By MICHAEL CASEY AP Environmental Writer BANGKOK (AP) - Millions of people across Asia will witness the longest total solar eclipse that will happen this century, as vast swaths of India and China, the entire city of Shanghai and southern Japanese islands are plunged into darkness Wednesday for about five minutes. Streams of amateur stargazers and scientists are traveling long distances to witness the once-in-a-lifetime event. Astronomers hope the eclipse will unlock clues about the sun, while an astrologer in Myanmar predicts it could usher in chaos. Some in India are advising pregnant...
NASA'S STS-132 Tweetup Will Offer Participants an out of This World Experience
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Asia, Merali, and CARE Foundations Together Launch University Scholarship Program for Young Pakistani Women
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Hillary Clinton to travel to Asia next week
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Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would travel to Asia next week, during which she is scheduled to attend the Kabul Conference in Afghanistan and meet foreign Ministers of ASEAN nations in Vietnam to...
Virgin Galactic Launches Salesforce CRM to Deliver Astronaut Relations in the Cloud
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Sales Cloud 2 selected to fire up direct sales for the Astronaut Relations program...
Tropical Storm Conson sweeping through the Northern Philippines
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The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Typhoon Conson at 04:55 UTC (12:55 a.m. EDT/12:55 p.m. local Asia/Manila Time) on July 13 during its landfall in the northern Philippines....

