Geckos’ “seta” are incredibly responsive and felexible
Bizarre two-headed dolphin washes ashore in Turkey
Such a specimen is said to be exceptionally rare
No more ringing ears: Caffeine shown to reduce rates of tinnitus
Sufficient caffeine intake reduced instances by 15 percent.
Space hackers take control of NASA satellite
A vintage NASA spacecraft from 1970s, the International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3)– a spaceship without a moor after NASA scuttled the project and abandoned satellite– drifted through space for almost 20 years before a team of citizen space hackers re-discovered it, crowdfunded the project, acquired the project rights form NASA and rebuilt communications support equipment from scratch.
Red tide bloom threatens Florida coastal life
An 80-mile long by 50-mile wide red tide bloom has killed thousands of fish and may wash onto the Florida Gulf Coast shore over the next two weeks, said scientists.
Follow your gut…the new way to screen for colon cancer
New way to test for colorectal cancer uses gut microbiome bacteria signatures to evaluate individual risk.
Satellite begins to orbit comet, prepares to land
In 2004, the European Space Agency launched the satellite Rosetta to complete an ambitious mission: not only was Rosetta to travel approximately 4 billion miles, make three gravity-assist flybys of Earth and one of Mars in order to make a precision rendezvous with a comet hurtling through space, but also then land on the comet.
Watch NASA test ‘flying saucer’ brakes at supersonic speeds
The two cutting-edge technologies tested were the Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator and the Supersonic Disksail Parachute.
Hubble spots stripped-down, undead ‘zombie’ star
It turns out supernovae aren’t always entirely destructive
Comet hunter Rosetta bears down on target
After 10 years and billions of kilometers, Rosetta has finally arrived.
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