Jeffrey Kirk

Twitter Update: week ending 2012-01-08

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Jan 082012

Watching 100 meteors in Swindon, England: Photographer and stargazer Renata Arpasova clenched her tripod in the … http://t.co/hGUM5WJY #
from UNHCR: UNHCR closes chapter on Uganda's internally displaced people http://t.co/E7t3vNeo #
Wolves eat elk, make Yellowstone a better place, researchers say: Predatory wolves are helping restore the ecosy… http://t.co/lWbAaOmF #
from UNHCR: For an Afghan refugee family, reports from home spur a return http://t.co/rT6kWUjt #
Leapin’ lizards, ‘Tailbots’ and Iron Man suits: What do you get when you cross a robot with the tail of a leapin… http://t.co/YcCf2yph #
from UNHCR: Q&A: Somali advocate represents refugee community at UNHCR ministerial meeting http://t.co/ytBaSWIA #
Quadrantid meteor shower to light up night sky: Meteor watchers in North America can expect to see 60 to 200 met… http://t.co/YutO3KFl #
GRAIL spacecraft traveling around the moon: NASA’s twin lunar orbiters helped scientists kick off 2012 as planne… http://t.co/a47OVHiK #

Twitter Update: week ending 2012-01-01

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Jan 012012

Four astronauts look back on shuttle experience: We say goodbye this weekend to 2011, the year that marked the c… http://t.co/uy6SrsH5 #
space tech info: China unveils ambitious plan for space exploration http://t.co/Fj5PAZWL #
from UNHCR: UNHCR Lebanon Update: Situation in North Lebanon, 23 December-30 December 2011 http://t.co/A0dWxyBL #
The ‘same time next year’ calendar: Imagine a future in which you always know the date of baseball’s opening day… http://t.co/ypcwe9bi #
from UNHCR: Legal Catch-22 leaves newborn child with citizenship "unknown" http://t.co/rkGJ1XGp #
GRAIL to reach lunar orbit for new year: NASA is kicking off the new year by getting twin spacecraft into lunar … http://t.co/1VSibUMT #
from UNHCR: In flood-hit Philippines, UNHCR aid offers a glimmer of hope http://t.co/QQd8LiCd #
Space idea factory & brainstorming school: You might call it an idea factory for space exploration. A unique pro… http://t.co/A6eMjtdI #
from UNHCR: Statement from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, Regarding Solut… http://t.co/IruddPc9 #
from UNHCR: Strangers united by the fears they share http://t.co/C2qLaN2J #

Twitter Update: week ending 2011-12-25

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Dec 252011

astronomy news: Two new Earths and the search for life http://t.co/SkB35Ap4 #
from UNHCR: Hard trek from Sudan leads to safety and deprivation http://t.co/H84G5UPI #
from UNHCR: Giving back, Liberian health worker cares for displaced Ivorians http://t.co/qV332YfN #
Launches of 2011: It’s been a big year for both manned and unmanned rocket launches.
NASA marked the end of the … http://t.co/hGbJW2wx #
from UNHCR: Twin blasts in Dadaab raise concerns of worsening security http://t.co/XD23gyXO #
On this day: December 21, 1968: On December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 launched for the Moon. Apollo 8 was crewed by com… http://t.co/8f8vUK7B #
space tech info: Space station crew to launch from Kazakhstan http://t.co/9VvbLvgT #
Kepler discovers more planets: NASA scientists today announced the discovery of two Earth sized planets. The pla… http://t.co/HFOAZzMn #
from UNHCR: Large-scale airlift begins for Sudanese refugees in South Sudan http://t.co/rRGRFYHN #
from UNHCR: UNHCR Chief Guterres laments loss of life from boat tragedy off Indonesia http://t.co/eUo00ky2 #
Expedition 30 Soyuz Rolls to the Pad: “The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the lau… http://t.co/eWK4IlYi #

