December, 2011 | Jeffrey Kirk

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 #