Scientists find the first fossilized dinosaur brain – but what took so long?
Researchers have identified the first known example of fossilized brain tissue in a dinosaur from Susse Until today. Its brain — almost dismissed as another shiny brown pebble along the British coastline — has just been officially identified as the first preserved dinosaur brain in history. Dr. David Norman, a British palaeontologist from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Earth, is part of the team of international researchers who analyzed the fossil found in 2004 by amateur foss..>> view originalNASA's asteroid-spotter forecasts a near miss on Sunday
Earth is set to experience a near miss on Sunday night as an asteroid passes near our planet. While the object poses no threat, it is expected to get close, dodging us by only 310,000 miles. By comparison, the moon orbits about 240,000 miles from Earth.Astronomers spotted this the Near Earth Object (NEO) thanks to an experimental "intruder alert" NASA program to detect and track potentially harmful space rocks passing close to our planet. The asteroid is one of many recent discoveries of NEOs a..>> view originalMagical idea won't stop climate change
By Mark Buchanan / BloombergWorld leaders have started to generate some real optimism with their efforts to address global climate change. What’s troubling, though, is how far we remain from getting carbon emissions under control — and how much wishful thinking is still required to believe we can do so. The Paris agreement on climate change has garnered the national signatories needed to go into force on Nov. 4. Some economists see it as a promising framework for cooperation among many different..>> view originalNations Agree To Establish World's Largest Marine Reserve In Antarctica
Boats sit on the beach at Bahia Almirantazgo in Antarctica. An agreement was reached on Friday to create the world's largest marine protected area in the ocean next to the frozen continent. Natacha Pisarenko/AP. After years of negotiations, nations ...>> view originalNew Horizons data took more than a year to reach Earth: NASA
More than 50 gigabits of data collected by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its speedy flyby of Pluto in 2015 took more than a year to reach scientists on Earth, the U.S. space agency announced. NASA said in a statement that the last bits of data about Pluto and its five moons were collected by the LEISA spectral camera within New Horizons’ Ralph instrument on July 14, 2015. The data reached Earth at speeds of an average of around 2,000 bits per second, which is just a tiny fraction of the..>> view originalHas SpaceX solved the mystery of its exploding rocket?
Following a joint investigation with the Federal Aviation Association (FAA), NASA, and the US Air Force, the private space company SpaceX has finally zeroed in on the likely system flaw that caused one of its Falcon 9 rockets to explode on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., two months ago.The explosion occurred while the fuel tanks were being prepped, leading SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and President Gwynne Shotwell to believe that the problem was with fueling process rather than a vehicle design..>> view originalPolar heatwaves have ice in retreat at both ends of the planet
Climate change has a habit of throwing up some surprising outcomes and this has to be one of them: sea ice is now at record low levels at both ends of the planet.To be sure, the tale of disappearing Arctic ice has been told before. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Thirty years of Arctic ice decay Australian banker killed in South Africa Father found 23 years after disappearing Trump warm up guy fantasises about Hillary's death ..>> view originalPHOTOS: Astronauts Touch Down After 115 Days In Space
Enlarge this image The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft as it lands with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin and astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on Sunday. Bill Ingalls/NASA hide caption toggle caption Bill Ingalls/NASA The Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft as it lands with NASA ast..>> view original
Sunday, December 18, 2016
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