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Join Challenger Center for a live interactive webcast, October 21 at 12:00pm ET with Brian Campbell and Paul Przyborski from NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center to learn about the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) project.

Research group hosts film festival and lecture series to enlighten the public regarding the hazards of mercury as a global pollutant.

In a global online press conference, Guy Laliberte, the founder of Cirque du Soleil announced details of his planned Poetic Social Mission.

XCOR Aerospace announced today that it has reached several significant milestones in the 5K18 rocket engine test program. This is the engine that powers XCOR's Lynx suborbital spacecraft.

Hawthorne, CA – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces delivery of equipment to Kennedy Space Center in support of upcoming flights of their Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.

iPhone paves the way for new technology that combine health and science. By simply setting your alarm the Proactive Sleep app gives you info on your sleep and it also has various helpful tools for sleepers

In a time where environmental responsibility is not only encouraged, but often rewarded, Virginia Lake Management Company is leading the industry in green lake management practices, spreading the word with SEO & social media.

Fight SMA Publishes Web Video from 2009 Spinal Muscular Atrophy Conference

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation announces an unprecedented red-listing of the Eastern Pacific Ocean bigeye sending a clear message about the pressing need for conservation measures to ensure the sustainability of the stock.

EDL announces the release of the innovative MSB-500, which provides an affordable, safe, and effective alternative to the traditional larger floor style baths. Remarkable 10 mK stabilities and uniformity is achieved using less than 14 lbs of salt!

Fight SMA is celebrating another successful annual conference.

EDL introduces the T-VALH; a small portable field calibrator that simplifies on-site calibration of the most hard to reach immersion or insertion sensors.

Fight SMA is providing a free live webcast of two seminars from this year’s Family and Friends Annual Spinal Muscular Atrophy Conference in Washington D.C.

Industry, science and environmental community partners warn overfishing is not sustainable and current conservation ceasures “have not prevented the stock from being overfished.”

Author Beth Brown to launch “Ghost Lab Radio” on the Para-X Radio Network (powered by CBS) beginning February 15, 2009

College student has unlocked a coded pattern hidden inside the King James Bible. A secret pattern that has the potential to be more controversial than religion itself.

After testing more than 1,000 bottles, the NRDC concluded there could be no assurance that bottled water is safer than city water. 33% of the bottled waters contained significant bacterial contamination, and 20% contained organic chemicals.

Beyond the Firmament: Understanding Science and the Theology of Creation reached number four on the Amazon.com Creationism category this week.

Debut book on creation, evolution, intelligent design, Genesis, and the Bible reaches the top ten on the Amazon.com creationism sales chart.

ENSCO announced today it won a commercial contract for its patented DGRMS. This contract awarded by commercial railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) further expands ENSCO’s foothold in the commercial railway market.

At www.ConserveOnline.org, The Nature Conservancy has launched a complete overhaul of the free online tools supporting knowledge-flow and coordination between environment and conservation efforts around the world. Launch Date: May 5, 2008

New book on creation, evolution, intelligent design, Genesis, and the Bible reaches number six on the Amazon.com sales chart for creationism books.

Atomic Elephant Toy recently announced its discount program for educators to include school administrators, teachers, professors and the parents of homeschooled children.

Atomic Elephant Toy launched its online toy store in February 2008. The store offers science kits and toys as well as general educational toys. They will be offering discounts for all educators including homeschooling parents.

New book on creation, evolution, intelligent design, Genesis, and the Bible returns to the Amazon.com bestseller charts for cosmology books.

Noblis' RASMAS Recall Management Service Hosts First "By Community Request" Teleconference

Gordon J. Glover, author of Beyond the Firmament: Understanding Science and the Theology of Creation, has published a free online video entitled A Natural History of Creation.

Gordon J. Glover, author of Beyond the Firmament: Understanding Science and the Theology of Creation, has released a three-part online video series entitled Does Science Contradict the Bible?

Gordon J. Glover blogs on religion and science from an Evangelical Christian perspective in conjunction with his new book, Beyond the Firmament: Understanding Science and the Theology of Creation.

Virginia resident and William & Mary graduate abducted by aliens for over 30 years. Who or what the aliens are, she doesn't know for sure, but offers help to others who share the experience.

The latest episode of Fighting Back, a podcast featuring inspirational stories about people fighting serious or incurable diseases, is telling the story of a woman fighting against multiple diseases ... not all of which affect her family.

Virginia Firm Files for Novel Silver/Bio-film Patent

The FighterMom program, which assists, supports, and educates parents who have become disease advocates fighting a disorder affecting their children, is relaunching this Mother's Day Weekend.

Fight SMA (www.fightsma.org) and FighterMom release the latest episode of the Fighting Back Podcast, which features inspirational stories about people and families fighting serious or incurable diseases.

College and adult education students find online tutoring convenient and cost-effective. tutorNEXT program provides college students and working adults easy access to high-quality and cost-effective academic support at their convenience.

An update of an earlier story about the Fight SMA Spinal Muscular Atrophy National Conference, held April 22-27 in Washington D.C.

Families from all over the nation are traveling to the nation’s capital for the the twelfth Fight SMA Annual Conference, with a goal of advancing the fight against the deadly disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

Fight SMA (http://www.fightsma.org) has established a research and development collaboration with PTC Therapeutics, Inc (PTC) to identify and develop a compound that can be used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).