Twitter Update: week ending 2012-04-29

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Apr 292012
 
  • from UNHCR: Somali refugees in Ethiopia's Dollo Ado exceed 150,000 as rains hit camps http://t.co/5fAdBlma #
  • space tech info: NASA ready to move shuttle Enterprise to New York http://t.co/baAcRMoV #
  • Shuttle Enterprise has a ‘Star Trek’ legacy:
    Listen to the podcast above to learn more.
    When the Enterprise exh… http://t.co/XCDXL2uC #
  • from UNHCR: Myanmar: UNHCR training propels young mechanic with drive to succeed http://t.co/uKcG0gaS #
  • Study looks at how farming conquered ancient Europe: One of the outstanding mysteries of human history is how ag… http://t.co/qqxZ7o2l #
  • Orion Ground Test Vehicle Arrives at Kennedy: “The Orion Ground Test Vehicle arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Cen… http://t.co/SCkeJKO8 #
  • NASA: Meteor over California and Nevada was size of minivan: What would your Honda Odyssey or Dodge Grand Carava… http://t.co/w6RPn3ea #
  • from UNHCR: Vulnerable Afghan women flown to Slovakia en route to resettlement http://t.co/oVtSbgjP #
  • space tech info: Company aims to mine resource-rich asteroids http://t.co/CAGcOZcq #
  • astronomy news: Company aims to mine resource-rich asteroids http://t.co/CAGcOZcq #
  • SpaceX’s first launch to ISS delayed again: The launch of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule to the International Space Sta… http://t.co/sksWycWe #
  • from UNHCR: 35,000 newly displaced near Sudan-South Sudan border http://t.co/PVJXDFKa #
  • Companies plan to mine precious metals in space: Could this century’s equivalent of the 19th-century gold rush c… http://t.co/u4HNzFWX #
  • from UNHCR: Angelina Jolie visits Ecuador on first mission as UNHCR Special Envoy http://t.co/UG4Smwld #
  • A New View of the Tarantula Nebula: “To celebrate its 22nd anniversary in orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope rele… http://t.co/HtxXkZv5 #

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Twitter Update: week ending 2012-04-22

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Apr 222012
 
  • Data: It’s how stores know you’re pregnant: Editor’s Note: Matthew Lane is a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics at U… http://t.co/fEpVKSQW #
  • space tech info: What Space Shuttle Discovery has inspired in us http://t.co/bczxIyvR #
  • from UNHCR: UNHCR warns of funding shortfall for Syrian refugees http://t.co/Vyq28X7G #
  • Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Udvar-Hazy: “Space shuttles Enterprise, left, and Discovery meet nose-to-nose… http://t.co/WkjJLRKb #
  • Gadget implant aims to solve gorilla mystery: “Good. Hold,” said great ape keeper Amanda Bania to the 200-pound … http://t.co/tkDmnVeY #
  • from UNHCR: Annual IDP report shows conflicts uproot millions; six-fold increase in Middle East http://t.co/x6sQB1Vc #
  • Shuttle adds less weight to a 747 than a plane load of passengers: It was a strange sight indeed — one large air… http://t.co/zIneeZqB #
  • from UNHCR: A war baby tells her story 20 years after onset of the Sarajevo siege http://t.co/hfkAYuNr #
  • space tech info: For 747, transporting a shuttle is no heavy burden http://t.co/IZLYtP7g #
  • Capturing Discovery’s final flight: Astronauts and CNN iReporters alike describe space shuttle Discovery’s last … http://t.co/LKXGeIWF #
  • Space shuttle Discovery arrives in Washington: The space shuttle Discovery took its last flight Tuesday from Flo… http://t.co/tz3Kf5vs #
  • space tech info: Shuttle exits and with it America's dreams? http://t.co/83OtxZvv #
  • from UNHCR: Angelina Jolie appointed special envoy of UNHCR chief http://t.co/JJ3rp44d #
  • Spot the shuttle!: Tuesday marks a big day for space shuttle Discovery: The shuttle will take the last flight of… http://t.co/nxzyvOqq #
  • Space shuttle headed for museum: You almost want to rub your eyes when you first see it. It doesn’t seem real. I… http://t.co/PNtdhKIw #
  • from UNHCR: Displaced Libyans return to rebuild Gaddafi's hometown; face needs http://t.co/xO6Pbw2b #

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Twitter Update: week ending 2012-04-15