Twitter Update: week ending 2011-12-18

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Dec 182011

Wanna be an astronaut? NASA details job requirements: As Light Years reported in November, NASA is looking for … http://t.co/doi0lsB2 #
from UNHCR: UNHCR Lebanon Update: Situation in North Lebanon, 10 December-16 December 2011 http://t.co/ngEK33ZQ #
Study: Naked mole-rats reveal clues to treating arthritis: Experiments on naked mole-rats may lead to better tre… http://t.co/qLuIluSD #
from UNHCR: Donors pledge US$ 482 million in support of the world's forcibly displaced at Geneva Conference http://t.co/YIbO7Ak6 #
Another cosmic mystery, solved: Scientists have used “standard candles,” Type 1a supernovae, for years to measur… http://t.co/eNaiIiIt #
A Galaxy Cluster Gets Sloshed: “Like wine in a glass, vast clouds of hot gas are sloshing back and forth in Abel… http://t.co/PVRLZAS9 #
from UNHCR: For Afghan refugee miners, bright dreams beckon from the depths http://t.co/CzP0S22F #
Microsoft co-founder announces Stratolaunch Systems: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announced his new space pro… http://t.co/NepOnAmm #
Apollo 17 Extravehicular Activity – 39 Years Ago Today: “39 years ago, today, scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Sc… http://t.co/67kl9IEh #
from UNHCR: Donors to be asked to pledge funds for UNHCR 2012 programmes http://t.co/H517ZAIc #
‘God particle’ coming into focus: Gossip isn’t just for teenage girls – scientists spread rumors, too. Physicist… http://t.co/VZSpYMqL #
from UNHCR: From oil to toil, Thai worker leaves Ethiopia camp with UNHCR help http://t.co/MwESTJ0w #

Twitter Update: week ending 2011-12-11

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Dec 112011

astronomy news: West Coast has best seat for total lunar eclipse http://t.co/CSxBx3jE #
SpaceX gets permission to send Dragon to ISS: One day after the anniversary of the first successful flight of th… http://t.co/xGSYYofg #
#FollowFriday Every Friday, @CNNLightYears will suggest interesting and exciting space and science Twitter acco… http://t.co/qiO7jUhE #
from UNHCR: UNHCR concerned as fighting approaches refugee site in South Sudan http://t.co/nshZEG6o #
America can’t afford to lose its grip on science: Editor’s note: Lisa Randall is Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of… http://t.co/42O5phHv #
from UNHCR: Geneva conference seeing growing support for tackling statelessness http://t.co/HlPtgM3u #
Diamonds ‘entangled’ in physics feat: By zapping diamonds with an enormous number of laser beam pulses, physics … http://t.co/7JtkWnj7 #
from UNHCR: Landmark UNHCR conference opens with appeal for the world's forcibly displaced, stateless http://t.co/U8kx148O #
Spacecraft enters ‘cosmic purgatory’: NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is 11 billion miles from our sun and has enter… http://t.co/o8aCEkA6 #
from UNHCR: International conference on forcibly displaced, stateless opens tomorrow http://t.co/09QimhmF #
Comments: How water factors into search for life on other planets: Editor’s note: This post is affiliated with t… http://t.co/O93i6Xuk #
astronomy news: Keep Hubble successor on track http://t.co/OPplfKle #
Planet confirmed that could have water: Kepler-22b is the first confirmed planet in the “habitable zone,” the ar… http://t.co/tp7a9EEp #
from UNHCR: Statelessness: Citizenship hopes draw closer for Roma asylum-seeker http://t.co/ooqRbC0L #
Kepler Launch in 2009: “On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, United Launch Allianc… http://t.co/exFLRS8c #

