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Kamchatkans and Venezuelans beware. A 20-million-tonne asteroid could be heading your way. Californians have even more reason to worry - the asteroid is more likely to hit the Pacific Ocean, triggering a tsunami that could devastate the west coast of North America.

These are among the scenarios projected for asteroid Apophis, which researchers now say has a 1 in 45,000 chance of hitting Earth on 13 April 2036. Calculations show it would strike somewhere along a narrow track that stretches eastward from Siberia to the west coast of Africa.

Compared to earlier estimates, the new figure represents a further reduction in the threat posed by Apophis (see Risk of asteroid smashing into Earth reduced). But the threat is real enough, experts argue, to merit a United Nations protocol for dealing with the problem.

"Someone will have to make a decision," says Russell Schweickart, a former Apollo astronaut and founder of the Association of Space Explorers. Because any plan for deflecting the asteroid away from Earth will need to be implemented well before an impact site is precisely known, he says, "this is inherently going to be an international decision".

Tags: space, asteroid, earth, science

Amazing Pictures

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:29:04 GMT

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Plane crossing the road in a commercial jet picture with the aircraft blocking the street taxiing to a runway on some landing strip somewhere.

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A wild animals picture and a wonder of nature where an alligator is waiting at the back door for unsuspecting house guests in this amazing reptile pic.

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A wild animals picture and snake bite photo where the snake strikes a mans face and the fangs puncture his skin. A dangerous nature pic to check out for sure.

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Accident injury picture in a hospital emergency room of an impaled object with massive injuries. A bizarre mishap pic and weird casualty photo to check out.

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Water main disaster picture of a frozen ice car and completely frosted vehicle. The entirely icy automobile is in a solid deep freeze in winter.

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Sports picture of wild fishing and a giant catfish caught in Italy. The freak of nature is a natural wonder that makes an amazing fisherman's tale to tell.

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An army soldier peeing on Saddam Hussein in this military picture. A patriotic service man from the Iraq war showing what all the foreign fighting is for.

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Motorcycle accident injury with severe road rash in this cycling wipeout picture. The skid burn injuries show his wounded butt and bleeding ass.

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A unique tree with braided branches in an unusual arboretum. This is an amazing nature picture, strange landscaping structure and weird park pic.

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Lots of bizarre people in here popping their eyes out and all sorts of stuff. This person is pushing his peepers from the sockets for an amazing ocular disfigurement that might distort perception and make him go blind. Maybe not though.

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An amazing image and wild picture with a babies foot sticking out of a pregnant moms stomach. A strange pic and bizarre photo for sure.

Tags: pictures, photos, weird, amazing, people, funny, scary

Strange Houses Around The World

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:57:03 GMT

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Strange Houses Around The World

Tags: society, architecture

LISTA DE REPRODUCCION PERSONALIZABLE EN HI5

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:48:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: MAS INFORMACION EN:
http://noticiero.zoomblog.com/archivo/2007/02/14/recursos-De-Audio.html

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Tags: hi5, listas de reproduccion, personalizables, redes sociales, web 2.0

Mini Robots help doctors cure disease 'inside' our body

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:34:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Made in Japan! It's amazing technology.

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Microscopic Robots

At Tohuku University in Japan, electrical engineer Kazushi Ishiyama and his group have designed tiny spinning screws that can swim through veins in the body. They can potentially burrow into tumours to kill them or deliver drugs to a specific tissue or organ. Since they are so small, they could be injected into the body using a standard hypodermic needle and once inside, could be magnetically steered around the body using a 3D magnetic field supply and controller. Ishiyama believes that these devices will be particularly useful for removing brain tumours since they are difficult to operate on.

Miniature motors

Instead of relying on a magnetic field, other researchers are creating microrobots powered by tiny motors that could swim through the body and help with diagnosing and treating certain conditions. Dr. James Friend and a team of mechanical engineers at Monash University in Australia have already built a liner motor the size of a salt crystal, but are now working to create an even smaller one the width of two human hairs.. Its propulsion mechanism is similar to what the bacteria E. coli uses to swim through the body. A rotating motor whirls the flagella around its axis, much like a stockwhip, and if it is in a liquid, it screws its way through the fluid. "Imagine a pizza maker who takes a round ball of dough and, as he throws it into the air, he spins it so it turns into a helical motion. Well, our motor does the same thing, except it spins 100,000 times a second," says Friend.

Tags: technology, medicine, science, robots, japanese