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On Monday members of the crew of the International space station (ISS) Gennady Padalka and Yuri Malenchenko will come out in open space. They will strengthen the protection module Star" from meteor attack. To do this, the astronauts will install on it additional panels.

Several water tornado swept over coastal areas of lake Michigan. Some of them reached 100 meters in height. Unlike classic ornado, the water there are a maximum of half an hour. They are not always accompanied by wind. Most often this phenomenon is observed in the tropical latitudes, and over the Great lakes in the USA it is the big rarity.

European countries faded from the heat, the temperature passed the mark of 40 degrees. Under forecasts of meteorologists, will soon become only worse. The situation will aggravate rain the wind that will heat the air even more.

The sun is entering a new cycle of activity. This occurs every 11 years. At the Institute of Geophysics warn of powerful flares on the surface of the disc. The strongest magnetic storms await us in a whole year. And Russia is in the so-called geo-effective sector - that is, emissions plasma will fly directly to us.

In the South-West of France was established anomalous heat. The thermometer shows plus 35. Weather forecasters say that in the next two days in some cities, the air warms up to forty plus. Emergency services announced a warning about the heat in a total of twenty one Department. In hospitals already starting to get people with heat and sun beats. Authorities urged residents and tourists in the daytime if possible, do not go out in the sun.

Nature is so amazing atmospheric phenomena as lightning, the batter into the ground during a lightning storm, studied the man is still very superficially. Yet scientists know less about the unusual varieties of lightning, for example, ball lightning, or high-rise types of lightning, which can be observed more rarely. But experts do not stop attempts to explore these phenomena and literally go on the hunt for lightning. Sometimes the search to be successful - amazing natural phenomenon manage to capture a photo or video, and then to study in detail.

The head of the company "Roskosmos" Vladimir Popovkin has confirmed that the recently launched satellites failed due to problems with the booster block "breeze-M".

Plutonium-238, which gives approximately polatta energy with one gram and has a half-life of 87 years, is the most effective source of energy available to the spacecraft earthlings. It was from him eat and "Voyagers"which soon will leave the confines of their home Solar, Curiosity, just who took the Martian watch. However, the cold war, the echo of which is a substance that is ended, and the new, fortunately, is not expected.

Fanagory expedition of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) has found the remains of an ancient merchant ship, the approximate age of 13 centuries. The ship was found on the bottom of the sea off the coast of the Taman Peninsula. According to scientists, these well-preserved ancient finds in the world - no more than five.

An array of volcanic pumice was a product of the volcano, erupting at a depth of more than a thousand meters.

Summer is coming to an end, but the Sun continues to surprise us with their activity. Alas, this does not mean that warm days will last longer than usual. Experts from NASA warn of powerful flares on the Sun's surface, which is not the best way affects the Earth's atmosphere. Our scientists are also closely following the star through special telescopes.

During the six months wildfires in Spain destroyed three times more forests than for 2011. The situation in Catalonia and the Canary Islands remains critical. Fire storm destroys everything in its path. The Spaniards blame the authorities sluggishness, and firefighters say that there is not enough equipment.

The main news this week on AOL and countless other media is that the bill Obama on health care will require all U.S. citizens and their children to implant a microchip or modchip to 23 March 2013. However, it is still unknown whether the requirement of the law on the implementation of microchips completed by 2013 or not.

In the middle of August was marked by a rapid weather changes: replacing the 40-degree heat unexpectedly came the rain and cold. Forecasters say: on the territory of Ukraine started the modification of the atmospheric processes, which will lead rainy weather in the Western, Northern and Central areas. According to the Director of the Ukrainian hydrometeorological center of EMERCOM of Mykola Kulbida, throughout the country, except the South and East, will be held intensive rains.

Experts explain, in connection with sharp deterioration of water quality in the Dnieper river, the water is cleaned by a large number of chemicals. Water in the taps of Dnepropetrovsk you cannot even wash the dishes.