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Buy loose diamonds. During the Cold War, Soviet scientists developed the diamond synthesis technology because diamond is the best substrate for strategic semi-conductor electronics that are less susceptible to the electromagnetic pulse of nuclear blasts. The Soviet technology fell into Americans hands after the downfall of the Soviet Union. While visiting Moscow in 1995 someone [...]

MOSCOW - A Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea’s first astronaut landed in northern Kazakhstan Saturday, 260 miles off its mark, Russian space officials said. EDT about 260 miles off target, Lyndin said, a highly unusual distance given how precisely engineers plan for such landings. Officials said the craft followed a so-called “ballistic re-entry” a [...]