Waging a new kind of war

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A series of articles consider the changing ways people wage war. Low-cost weapons, civilians and children as combatants, and anarchy mark today's post-cold war conflicts.

Social aspects, War and society, Society, Wars

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NASA's reverse thrust: Cuts may be more than a mere monetary speed bump

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration's redirection of funds to the space shuttle and space station that would eliminate or postpone many of its science programs is reported. The Space Studies Board is investigating how to hold to the grants and smaller missions by delaying or downgrading the bigger fry.

Government expenditures, Government domestic functions, Space Research and Technology, Natl Aeronautics & Space Admin, Science, Space & Tech-Total Govt, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Government finance, Space policy, Space programs

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The not-so-dark matter

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Scientists and researchers have long been debating the explanation of the dark matter which could power certain unexplained sources of light in the cosmos. Hence, pair of researchers has suggested that the particles might careen off one another, transferring some of their kinetic energy into internal energy, whereupon they would spit out an electron positron.

Science & research, Research, Observations, Dark matter (Astronomy), Gamma rays, Dark matter, Kinetic energy

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