Twitter Update: week ending 2011-12-04

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Dec 042011

space tech info: Dynamic 2011 events to shape world for years to come http://t.co/u8r5h86S #
First Supernova Companion Star Found: “In 2004, an international team of astronomers had, for the first time, ob… http://t.co/cLkKWo4F #
from UNHCR: Ethiopia opens new camp for Somali refugees http://t.co/el0npgSD #
from UNHCR: World AIDS Day: Refugees in Brazil use drama to catch the conscience http://t.co/oB6ZCugO #
Christmas gamma-ray burst debated: Last Christmas, researchers got a present that wasn’t so neatly wrapped: an u… http://t.co/chPnoZP8 #
from UNHCR: 16 Days of Activism: Couples in the Congo stand up to the stigma of rape http://t.co/HNvWRblz #
New rubbery robots no threat to R2-D2: Not long ago, a pair of Harvard scientists hit on an “aha” moment in the … http://t.co/LUv84i42 #
from UNHCR: New challenges in Somalia, relief efforts under pressure in Kenya and Ethiopia http://t.co/Cb6P9jmt #
Launch of Mars rover: Mike Killian, 27, captured these images from the launch of NASA’s latest robotic expeditio… http://t.co/Mipzxcga #
from UNHCR: UNHCR Operation in Somalia Factsheet, November 2011 http://t.co/OPJaStBB #
from my blogs: Online Book Launch http://t.co/tbuEywiT #fb #

Twitter Update: week ending 2011-11-27

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Nov 272011

Giant Mars rover blasts off: NASA’s biggest and most advanced Mars rover blasted off Saturday from Cape Canavera… http://t.co/8gGDGLBu #
Searching for life on Mars: Nothing about launching a rocket into space is easy. But the easiest part is now ove… http://t.co/in2L59Qt #
Searching for life on Mars: Nothing about launching a rocket into space is easy. But the easiest part is now ove… http://t.co/p16YjeQg #
from UNHCR: UNHCR Lebanon Update: Situation in North Lebanon, 18-25 November 2011 http://t.co/Uf6gN1FU #
#FollowFriday Every Friday, @CNNLightYears will suggest interesting and exciting space and science Twitter acco… http://t.co/xVJIzeu4 #
from UNHCR: Statelessness: UNHCR urges Britain to ensure rights of the stateless http://t.co/bTWkkITg #
from UNHCR: UN refugee agency chief warns of security, displacement threats from climate change http://t.co/94Rmza2I #
‘Check out the world’s lightest material’: It was a simple e-mail. But with just a few words, it capsulized the … http://t.co/mKJA2Qzp #
space tech info: Orbiting debris might give space station a close shave http://t.co/OA7dok3u #
Debris might give space station a close shave: NASA officials plan to make an early morning call on whether to s… http://t.co/yXSbWLEk #
Behind the scenes of the ‘search for life’: John Zarrella’s series “Search for Life” premiers this week on CNN.
… http://t.co/1uZ4QU7k #
from UNHCR: Guterres to brief UN Security Council this week, expected focus on climate change http://t.co/R8mCcoXs #
space tech info: Three astronauts return safely to Earth http://t.co/xJTsf9Nu #
And then, maybe Einstein was right: Just when you got excited that Einstein may have been wrong about the speed … http://t.co/3tmNRedk #

Twitter Update: week ending 2011-11-20

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Nov 202011

Test confirms particles appear to travel faster than the speed of light: (CNN) – Faster than the speed of light?… http://t.co/lOhjT0rq #
New topographic map of Earth’s moon released: Using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecra… http://t.co/hgiCYG25 #
Opinion: Make manned space flight great again: Editor’s note: Madhu Thangavelu is space projects director of the… http://t.co/UymH5tqc #
from UNHCR: Mixed maritime migration to Yemen reaches record annual high http://t.co/OPUAfS17 #
Babies, rats share walking ancestry: Children typically start walking independently when they are about 1 year o… http://t.co/Wvpg13QF #
space tech info: Space station crew launches from Kazakhstan http://t.co/NFZooVWv #
astronomy news: Giant asteroid passes close to Earth http://t.co/DiUqvt0J #
astronomy news: Don't call our satellite 'space junk' http://t.co/4E4ngYxd #
Diamond sandwich makes metallic hydrogen: Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, is commonly found… http://t.co/U0xtMgBK #
from UNHCR: Drop by drop, UNHCR encourages displaced to come back home http://t.co/N3aCGRN1 #
New clues about possible lake on Jupiter’s moon Europa: A large body of liquid water appears to be locked in an … http://t.co/wJT2I1L5 #
from UNHCR: Survey of Afghan refugees in Pakistan will help plot future course http://t.co/qIQchqFS #
Mystery asteroid may be Earth’s baby sister: The origin of the asteroid Lutetia may have been solved, scientists… http://t.co/zJsjQR3V #
Online book launch of "10 Million To 1" on November 29. Get exposure for your business, help refugees. See http://t.co/oOkdJJf6 #
Help wanted: Big brains and lots of travel required: NASA is recruiting its next astronaut class, but the space … http://t.co/XBlK6BNs #
New study maps spread of Fukushima fallout: It is likely that radioactive cesium from the disaster at Japan’s Fu… http://t.co/8zckukA0 #
from UNHCR: UNHCR survey of previously isolated IDPs in CAR finds acute hardship http://t.co/e41B1ZU7 #
Solar flares won’t kill Earth, NASA says: The year 2012 is almost here. And so is the end of the world, if you b… http://t.co/vIqbq1Xt #
Space station crew launches from Kazakhstan: (CNN) — A Russian rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in… http://t.co/3dZG34r7 #
from UNHCR: Q&A: Swiss trumpet blower for the rights of the internally displaced http://t.co/YupeJDXv #

