Today on SPACE.com --- Thursday, August 18, 2005 -- http://www.space.com/
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Daily Space Trivia NEW! LiveScience.com * LiveScience Amazing Images: Upload Your Cool Pictures Now! * Lions, Camels and Elephants, Oh My! Wild Kingdom Proposed for U.S. * Lions and People Killing Each Other in Tanzania * Study: Some Changing Rooms 'Overwhelming' for Women Shoppers * 26,000-year-old Arch Supports? * LiveScience.com: Cool Science Galleries NEW! Cool Stuff: * Amazing Images: Cool Space and Science Photos from around the World and Beyond * New Gallery: 2005 Perseid Meteor Shower * New: Discovery Return to Flight Wallpaper * VOTE NOW: The Best of the Hubble Space Telescope * STS-114 Photo Album * Virtual Space Tour * Get the weather from anywhere on Earth...with WeatherBug! * New! Search for Your Next Hi-Tech Job Opportunity Now! Entertainment: Movies, Television, DVD, Games and much more... * VOTE NOW: Rate Your Favorite Space Movies * New Songs Added...Explore the SpaceBox! * 'Sky High' Gives Teen Angst the Superhero Treatment * Clone War: The Island is A Special Effects Battle Royale That Falls Flat * Up on the Roof: IMAX Space Station comes to DVD Recent Headlines: * Giant Space Blasts a Two-step Process * Scrub Delays Delta 4 Launch Until October * Universe in a Box: Collapsable Telescope Offers Multiple Uses * Milky Way's Central Structure Seen with Fresh Clarity * Black Hole Forges Invisible Bubble * NASA's Return to Flight: Full Coverage of Discovery's STS-114 Mission * Latest News and Updates on the Mars Rovers * Cassini's Journeys: Headquarters for mission news, Saturn and more Plus... * Uplink, SPACE.com TV and NightSky * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * Intelligent Design and Evolution at the White House http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_bush_id_050818.html A debate rages over intelligent design vs. evolution, at least in the media and in politics, but not in the greater scientific community as the vast majority of scientists do not consider intelligent design as a viable alternative to evolution. * Rings Too Good for Saturn, Have Own Atmosphere http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050817_ring_atmosphere.html New data from the Cassini spacecraft indicates that Saturn's trademark rings have their own atmosphere, separate from the gas around the planet they encircle. * All-time Best Comet-Hunter Spots Number 1000 http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050817_comet_hunter.html The best comet hunter in history recently spotted its 1,000th comet, accounting for nearly half the comets ever discovered. * Image of the Day: The Life History of a Supernova http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_050818.html New images from Chandra and Hubble are revealing the life history of Supernova 1987a. ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Thinking Clearly About Space Part 1: Hustling the Future http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_hustle_part1_050818.html There's a difference between hurrying the future and hustling it. Hustling means deceiving ourselves about how far along we are, about the timing and cost of the steps to come, and about how widely and deeply our enthusiasm is shared. * NASA May Push Next Shuttle Flight to March 2006 http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/050818_shuttle_delay.html NASA may push back plans to launch its next shuttle mission until March 2006, allowing engineers more time to solve an ongoing foam shedding problem with orbiter external tanks. * Independent Task Group Stands Down, Members Criticize NASA's Return to Flight Work http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/050817_rtf_staffordcovey_finalrpt.html The independent task group responsible for watching over NASA's efforts to launch the STS-114 mission aboard Discovery, the first space shuttle to fly since the Columbia disaster, is standing down, with some of its members criticizing the space agency's return to flight work. * Summit in Sight for Mars Rover Spirit http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/050817_spirit_summit.html At its Gusev crater exploration site, the Spirit Mars rover is wheeling to the summit of Husband Hill and likely to complete its climb this week. * Weather, Technical Glitch Delay Discovery's Return to Florida Spaceport http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/050817_discovery_delay.html Shuttle Discovery's flight home is delayed again, now set for takeoff from California on Friday at earliest. * ASTRONOTES: SpaceShipOne's Extra Passenger Auctioned Off http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html The winning bidder paid $1,525.00 for the figure. * NEW! Daily Space Trivia http://www.space.com/php/trivia/ One of Today's 5 New Questions: What was the first sporting event on the Moon? ---------------------------------- NEW! LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/ * LiveScience Amazing Images: Upload Your Cool Pictures Now! http://www.livescience.com/amazingimages/ Upload your cool pictures of exotic locales, nature, weather, creatures and more! * Lions, Camels and Elephants, Oh My! Wild Kingdom Proposed for U.S. http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/050817_big_animals.html Scientists want to import endangered animals from Africa to restore America's ecosystem to a prehuman state. * Lions and People