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Impact Hypothesis Loses Its SparkleSt. Louis MO (SPX) Sep 03, 2010 About 12,900 years ago, a sudden cold snap interrupted the gradual warming that had followed the last Ice Age. The cold lasted for the 1,300-year interval known as the Younger Dryas (YD) before the climate began to warm again. In North America, large animals known as megafauna, such as mammoths, mastodons, saber-tooth tigers and giant short-faced bears, became extinct. The Paleo-Indian culture known as the Clovis culture for distinctively shaped fluted stone spear points abruptly vanished, eventua ... read more |
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Indian nuclear bill wins final approval
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 31, 2010A bill aimed at throwing open India's 150-billion-dollar civilian nuclear market cleared its final parliamentary hurdle Monday after a stormy debate. The bill, critical to implementing a 2008 landmark atomic energy pact with the United States, which grants India access to foreign nuclear technology, was approved by parliament's upper house. Premier Manmohan Singh has said the measure wi ... more DRDO Develops Space Food For Astronauts
Mysore, India (PTI) Aug 30, 2010The Mysore-based the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed dried and packaged food for astronauts. These formulations were displayed at the four-day Space Expo-2010 organised by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at Bangalore on Saturday. This exhibition focused on the commercialisation of space, remote sens ... more China denies reports of India military rift
Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2010China on Saturday denied reports that defence exchanges with India had been suspended by New Delhi in retaliation for Beijing refusing a visa to a top general from its neighbour. "China has not halted defence exchanges with India and has received no word that India has stopped military exchanges between the two countries," said a statement by China's defence ministry. The faxed statement ... more |
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Global gold demand powered this year by China, India: WGCLondon (AFP) Aug 26, 2010 World gold demand will be powered for the rest of 2010 by emerging market giants India and China, and increased investment buying, the World Gold Council said. "Gold will remain robust during 2010 as a result of accelerating demand from India and China, as well as increasing global investment demand driven by continuing uncertainty over public debt and economic recovery," the WGC said in a report released late Wednesday. The precious metal hit a record 1,265.30 dollars per ounce on June 21, prop ... read more |
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