Stardust provides evidence that material from inner solar nebular traveled to edge of solar system; as much as 10 percent of comet material might have originated near the sun. Read more…
Intelligent children may be more likely to be vegetarian as adults, suggests a study published online by the British Medical Journal. Read more…
Our everyday environments are full of airborne particles that are harmful to varying degrees when inhaled. Particularly damaging to our cellular DNA are the particles from the underground system in Stockholm, Sweden, according to a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet. Read more…
Combining the molecularly targeted therapy Herceptin with chemotherapy in women with early stage breast cancer significantly improves disease-free survival for patients with a specific genetic mutation that results in very aggressive disease, a top UCLA researcher reported Thursday. Read more…
A drug commonly used to slow the loss of central vision has shown promise in stemming a common precursor of blindness in diabetics, which involves the same central light-sensitive area of retina, Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute scientists report. Read more…
A heat-loving archaeon capable of fixing nitrogen at a surprisingly hot 92 degrees Celsius, or 198 Fahrenheit, may represent Earth's earliest lineages of organisms capable of nitrogen fixation, perhaps even preceding the kinds of bacteria today's plants and animals rely on to fix nitrogen. Read more…
I neglected to mention earlier this month a new blog, Poli-Space Peer Review. Ryan Zelnio provides some synopses and commentary about space policy papers published in peer-reviewed journals, like Space Policy, as well as some related pieces. This is particularly useful for those of us without regular access to some of these journals. Read more…
One of the criticisms leveled at the Vision for Space Exploration is that, since President Bush's January 2004 speech at NASA Headquarters, he has done little, if anything, to promote it publicly. A break in the silence came today, with the release of a presidential proclamation designating December 17th as Wright Brothers Day. According to the proclamation: Today, our Nation follows the Wright brothers' example of innovation as we continue to explore the frontiers of air and space. My Administration has outlined a vision for space exploration that includes a return to the Moon and a long term human and robotic program to explore Mars and the solar system. By working to expand the realm of the possible, we can gain a better understanding of the universe and continue the journey that the Wright brothers began more than a century ago. This, of course, was not a public address but simply a written statement published by the White House, so it may not assuage those critics who want to see the President speak more about it publicly. (Given Bush's current approval ratings, though, would you really want him out there talking about it?) At this point, though, the Vision arguably doesn't need public attention from the President: it would benefit best from proper funding and some technical progress, as well as a better articulation by NASA of why we're going back to the Moon and establishing a base there. [A nod to Space News, which published a brief article about the mention of the VSE earlier today.] Read more…
NASA is searching for the next generation of explorers to participate in the challenge of designing and building a lunar rover or "moonbuggy" to compete in the 14th Great Moonbuggy Race. Read more…
NASA Ames Research Center hosts a media briefing Monday to discuss a major announcement involving Google, Inc. Read more…
SPACE.com - HOUSTON -- NASA mission managers are weighing plans to address a stubborn solar array left half-exposed above the International Space Station (ISS), and lauded a successful Thursday spacewalk to rewire the orbital laboratory. Read more…
SPACE.com - HOUSTON -- A glitch in the International Space Station's (ISS) U.S.-built attitude control system may have its root in a massive solar flare that erupted from the Sun this week, a NASA flight director said Friday. Read more…
AP - The space-to-ground radio crackled recently with a message from Mission Control to U.S. astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and his two crewmates at the international space station. Read more…
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Friday, December 15, 2006 Source: FAA Human Space Flight Requirements for Crew and Space Flight Participants [Federal Register: December 15, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 241)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 75615-75645] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais. Read more…
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Friday, December 15, 2006 Source: Ames Research Center NASA Ames Schedules Briefing to Discuss Google Agreement MOFFETT FIELD, Calif,. - NASA Ames Research Center hosts a media briefing Monday to discuss a major announcement involving Google, Inc. Read more…
The Apostle Paul wrote to the Church at Ephesus that Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12). Read more…
Are we being manipulated by entities in league with world governments, religions and corporations? Are they preparing the way for an extraterrestrial invasion? Read more…
AFP - Two Discovery astronauts started the second spacewalk of their 12-day mission to carry out work on the International Space Station, NASA said. Read more…
AFP - Astronauts will undertake a third space walk as part of their mission to rewire the International Space station and examine its stuck solar array. Read more…
SPACE.com - HOUSTON -- Two spacewalking astronauts will step outside the International Space Station (ISS) later today to complete efforts to rewire the orbital laboratory and, time permitting, give a stubborn solar array a little push. Read more…
AP - NASA hopes to duplicate the success it had with rewiring the international space station earlier this week so it can continue tackling a problem that has vexed it for days. Read more…
2006 is set to be the world's sixth-warmest year since records began 150 years ago, the World Meteorological Organization said on Thursday, offering more evidence of a trend most scientists blame on greenhouse gases. The ten warmest years have all occurred in the last 12 years, according to the United Nations weather agency.Channel: Science Tags: climate change global warming U.N. temperature weather Read more…
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Friday, December 15, 2006 Source: United Launch Alliance ULA Demonstrates Commitment to Mission Assurance With Delta II West Coast Liftoff for NRO Customer A Delta II expendable launch vehicle successfully launched today a classified payload for the National... Read more…
Anyone with constantly itchy skin knows about stress. Now scientists say stress might worsen or even cause common and vexing skin disorders. Read more…
Moray eels stalk prey with groupers and even get meal tips from the fish. But that's just the half of this incredible discovery. Read more…
