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Dinosaur-killing space rock ‘was a comet’

YoopyaMar 22, 20130

The space rock that hit Earth 65 million years ago and is widely implicated in the end of the dinosaurs was likely a speeding comet.

Second computer glitch shuts down NASA Mars rover

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 18 – The Mars rover Curiosity has had a second computer glitch, extending an unplanned work break for the NASA robot

Mosquitoes ignore repellent Deet after first exposure

YoopyaFeb 21, 20130

The widely-used insect repellent Deet appears to be losing its effectiveness against mosquitoes, scientists say. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Cosmos may be inherently unstable

YoopyaFeb 19, 2013September 9, 20230

Scientists say they may be able to determine the eventual fate of the cosmos as they probe the properties of the Higgs boson. A concept

Antibiotics search to focus on sea bed

YoopyaFeb 15, 20130

Researchers are embarking on an £8m project to discover new antibiotics at the bottom of the ocean. A team, led by scientists at Aberdeen University,

Small brown-and-white owl with whistling song identified as new species in Indonesia

YoopyaFeb 14, 20130

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Researchers looking for a nocturnal bird in Indonesia accidentally identified a new species of owl – one that has a distinct

Ford’s open-source kit brings era of smart car apps

YoopyaFeb 11, 20130

OpenXC will set the hacker community loose on Ford’s car computer systems – expect a host of apps to improve vehicles’ performance and efficiency MIRROR,

Last-stand Neanderthals queried

YoopyaFeb 8, 20130

We may need to look again at the idea that a late Neanderthal population existed in southern Spain as recently as 35,000 years ago, a

Researcher Denies Seeking “Adventurous” Woman To Carry Neanderthal Baby

YoopyaJan 28, 20130

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Several media reports popped up around the web over the past day or two saying Harvard Medical Schoolgenetics

Neanderthal cloning chatter highlights scientific illiteracy

YoopyaJan 24, 2013November 29, 20230

(Reuters) – After spending the weekend reading blog posts claiming that he was seeking an “extremely adventurous female human” to bear a cloned Neanderthal baby