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Transit of Venus

The story of how man measured the sun, from the Ancient Greeks up to the Transit of Venus in 1769.

(NASELLE, WA) - This is the story of how man discovered how to use that rarest of alignments in our solar system to measure the distance between the earth and the sun.

OHSU Oregon National Primate Research Center develops new, safer method for making vaccines

In the study published this week, Slifka's lab generated not one, but three vaccines.

(BEAVERTON, OR) - While vaccines are perhaps medicine's most important success story, there is always room for improvement.

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) appear to have done just that.

Supermassive Black Holes

A black hole does not swallow up planets and stars and blast them into another part of the universe...

(SAN DIEGO) - The Science Channel has broadcast several programs regarding black holes in which scientists state they have been unable to explain how they were created and they are unable to answer many questions about them.

This article examines excerpts of the programs with some of the mysteries they are trying to resolve and the questions they are trying to answer.

Astounding Revelations about the Port Orford Meteorite

Cosmochemical studies and dynamical models of hit-and-run planetary collisions suggest a new origin for the stony-iron meteorites called pallasites.

(SALEM) - Coveted, analyzed, eulogized, and resurrected, the Port Orford Meteorite is the nucleus of one of Oregon’s classic stories of unclaimed wealth.

Volcano of Lo Plus

Once the scientists revert to the established scientific methodology of basing their theories on proven science facts instead of their basic beliefs, many of the mysteries of the universe will be resolved.

(SAN DIEGO) - In a Sept. 30, 1998 UCSD television program titled: “The Moon of Jupiter”, pictures taken in 1997 were shown. One picture was of the moon Io with one half of the moon in daylight and one half in darkness.

The picture was taken to look at the surface details but when they stretched out the image to bring out the faint details, they realized these volcanic eruptions also glow faintly like fluorescent lights.

Fukushima Daiichi Site: Cesium-137 Is 200 Times Greater Than At Chernobyl Accident

Begins with Urgent Request on UN Intervention to Stabilize the Fukushima Unit 4 Spent Nuclear Fuel

(WASHINGTON DC) - I believe the team at NaturalNews said it well: "The news you are about to read puts everything else in the category of 'insignificant' by comparison".

Reactor Reax - Stories About Nuclear Power and its Associated Hazards

Stories question the safety and future of nuclear power.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In this week's 'Reactor Reax', payments to the nuclear industry are waging a divisive voice in many states.

Reactors may be growing smaller, but smaller nuclear reactors are raising questions over cost, and The National Interest looks at 'The Steep Path to a Nuclear Future'.

Reactor Reax Top Stories - The Nukes of Hazard: Nuclear Power Remains Too Costly

The latest stories about nuclear power and danger.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In this week's roundup of nuclear-related stories and developments from around the globe, we learn that senators are calling for an end to the US nuclear industry welfare program.

Authors of a new report call proposed nuclear plants 'the poster child' of failing, expensive power projects.

Sun Tornadoes?

The repelling characteristics of magnetic fields of like polarity have been known for decades. The introduction of a fifth force is not necessary.

(SAN DIEGO) - On March 29, 2012 ABC News played a video of a tornado on the Sun and reported the tornado was “Five times wider than the size of Earth with wind spinning at 186,000 miles per hour.”

I don’t believe anyone would try to say that this tornado on the Sun was the result of warm moist air colliding with cold air as they explain the tornadoes on Earth.

Yasumi Iwakami Tweets About His Recent Health Problems After His Visit to #Fukushima I Nuke Plant in February

(and boy he received some nasty tweets in response...)

(FUKUSHIMA) - Yasumi Iwakami is arguably one of the best known independent journalists in Japan covering the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident, particularly among net users.

I happened on Iwakami's live netcast of TEPCO press conferences on his USTREAM channel very early on in the crisis, and have followed him and his reporting since.