http://www.newspond.comNewspond finds and ranks the most popular news on the internetWed, 08 Feb 2012 14:26:58 GMTPyRSS2Gen-1.0.0http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.newspond.com/story=4258699(PhysOrg.com) -- As asteroid 2005 YU55 swept past Earth in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 9, telescopes aboard NASA's Swift satellite joined professional and amateur astronomers around the globe in monitoring the fast-moving space rock. The unique ultraviolet data will aid scientists in understanding the asteroid's surface composition. http://www.newspond.com/story=4258699Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:47:11 GMThttp://www.newspond.com/story=4258506BEIJING (Reuters) - China's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said on Friday that an oil leak by a subsidiary of Houston-based ConocoPhillips in China's Bohai Bay is a major accident caused by negligence. http://www.newspond.com/story=4258506Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:45:59 GMThttp://www.newspond.com/story=4258472[ Watch the Video ] New observations indicate that the asteroid Lutetia is a leftover fragment of the same original material that formed the Earth, Venus and Mercury. Astronomers have combined data from ESAs Rosetta spacecraft, ESOs New Technology Telescope, and NASA telescopes. They found that the properties of the asteroid closely match those of a rare kind of meteorites found on Earth and thought to have formed in the inner parts of the Solar System. Lutetia must, at some point, have moved out to its current location in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. A team of ...http://www.newspond.com/story=4258472Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:45:15 GMThttp://www.newspond.com/story=4258466Every child should be tested for high cholesterol by age 11 so steps can be taken to prevent heart disease later on, a panel of doctors urged Friday in new advice that is sure to be controversial. http://www.newspond.com/story=4258466Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:45:15 GMThttp://www.newspond.com/story=4258456[ Watch the Video ] Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun some people worry that a gigantic "killer solar flare" could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth. Citing the accurate fact that solar activity is currently ramping up in its standard 11-year cycle, there are those who believe that 2012 could be coincident with such a flare. But this same solar cycle has occurred over millennia. Anyone over the age of 11 has already lived through such ...http://www.newspond.com/story=4258456Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:45:59 GMThttp://www.newspond.com/story=4258447SPACE.com - The American in charge of the International Space Station has sent U.S. veterans a video tribute to honor their military service and sacrifices for Veteran's Day today (Nov. 11). http://www.newspond.com/story=4258447Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:45:59 GMThttp://www.newspond.com/story=4257847Europe health check shows TB, measles, other worriesReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Europe's health is suffering, with around 80000 cases of tuberculosis infection a year and serious problems with measles, HIV and threats from "superbug" infections, an annual health report on the region said Thursday ...Annual European CDC Report Says Infectious Diseases, Drug Resistance Are ConcernsKaiser Family FoundationEurope health check shows TB, measles, other worriesReuters Indiaall 11 news articles>> http://www.newspond.com/story=4257847Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:42:53 GMThttp://www.newspond.com/story=4257679ATHENS (Reuters) - 'Contagion' is the label financial markets use for the economic spread of the Greek crisis. For hundreds of people in an increasingly chaotic society, the word has a deadlier meaning. http://www.newspond.com/story=4257679Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:46:07 GMThttp://www.newspond.com/story=4257240The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) on board NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first measurements on November 8, 2011. The image shows the ATMS channel 18 data, which measures water vapor in the lower atmosphere. Tropical Storm Sean is visible in the data, as the patch of blue, in the Atlantic off the coast of the Southeastern United States. The data were processed at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) in Suitland, Md. The ATMS is one of five instruments on board the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project, or NPP, that launched from Vandenberg Air ...http://www.newspond.com/story=4257240Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:06:24 GMThttp://www.newspond.com/story=4257150Following a diet high in fibre, particularly from whole grains and cereals like brown rice and oats, is linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer, according to researchers in Britain and The Netherlands who pooled all available published evidence, covering nearly 2 million people. They write about their findings in a study published online in the BMJ on 10 November... http://www.newspond.com/story=4257150Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:10:09 GMT