International Space Station (ISS) Orbiting Earth in Space. Planet map and ISS model from NASA.
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In a surprising announcement at the end of January, NASA… Read More...
BELIEVE. That’s what a sign says that hangs above Tommy Minkler’s office door at West Virginia University. The blue letters on this yellow poster board give a nod to the… Read More...
Killer whales are skilled assassins, hunting everything from herring to great white sharks. Now, for the first time, scientists witnessed a pod of killer whales bring down the… Read More...
Claims over the identification of the HMS Endeavour have sparked a row between experts.Australian maritime experts’ claims of identifying the wreckage of explorer James Cook’s famous… Read More...
Rocket flies through the clouds on moonlight 3d illustration
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Is it time for a new “golden age” of space exploration?
This March the National… Read More...
The percentage of people using melatonin increased from 0.4% in 1999-2000 to 2.1% in 2017-2018. The ... percentage of people who used more than the 5 mg recommended dose… Read More...
The tragic death of a 6-year-old boy in early medieval England has given scientists the earliest direct clue to the history of the pathogen Haemophilus influenzae type b. Dated to… Read More...
It was the year 1054, and Chinese astronomers were astonished. In the region of sky we can see tonight, there was a brilliant interloper just above Orion. Shining more brightly than… Read More...
A couple of glasses of wine or a few drinks in the evening will probably make you fall asleep faster than normal. Who among us hasn’t left the dishes for the next morning or neglected a… Read More...
An ice-rich impact crater on Mars that looks a little like a tree stump.
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A tree ring on Mars? Rather, this is an icy… Read More...