in Baikonur November 9, 2011.

Failed Russian Space Probe May Plunge Back to Earth Soon

Phobos-Grunt -- a stranded Russian science satellite loaded with enough rocket fuel for a round-trip mission to Mars -- is expected to plunge back to Earth either Sunday or Monday, but officials don't know when or where it, or its remnants, will hit.

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