Reuters – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on world leaders on Monday to take urgent action to combat climate change for the sake of “the future of humanity.”

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U.N. chief calls for urgent action on climate change
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Reuters – An Indonesian communications satellite launched from China failed to enter a preset orbit, state media reported, in another setback in China’s efforts to market its space launch capability.

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Indonesian satellite launched from China misses orbit
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AP – Astronauts hitched a giant chest of drawers to the international space station on Monday that contained a brand new freezer, sleeping compartment and treadmill bearing a TV comedian’s name.

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Huge chest of drawers hoisted aboard space station
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AP – An Army chemical weapons disposal plant that handled nerve gas and other deadly agents has been properly cleaned and closed, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.

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EPA: Chemical disposal plant properly closed
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SPACE.com – A NASA spacecraft has snapped new views of the of the Earth together with its moon, which the spacecraft is scheduled to slam into in October.

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New Photos: Lunar Probe Spies Earth and Moon
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SPACE.com – It’s moving day at the International Space Station, where astronauts are installing a cargo module packed full of fresh supplies, science gear and a treadmill named after Stephen Colbert.

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Shuttle Astronauts Move In at Space Station
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LiveScience.com – The bittersweet reunion of abducted girl Jaycee Lee Dugard with her family touches on the worst fears of a parent and leaves us all shaking our heads as to how someone could commit such an act. Social psychologists have some answers.

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Jaycee’s Abductor: What Makes a Monster
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AP – Gray wolf hunting was set to begin in the Northern Rockies, even as a federal judge eyed a request to stop the killing of the predators just four months after they were removed from the endangered species list.

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Wolf hunts to open, judge eyes injunction request
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SPACE.com – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory seems to be in the clear from the threat of a nearby wildfire, but the historic observatory atop Mt.

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California Fire Spares JPL, Threatens Historic Observatory
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Reuters – Getting humans to Mars will require medical research on the International Space Station through at least 2020, said the program’s lead scientist, presenting a time frame five years beyond NASA’s current budget forecast.

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Extending space station key to Mars: NASA scientist
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