Technology: ESA successfully launches new monitoring satellite
BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency says it has successfully launched the first in a series of satellites that will form the nucleus of...
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Technology: Woman has entire SKULL replaced with plastic made using a 3D printer
Bone covering the brain is usually around 1.5cm thick but the subject’s was 5cm, causing pressure and sight loss – surgeons carried out the world...
Science: Absurd Creature of the Week: The 6-Foot Earthworm That Sounds Like a Draining Bathtub
They say everything in Australia can kill you: crazy-poisonous eastern brown snakes, enormous saltwater crocodiles, and, until recently, the late ill-tempered supercriminal Mark Chopper Read....
Science: Bamboo-munching giant panda also has a sweet tooth
(Reuters) – Giant pandas eat plenty of veggies, but apparently they like dessert, too. Scientists studying the endangered black-and-white bears said on Thursday that while...
Science: Scientists say destructive solar blasts narrowly missed Earth in 2012
(Reuters) – Fierce solar blasts that could have badly damaged electrical grids and disabled satellites in space narrowly missed Earth in 2012, U.S. researchers said...
Science: Leaving politics behind, Russian-U.S. crew blasts off for space
(Reuters) – Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut blasted off for six-month stay aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, a partnership unaffected by...
Rock around the clock: zircon crystal is oldest piece of Earth
(Reuters) – To put it mildly, this is one gem of a gem. Scientists using two different age-determining techniques have shown that a tiny zircon...
Lockheed tech lets U.S. Apache helicopter pilots aim in color
(Reuters) – The U.S. Army has unveiled new technology that will for the first time allow AH-64 Apache helicopter pilots to see targeting and surveillance...
Scientists to map genome of medieval English king Richard III
(Reuters) – A year after they revealed a twisted skeleton found under a car park as the mortal remains of King Richard III, scientists in...
Star-rich galaxy found from universe’s baby years
(Reuters) – Astronomers have found an old and distant galaxy that is believed to date back to a time when the universe was just 650...