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...majority of World Wide Web services work, however, allows such information to pass unaltered throughout the Internet's cabling. Any computer connected to a cable used to transmit such information could then easily intercept it. And a user of such a computer could then proceed to wreak havoc on your credit rating. Not good...
...Crimson's best chances came in the 52nd minute, when Collins again broke through and scooted a lead pass to freshman forward Kate Burrage. Sensing imminent danger, DeJong left the net and raced out to intercept the pass in front of the right post. Burrage beat the keeper to the ball but buried the shot into her prone stomach...
...civilization should a large comet or asteroid strike the earth." The 7829 Jaroff has a diameter of 8 to 10 km--about the size of the comet that killed off the dinosaurs. He points out that his asteroid is so far considered benign, meaning it does not threaten to intercept the earth's orbit anytime soon. Needless to say, Jaroff is quite pleased to be acknowledged by the IAU and to gain this bit of immortality: "I've never had anything named after me before, not even my children...
...spent $15 billion trying, you might expect better than a 0-5 success rate. The military today recorded the fifth consecutive miss in testing of the costly THAAD anti-missile system. A booster rocket failure resulted in the Lockheed-built Theater High Altitude Area Defense missile's failing to intercept a Hera test missile...
What if one or more of these asteroids are found to be a serious threat? Scientists generally agree on the best strategy for avoiding disaster: launch a rocket to intercept the intruder and, at the very least, change its orbit. If the asteroid is small and detected many years and orbits before its predicted impact, the solution would be straightforward. "You apply some modest impulse to the asteroid at its closest approach to the sun," says Los Alamos' Canavan. "The slight deflection that results will amplify during each orbit, ensuring that the asteroid misses Earth by a wide margin." That...