Posted on 03 February 2010. Tags: 1995, Earth, European Space Agency, extrasolar planet, extroplanet, Geneva University, Kepler, Michel Mayor, Milky Way, NASA, Orion spiral arm, Outer Space Affairs, professor, Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
Professor Michel Mayor, the scientist who led the team that identified the first extrasolar planet in 1995, believes a planet similar in size and composition to Earth will soon be found.
Prof Mayor, of Geneva University, said that the prospect of finding a planet habitable for humans had come a step closer through rapid technological advances allowing observation of planets outside the solar system.
Addressing a Royal Society conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) programme, he said: “The search for twins of Earth is motivated by the ultimate prospect of finding sites with favourable conditions for the development of life. Read the full story
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Posted on 02 October 2009. Tags: 1851, 1877, 1896, 1905, 1933, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1995, 20th Century Fox, Alan Levine, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr, Buena Vista Television, Caravan Pictures, CBS, CEO, CNN, Crown Publishing Group, Danny Goldberg, Dow Jones, Dreamworks, Edward McLean, espn, Eugene Meyer, Fox Television, George Jones, Gerald Levin, Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Records, Joe Roth, John McLean, Lifetime Television, Max Frankel, Michael Eisner, Michael Schulhof, Miramax Films, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, MTV, New York Times, News Corporation, Newsweek, Nickelodeon, Peter Kann, Pocket Books, Prentice Hall, Radio Network, Richard Bernstein, Richard Snyder, Rupert Murdoch, Showtime, Simon & Schuster, Sony Pictures, Steven Bornstein, Stilson Hutchins, Stuart Hersch, Ted Turner, Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney Company, Weinstein brothers, William Paley
The power of lies, deceptions and disinformation as Americans pay the price of collective stupidity.
“You know very well, and the stupid Americans know equally well, that we control their government, irrespective of who sits in the White House. You see, I know it and you know it that no American president can be in a position to challenge us even if we do the unthinkable. What can they (Americans) do to us? We control congress, we control the media, we control show biz, and we control everything in America. In America you can criticize God, but you can’t criticize Israel…” Israeli spokeswoman, Tzipora Menache Read the full story
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Posted on 22 September 2009. Tags: 1933, 1934, 1995, Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, ARDS, Avian Flu, Business Wire, cannabis, Cannabis Science Inc, CEO, Colorado Springs, endocannabinoid system, FDA, H1N1, infection, influenza, Investor Relations, Medical Marijuana, Peter Glaser, pharmaceutical, Phytocannabinoids, President, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, research, Robert Melamede, Securities Act, Swine Flu
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–(Business Wire)–
Cannabis Science Inc. (NASD OTCBB: CBIS) an emerging pharmaceutical cannabis
company, is pleased to report progress for its phytocannabinoid pharmaceutical
products to help reduce ARDS-associated deaths from both the Avian and Swine
Influenza infections.
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Posted on 14 September 2009. Tags: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, Bryon Russell, Calabasas, California, chicago bulls, Denver Nuggets, Julius Erving, Long Beach State, Michael Cooper, michael jordan, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, NBA, Seth Greenberg, Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards, Yahoo! Sports
Bryon Russell has a message for Michael Jordan: Whenever you’re ready, I’ll be waiting in California – in my basketball shorts.
“I’ll play his a— right now,” Russell told Yahoo! Sports. “This is a call-out for him to come play me. He can come out here in his private jet and come play. He’s got millions of dollars. He can pay for the jet. He can meet me at the Recreation Center in Calabasas. Read the full story
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Posted on 26 August 2009. Tags: 1945, 1947, 1994, 1995, 1998, China, Chris Maier, Colonel, Die Weisse Pyramide, Great White Pyramid, Hartwig Hausdorf, India, Inner Mongolian pyramid, James Gaussman, Maoling Mausoleum, Maurice Sheahan, New York Sunday News, New York Times, Nexus Magazine, Philip Coppens, Pyramid of Gathering, Qin Chuan Plains, Qin Shi Huang, Shaanxi Province, The Chinese Roswell, World War II, Xian, Zangkunchong, zorgon
In the beginning…
The New York Sunday News on March 30, 1947. Read the full story
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