Killing Each Other in Tanzania http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/050817_lion_deaths.html Lions have killed more than 560 Tanzanians since 1990, scientists announced today. The victims include children playing outside huts and people dragged from their beds, researchers say. * Study: Some Changing Rooms 'Overwhelming' for Women Shoppers http://www.livescience.com/othernews/050817_shopping.html A new study gives valuable insight into the minds of female shopaholics. * 26,000-year-old Arch Supports? http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050817_footwear.html The first supportive footwear was probably modest, but it definitely predates the Nike Empire. * LiveScience.com: Cool Science Galleries http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/ Where Science comes to Life...Visit our Image Galleries collection. ---------------------------------- NEW! Cool Stuff: * Amazing Images: Cool Space and Science Photos from around the World and Beyond http://www.space.com/amazingimages/ The best user-submitted earth and space imagery. Upload your amazing pictures now! * New Gallery: 2005 Perseid Meteor Shower http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/archive.php?category=ss Although 2005 was an off-year for the Perseid meteor shower, there were some spectacular photos captured during the show. * New: Discovery Return to Flight Wallpaper http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/collection.php?collection=sts114 Fifteen amazing wallpaper downloads from the STS-114 mission to Space. * VOTE NOW: The Best of the Hubble Space Telescope http://www.space.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=hst VOTE NOW! Pick your favorite Hubble image of all time! * STS-114 Photo Album http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/archive.php?category=se Space Adventures of STS-114: Cool pictures of the spacewalks, crew photos inside the shuttle, and amazing views of Earth. * Virtual Space Tour http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/virtualspacetour/ SPACE.com's animated encyclopedia reveals all the secrets of our neighboring worlds. * Get the weather from anywhere on Earth...with WeatherBug! http://www.space.com/php/weatherbug/ Type in your ZIP Code and hit "Go" to get your live local weather. * New! Search for Your Next Hi-Tech Job Opportunity Now! http://www.space.com/jobs/ Imaginova and CareerBuilder.com have partnered to bring you the best in job searching, resume posting, and online recruiting. ---------------------------------- Entertainment: Movies, Television, DVD, Games and much more... http://www.space.com/entertainment/ * VOTE NOW: Rate Your Favorite Space Movies http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacemovies/ Vote Now For Your Favorite Space Movie of All Time! * New Songs Added...Explore the SpaceBox! http://www.space.com/entertainment/spacebox/ Explore the SpaceBox! The Best, Worst, and Weirdest Music Inspired by the Cosmos! * 'Sky High' Gives Teen Angst the Superhero Treatment http://www.space.com/entertainment/050729_skyhigh_review.html Sky High is the gangly, pimple-faced, adolescent love child of John Hughes and the Nickelodeon channel; an expanded Harry Potter-meets-The Incredibles Saturday morning cartoon for the tween demographic that's as predictable as an after-school special, but in a comforting, not cloying way. * Clone War: The Island is A Special Effects Battle Royale That Falls Flat http://www.space.com/entertainment/050722_theisland_review.html When does homage become pastiche, and pastiche deteriorate into outright plagiarism? Check out director Michael Bay's "The Island" for the answer. * Up on the Roof: IMAX Space Station comes to DVD http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_imax_review_050721.html For those of us without $20 million to spend on a tourist trip to the International Space Station, a much less expensive alternative has now appeared. In 2002, the IMAX movie, "Space Station" was released to theaters across the country. Now you can enjoy a trip to the ISS without leaving your home as "Space Station" is now out on DVD. ---------------------------------- Recent Headlines: http://www.space.com/news/ * Giant Space Blasts a Two-step Process http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050817_swift_bursts.html * Scrub Delays Delta 4 Launch Until October http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft_050817_goes_delay.html * Universe in a Box: Collapsable Telescope Offers Multiple Uses http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/050817_dob_spacetel.html * Milky Way's Central Structure Seen with Fresh Clarity http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050816_milky_way.html * Black Hole Forges Invisible Bubble http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050816_blackhole_jet.html * NASA's Return to Flight: Full Coverage of Discovery's STS-114 Mission http://www.space.com/returntoflight/ * Latest News and Updates on the Mars Rovers http://www.space.com/marsrover/ * Cassini's Journeys: Headquarters for mission news, Saturn and more http://www.space.com/cassini/ ----------------------------- * SpaceTV: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ * NightSky: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ * Uplink: Share your opinion! http://uplink.space.com/ ------------------------------------- JOIN NOW! 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