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Journal Journal: Doomsday Clock Moves to Five Minutes to Midnight

Journal by taketheleap on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @02:19PM

The Doomsday Clock has moved two minutes closer to midnight to 11:55. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, who have maintained the clock since 1947 have moved it closer to signal the shifting concerns on global warming, the nuclear developments of Iran and Korea and the threat of a second nuclear age.

New Rocket Engine Successfully Tested 162

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @02:06PM from the flatulence-you-can-get-behind dept.

inetsee writes "XCOR Aerospace announced that their new methane-oxygen rocket engine has been tested successfully. This is reported to be the first successful test of an engine using the combination of methane and oxygen as fuel. The fuel has higher specific impulse than kerosene and oxygen, but until now has been thought to have too much 'technology risk'."

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