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• Watch Live Today: Atlas V Rocket Launching Echostar 19 Satellite

  17-12-2016 19:47
  
  Update for 1:47 pm ET: ULA halted the countdown for EchoStar 19 just about 1 minute before launch time due to a last-minute issue related to the Atlas V avionics system. The launch team is assessing the issue to make a decision on whether to proceed with today's launch. Originally slated to 1:27 p.m. EST (1827 GMT), the Atlas V has a 2-hour window that closes at 3:27 p.m. EST (2027 GMT) for today's launch. ULA's launch webcast will be streamed on ULA's YouTube channel, which will also appear in
  
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• Space Webcasts: Atlas V Rocket Launches Echostar 19 Satellite

  17-12-2016 19:47
  
  Update for 3  pm ET: ULA launcehd EchoStar 1. The launch team is assessing the issue to make a decision on whether to proceed with today's launch. Originally slated to 1:27 p.m. EST (1827 GMT), the Atlas V lifted off at 2:13 p.m. EST (1913 GMT). ULA's launch webcast was streamed on ULA's YouTube channel, which will also appear in the space below courtesy of ULA. Full Story: Atlas V Rocket Launches EchoStar 19 Broadband Internet Satellite Into Orbit
  
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• Fermi Lab co-founder, physicist Dr. Edwin Goldwasser dies

  17-12-2016 18:40
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory co-founder and physicist Dr. Edwin Goldwasser has died. He was 97.
  
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• Stormier times for California's water expected under new law

  17-12-2016 18:10
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first winter storm of 2017 to drop welcome rain over the rivers, pumps, pipes and canals that move California's water north to south likely will open a new era of tension over how much water goes to fish or farms under a new U.S law.
  
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• Save the rats? Not likely

  17-12-2016 17:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In an age when people campaign to save deer, rabbits, parrots and many other animals, why is it so hard to find someone who'll stand up for the rats?
  
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• Mysterious Metallic Sound in the Mariana Trench Finally Identified

  17-12-2016 16:18
  
  An otherworldly noise that was recorded near the Mariana Trench could be a never-before-heard whale call. Dubbed the "Western Pacific Biotwang," this newly discovered call might be from a minke whale — a type of baleen whale — according to the researchers who documented the vocalization. "The low-frequency moaning part is typical of baleen whales, and it's that kind of twangy sound that makes it really unique.
  
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• Magnitude 7.9 quake off the coast of Papua New Guinea

  17-12-2016 15:51
  A magnitude 7.9 earthquake has struck off the east coast of Papua New Guinea. The epicentre was 29 miles to the east of Taron on Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. A strong aftershock hit the area of the original quake within the space of an hour, with the USGS reporting 5.5 and 6.3 magnitude quakes.
  
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• What's an Earth-Like Planet Anyway?

  17-12-2016 14:37
  
  Project Blue contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. For centuries, humans have wondered whether Earth is unique in the universe, or if similar planets exist out there. Since its 2009 launch, Kepler has discovered more than 2,000 confirmed exoplanets and has given us a huge amount of information about their orbits and sizes.
  
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• NASA to Celebrate John Glenn's Legacy with Memorial Service Today

  17-12-2016 14:37
  
  NASA will celebrate the life and legacy of pioneering astronaut John Glenn with a memorial service at Ohio State University today (Dec. 17), and space agency officials will provide a live webcast of the service for the public. 
  
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• Watch Live Today: NASA to Air John Glenn Memorial Service @ 2 pm ET

  17-12-2016 14:00
  
  NASA will webcast the memorial service celebrating the life and legacy of pioneering astronaut John Glenn on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT). Glenn, one of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts and the first American to orbit the Earth, died on Dec. 8  . 
  
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• Watch Live Today: Atlas V Rocket Launching Echostar 19 Satellite @ 1:27 pm ET

  17-12-2016 14:00
  
  The United Launch Alliance will launch an Atlas V rocket today, Dec. 18, to send the Echostar 19 broadband communications satellite for HughesNet at 1:27 p.m. ET (1827 GMT). ULA's launch webcast will begin at 1:07 p.m. EST (1807 GMT) and will be streamed on ULA's YouTube channel, which will also appear in the space below courtesy of ULA.ULA Launch Webcast Will Appear Here at 1:07 pm ET.
  
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• Ho-Ho-Horrible: Why We're So Bad at Choosing Good Gifts

  17-12-2016 14:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  Recent research highlights the mismatch between what people want and what they want to give
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• China restricts cars, factories amid latest smog alert

  17-12-2016 07:12
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China's capital and other northern cities have banned half of all vehicles from city streets and ordered factories, schools and construction sites closed in response to a five-day smog red alert.
  
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• Thousands to attend American space legend John Glenn's memorial

  17-12-2016 06:53
  
  Thousands were expected to gather Saturday in Ohio for a memorial service to pay tribute to American space legend John Glenn, who died last week at the age of 95.
  
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• Russia-China: History and culture

  17-12-2016 06:00
  
  (Kazan Federal University) 2017 is an anniversary year for all Russian sinologists. In the approaching 2017 Russian academic Oriental Studies will turn 200 years, and it will be 180 years since formation of first department of Chinese verbal folklore in Kazan Imperial University; 60 years since foundation of Russian-Chinese friendship Community and 10 years since foundation of Confucius Institute of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (CI KFU).
  
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• Routine blood test predicts how long cancer patients will survive

  17-12-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society for Medical Oncology) A routine blood test can predict how long cancer patients in palliative care will survive, researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore.
  
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• Depressed patients are less responsive to chemotherapy

  17-12-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society for Medical Oncology) A brain-boosting protein plays an important role in how well people respond to chemotherapy, researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore.
  
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• Cancer costs leaving patients in debt

  17-12-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society for Medical Oncology) Cancer patients are ending up in debt because they have to cover the costs of treatment as well as other care related expenses, researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore.
  
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• Anxiety and depression a major issue for cancer survivors

  17-12-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society for Medical Oncology) Cancer has a major impact on mental and physical wellbeing, researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore.
  
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• Artist brings beauty to war-damaged Gaza home

  17-12-2016 04:59
  
  Dutch artist Marjan Teeuwen walks past a column formed from rubble to show off her latest creation, a barren house in the Gaza Strip where doorless rooms face into bleak, empty space.
  
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• 'Phone seismometers' prove their worth

  17-12-2016 02:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An app that turns a smartphone into an earthquake detector helps citizens monitor tremors.
  
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• UK fishing industry 'will need EU market access' post Brexit

  17-12-2016 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK fishing industry will need continued access to EU markets post-Brexit, a Lords report warns.
  
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• New glasses may help minimize peripheral vision loss

  17-12-2016 01:22
  Vision scientists may have discovered how to reduce pedestrian collisions in crowded and chaotic open space environments like bus terminals, shopping malls and city plazas involving individuals with partial blindness. Researchers have determined from which direction collisions with partially blind pedestrians are most likely to originate. This understanding will guide the development of new glasses that expand the sight of a person with limited peripheral vision.
  
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• Watch Live Saturday: NASA to Air John Glenn Memorial Service @ 2 pm ET

  17-12-2016 00:00
  
  NASA will webcast the memorial service celebrating the life and legacy of pioneering astronaut John Glenn on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT). Glenn, one of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts and the first American to orbit the Earth, died on Dec. 8  . 
  
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