Twitter Update: week ending 2011-11-13

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Nov 132011

Celestial conjunction in Norway’s night skies: Norwegian iReporter Hans-Dieter Fleger, 58, is an avid stargazer…. http://t.co/EsoH7qw9 #
from UNHCR: Poor weather, conflict further exacerbating situation for civilians in Somalia http://t.co/wGzMtEl0 #
Who were the 99% of ancient Rome?: Editor’s note: Ed Yong is a freelance writer who blogs regularly at Discover … http://t.co/XWUB3YK3 #
NASA preps rover flight to Mars: NASA scientists said Thursday the launch of its Mars Science Laboratory spacecr… http://t.co/0poB8L7p #
Astronomers shed new light on early stars: New clues about early star formation are putting a twinkle in astrono… http://t.co/UkEZ1nKR #
NASA and Navy Veteran John Young: “NASA salutes our country’s veterans this Veteran’s Day 2011.
In today’s imag… http://t.co/xxScyn0P #
from UNHCR: DAFI Scholars: Afghan girl studies to become a lawyer in a break with tradition http://t.co/IJDlANxS #
Giant asteroid passes close to Earth: An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier passed within the moon’s orbit… http://t.co/YkMzexrh #
from UNHCR: Thailand's epic floods no barrier to service http://t.co/h9P4dXbO #
Giant asteroid to pass close to Earth Tuesday: (CNN) — An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier will pass Ear… http://t.co/nd5KShVm #
from UNHCR: UNHCR welcomes regional efforts to end protracted refugee situation in western Balkans http://t.co/DWLPx81x #
No, Einstein: Older people innovate, too: Albert Einstein was a 26-year-old working in a patent office when he c… http://t.co/yaOHUfY4 #
space tech info: Busch forced to watch Chase at Texas http://t.co/yfr7OHKO #

Twitter Update: week ending 2011-11-06

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Nov 062011

Hubble observes black hole’s accretion disc: What does a black hole look like? Scientists have, for the first ti… http://t.co/Nv8vo9Wb #
from UNHCR: Heavy rains hit thousands of displaced Somalis in region http://t.co/oBgVBKdB #
from UNHCR: Statelessness: A new lease on life thanks to a birth certificate http://t.co/KIZ5UyQu #
Asteroid to pass closer to Earth than the moon: An aircraft carrier-sized asteroid, a little over four football … http://t.co/FPYTbZt8 #
Ancient White Dwarf Stars: “Pushing the limits of its powerful vision, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uncovered t… http://t.co/oiigBzHQ #
from UNHCR: 1 family torn apart: Parents reunite with children in Argentina http://t.co/9OSyLSvt #
President Obama Meets Final Shuttle Crew: “From left , Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-135 Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission… http://t.co/Jc015PAP #
Boeing brings new jobs to Florida’s Space Coast: A partnership between NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Boeing wi… http://t.co/JWcL8Gr3 #
from UNHCR: UNHCR chief calls for action against trafficking of humans http://t.co/qSyjvC7J #
from UNHCR: UNHCR chief mourns killing of three staff in Afghanistan attack http://t.co/19XAAPvJ #

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