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Apr 152012
 
  • Apollo 13: “NASA’s Apollo 13 was slated to be the United States’ third lunar landing mission. It launched April … http://t.co/BOqx8v2D #
  • from UNHCR: Number of people displaced by fighting in north Pakistan tops 180,000 http://t.co/Znea70Xi #
  • from UNHCR: Violence in Colombia displacing more people into Ecuador http://t.co/I0YIfXtW #
  • STS-1 Launch: “On April 12, 1981, astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen launched into space on space shuttle Col… http://t.co/KzZKH7Tz #
  • Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center: “The newly arrived Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is seen th… http://t.co/wsSlH9Zd #
  • from UNHCR: A portrait of an Iraqi artist as a refugee in Tunisia http://t.co/xo8UeaK6 #
  • from UNHCR: Chinese actress seeks to build bridges with Somali refugees http://t.co/XH3PRK2L #
  • from UNHCR: UNHCR Lebanon Update: Situation in North Lebanon, 30 March-06 April 2012 http://t.co/q4U5UCyY #

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Twitter Update: week ending 2012-04-08

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Apr 082012
 
  • Politics may be partly genetic, now what?: Editor’s Note: Chris Mooney is the author of “The Republican Brain: T… http://t.co/HxVa31dZ #
  • How humans conquered the Earth: How did modern humans take over the planet? It’s one of the most intriguing ques… http://t.co/8PIPxcSx #
  • More activity at North Korea launch facility: A new image of the North Korean  launch pad at Tongchang-dong Spac… http://t.co/Ihf5QNWM #
  • from UNHCR: Congolese nun helps vulnerable female victims of LRA violence http://t.co/Utdt4sJG #
  • Why panda sex is so complex: “Will they or won’t they?” has been the classic tantalizing question behind the rom… http://t.co/z7aZv5LX #
  • from UNHCR: DAFI scholarships open a window for Armenian girls in Moldova http://t.co/kjy4JwkO #
  • Robot squirrel aids animal behavior study: This might sound a bit nutty, but U.S. researchers are using robot sq… http://t.co/jlPLXhIr #
  • Flying cars? A plane you can drive: Flying cars are not just the stuff of sci-fi movies anymore. Massachusetts-b… http://t.co/SiI8NhL6 #
  • from UNHCR: UNHCR launches new global Arabic website http://t.co/Aip0hNHW #
  • Scientists find signs of ancient man-made fire: You may be clueless about how to start a fire in the wilderness … http://t.co/pdHrrF44 #
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson on space exploration: On this week’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” famed astrophysicist Neil Degrass… http://t.co/7Ah2SfuZ #
  • from UNHCR: Vulnerable Somalis suffer to reach Libya in search of safety and a future http://t.co/rbjSxFNm #
  • Urban archaeologists uncover history beneath streets:
    The streets of lower Manhattan are traveled by hundreds o… http://t.co/vfdxzR4s #

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Twitter Update: week ending 2012-04-01

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Apr 012012
 
  • Scientists target 3-mile-high Martian mountain: There’s a formation on Mars that’s been enticing scientists sinc… http://t.co/GACDuu8M #
  • Overheard on http://t.co/wWzhVlWk: Space, science invoke some of life’s thorniest questions: Editor’s note: This … http://t.co/tNsSS3cB #
  • from UNHCR: More than 100,000 flee fighting in Northwestern Pakistan this year http://t.co/SQk3acvD #
  • space tech info: Buzz Lightyear that flew on space shuttle donated to Smithsonian http://t.co/T8c0wbTx #
  • Studies link pesticides to plunging bee populations: European scientists have linked a class of widely used pest… http://t.co/MF1BY4mz #
  • New York city schools want to ban ‘loaded words’ from tests: Divorce. Dinosaurs, Birthdays. Religion. Halloween…. http://t.co/v9bmqIxH #
  • from UNHCR: Teenage Somali refugee aims to become a hip hop superstar http://t.co/Jh0hRo8T #
  • Scientists discover foot of possible new human ancestor: The discovery of a partial foot fossil in Ethiopia sugg… http://t.co/4AzELGmM #
  • Citizen scientists shape ‘destiny of humanity’: In 2009, Jill Tarter wanted to trigger the most meaningful searc… http://t.co/5Zf8C8Gm #
  • from UNHCR: Kenyan camp sees influx from Sudan, South Sudan http://t.co/E8CAoh7A #
  • Astronomers: Billions of ‘super-Earths’ in habitable zone of red dwarf stars: If you’re trying to count how many… http://t.co/JGP0WJSZ #
  • Study: Air around natural gas sites potentially harmful: When people talk about natural gas fracking and polluti… http://t.co/ayk9fXY7 #
  • NEW LOOK: North Korea’s launch pad: A new satellite image of the launch pad expected to be used by North Korea n… http://t.co/x3HCxZIB #
  • from UNHCR: Asylum claims in industrialized countries up sharply in 2011 http://t.co/KGFBphiK #
  • Super telescope will search for secrets of the universe: It’s been billed as an astronomical equivalent of the L… http://t.co/mejz8NMd #
  • from UNHCR: UNHCR delivers aid to thousands in Myanmar's remote Kachin state http://t.co/OyZRCt3a #
  • Robotic device helps paraplegics stand, company says: For someone who is handicapped, everyday tasks that most o… http://t.co/W4VHAKdS #

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