SPACERussia charges private travelers $40 million to ride on its Soyuz spacecraft and spend a few days aboard the international space station. For a much shorter journey, Virgin Galactic wants $200,000 for a flight to suborbital space.

SPACECuracao with a previous Dutch colonial history and well known for its' beaches and luxurious resorts is hoping it will be known as a tourist launch station for a coming generation of rich space tourists.

SPACEDr. Othman stated: "It sounds really cool but I have to deny it," she said of the London Times story. Howeveer it is true she will be attending a Royal Society conference "Towards a scientific and societal agenda on extra-terrestrial life" next week.

TECHNOLOGYEx-Air Force Officers say unknown intruders have monitored and even tampered with American nuclear missiles. More than 120 former or retired military personnel points to an ongoing and alarming intervention by unidentified aerial objects at nuclear weapons sites.

WORLDThe world's most powerful woman will most probably be a former guerilla fighter. As the head of state of Brazil, president Dilma Rousseff would outrank Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State.

OPINIONI remember the "swine flu" season of 2009. People were rushing out to get vaccinated, scared half to death by the mainstream media which was pushing false reports that the swine flu would kill tens of millions of people.