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Category Archives: News
Nobel-winning agricultural scientist Borlaug dies
Norman Borlaug, the U.S. agricultural scientist who received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for developing high-yielding crops to prevent famine in the developing world, has died at age 95, Texas A&M University said.Borlaug, hailed as a central figure in the … Continue reading
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Space Junk Just Misses Space Station
Sept. 4, 2009 — A big piece of space junk safely sped by the International Space Station and shuttle Discovery, missing by less than a mile.The astronauts were still asleep Friday when the old rocket part, measuring 15 feet around, … Continue reading
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Google Earth Admits Goof-up on Arunachal
Google has admitted that it committed a mistake by wrongly depicting certain parts of north-east India’s Arunachal Pradesh as Chinese territory, and promised to correct the maps soon. According to a statement by a Google spokesperson, “Earlier this week, as … Continue reading
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Brunei launched New Geocentric Datum
In Bunei the Survey Department under the Ministry of Development launched its Brunei Darussalam Geocentric Datum (GDBD 2009). Through the project, the department will gain the advantage of mapping GDBD coordinates that are immediately compatible with global coordinates obtained from … Continue reading
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