Category Archives: Science

To Infinity & Beyond

BBC – Nasa has named the astronauts who will fly the first missions into space on commercially provided rockets and capsules, starting next year. The nine individuals will go up on systems developed by – and contracted from – the … Continue reading

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Give Lemurs a Break

BBC – Almost every species of lemur, wide-eyed primates unique to Madagascar, is under threat of extinction. That is the conclusion of an international group of conservationists, who carried out an assessment of the animals’ status. Mistakes Men Make in … Continue reading

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Weakening the Endangered Species Act

The Trump administration has proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a law credited with keeping hundreds of species from going extinct. The change would eliminate automatic protections for threatened plant and animal species, and make it easier for … Continue reading

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Sky Survey

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Flower Power

Scientists think they have the answer to a puzzle that baffled even Charles Darwin: How flowers evolved and spread to become the dominant plants on Earth. Flowering plants, or angiosperms, make up about 90% of all living plant species, including … Continue reading

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Modern Problems

A Japanese astronaut who is living on the International Space Station says he has grown 9cm (3.5in) since arriving there just over three weeks ago. Norishige Kanai wrote on social media he was worried he would not fit into the … Continue reading

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R.I.P. Bruce McCandless

Bruce McCandless, who was captured in a stunning photograph in 1984 as he made the first untethered flight in space, has died aged 80, Nasa said. With a jetpack, McCandless travelled 100m (328ft) from the Space Shuttle. It inhibits the … Continue reading

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Oopski

Russia has lost contact with a weather satellite just hours after its launch from a new cosmodrome. “Contact has not been established because it is not on its planned orbit,” the space agency Roscosmos said. The Meteor-M satellite was carried … Continue reading

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Making Waves

Cassini shot of Saturn’s rings from 680,000 miles:

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Unique Thanksgiving

OK, they have the best view, I know the dinner I was at The process of being able to fast shipping viagraription is simple and can only take a few minutes of taking a pill, and very quickly you can … Continue reading

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