The Virtual Tribune
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Apollo 11 Moon Landing Fulfilled Kennedy’s Vision, Defined Era
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 10 — The launch pad at Kennedy Space Center is quiet this morning, the massive…
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The 1928 Petri Dish Accident That Gave the World Penicillin
LONDON, July 11 — The story of penicillin begins with a dirty petri dish and a scientist who…
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King Hubbert’s Peak Oil Prediction Reshaped Energy Debate
WASHINGTON, July 7 — On the ground in the American oil patch, the ghost of a geologist who…
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Fermented Foods: Ancient Preservation, Cultural Roots and What Health Research Says
LONDON, October 1 — The story begins not with a lab or a supermarket shelf, but in the…
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Kitsault Energy’s LNG Plan: Shortest Route From BC Shale to Asia
VANCOUVER, July 1 — The bottom line: Canada has a nation-building opportunity on its hands with Kitsault Energy,…
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Citigroup: $400 million fraud at Banamex involving fake
On March 4, 2014, Citigroup Inc., one of the largest banking institutions in the United States, is facing…
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JPMorgan Chase: $2.6 billion in penalties for failing to
On this day, January 8, 2014, JPMorgan Chase has been ordered to pay $2.6 billion in penalties for…
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From TIROS to GPS: The Space Race’s Quiet Workhorses
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The record shows that the modern world is built on a layer of machinery…
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Barclays: £290 million in initial LIBOR fines that
On this day, July 4, 2012, Barclays, a major global bank, has been fined £290 million for its…
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Twelve Seconds Over Kitty Hawk: How the Wright Brothers Opened the Sky
KITTY HAWK, N.C., July 8 — The salt wind off the Atlantic still scours these dunes, but the…
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Why Sugar Gliders Glide Instead of Flying: The Science Explained
New York, July 5 — The first thing many people ask when they hear the name “Sugar Glider”…
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Carl Sagan, Who Brought the Cosmos to Millions, Died in 1996
ITHACA, New York, July 16 — The strategic calculus of planetary science and public communication rarely intersect in…
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Apollo 17 1972 Crew Debrief Reveals Lunar Surface Light Flash
View original document (0.5 MB) PDF viewer unavailable in this browser. Download the PDF to view. Newly released…
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Drake’s 1859 Well Made Oil a Global Commodity
TITUSVILLE, Pennsylvania — The figure that matters: 69.5 feet. That is the depth at which Edwin Drake struck…
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