First IT Training Center for Visually Impaired
National Youth Organization (NYO) will submit the executive bylaw of the plan to empower youth in the field of information technology to the cabinet in two weeks time,
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China school flood death toll put at 117
Reuters :The death toll from a flash flood which swept through a primary school in northeast China this month was officially put at 117 on Tuesday, 105 of the victims children, Xinhua news agency said ...
Another earthquake hits off Northern California coast
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit about 120 miles off the Northern California early Sunday morning, near where a larger temblor prompted a brief tsunami warning last week, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Ladon Sedimentary Rocks
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What is an artesian aquifer?
Before we can get to an artesian aquifer, we first need to define some terms
USGS Creates Framework For National Volcano Early Warning System
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released the first ever comprehensive and systematic review of the 169 U.S. volcanoes and established a framework for a National ...
The Meteorite that Killed the Dinosaurs
The catastrophe that wiped out those reptiles and many other species 60 million years ago has been clarified. The meteorite that caused their deaths left its largest evidence in Cuba.
Titan may have an ice volcano
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spotted what appears to be an ice volcano on Saturn's moon Titan, a finding that may help explain how the planet-size satellite maintains its soupy atmosphere.
Seismological constraints on a possible plume root at the core?mantle boundary
Recent seismological discoveries have indicated that the Earth's core?mantle boundary is far more complex than a simple boundary between the molten outer core and the silicate mantle.
Japan's eastern coast rocked by earthquake
A earthquake rocked Japan's eastern coast early this morning, swaying buildings in Tokyo for several seconds. There were no reports of damage or injury.
Moderate earthquake shakes eastern Iran
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook sparsely populated eastern Iran on Sunday, the state-run television said. No one was hurt or killed, according to the report.
How Much Excess Fresh Water Was Added To The North Atlantic In Recent Decades?
Large regions of the North Atlantic Ocean have been growing fresher since the late 1960s as melting glaciers and increased precipitation, both associated with greenhouse warming, ...
Private Mines Need Government Support
Chekriz Copper Mine needs the support of Renovation and Development ...
European Experiments Successfully Launched Aboard Foton Spacecraft
An unmanned Foton-M spacecraft carrying a mainly European payload was put into orbit by a Russian Soyuz-U launcher today at 14:00 Central European Time (18:00 local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.