In a move to correct the already aging Global Positioning System (GPS), the US Airforce has launched a new satellite designed to provide stronger signal while preventing jamming for military applications. Mobile Mag: The US Air Force has successfully launched its first modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite on Monday. Billed as the most technologically…
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The Pacific Northwest is Moving. Did You Feel It?
Live Science: An important seismic event imperceptible to humans has begun in the Pacific Northwest as predicted, according to the government agency Geological Survey of Canada. The chance of a major earthquake is 30 times higher now for a roughly two-week period, but the odds are still remote, scientists say. The event is called episodic…
...Read MoreMen and Women ARE Put Together Differently
Drug companies are realizing that men and women ARE built differently as evidenced by this recent article on overcoming sexual dysfunction. ModBee: “The latest research ??? being done by academics, rather than commercial drug companies ??? suggests a neurological solution is needed because when it comes to achieving orgasms, women are more affected by mood,…
...Read MoreLink Between Accutane And Teen Suicide To Be Tracked
Mercury News (free registration required): “Federal regulators Friday unveiled a groundbreaking, high-tech system to restrict distribution of Accutane, a drug that has been particularly effective against severe acne but has long been known to cause birth defects and is now being studied for a possible connection to teen suicides. Patients, doctors, pharmacists, wholesalers and manufacturers…
...Read MoreReturn to Flight
3 days and counting until the space shuttle Discovery will take to the skies again. The launch is set to take place at 3:51 pm Florida time and will be streamed live from the NASA homepage. Tags: NASA, puppy
...Read MoreSpace Shuttle Launch Forms Strange Cloud
MercuryNews.com (registration required): The last launch of the doomed space shuttle Columbia created an exhaust plume two miles wide and 650 miles long that traveled all the way to Antarctica and triggered the formation of mysterious clouds, scientists reported Wednesday. Tags: news, environment, puppy, science
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