The six astronauts that will make the final crew of the space shuttle Endeavour, STS-134, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, May 12, 2011, in order to prepare once more for the launch on Monday. This last mission for the shuttle includes Commander Mark Kelly, pilot Greg H. Johnson, mission specialists Greg Chamitoff, [...]
The current most effective insect repellant ingredient on the commercial market is DEET, but scientists believe that they have found another substance that is not only thousands of times more effective but is also not limited to repelling mosquitoes. It also keeps ants, flies, moths, and all other insects away. This potential new insect repellant [...]
A scientists from the University of Delaware, Joel Rosenthal, is currently researching a way to turn a greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), into a clean form of energy that can fuel vehicles in the future. This has a great deal of potential for helping to reduce the ever-increasing levels of CO2 which contribute to global [...]
NASA released an announcement on Friday, May 6, that stated that the earliest the Endeavour will launch for its final mission will now by May 16. This, after the original date of April 29 was pushed back due to a mechanical problem and was expected to be rescheduled for May2, followed by May 8. The [...]
Scientists from the NASA Gravity Probe B mission have announced that they have confirmed two of the primary predictions made using Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Among them, the principal investigator from Stanford University in California, Francis Everitt, told the press that “We’ve completed this landmark experiment testing Einstein’s universe, and Einstein survives”. The [...]
An international report released on Tuesday, May 3, showed that the rapidly changing Arctic climate – which includes the thawing of the ice in Greenland – may cause the global sea levels to rise by up to 1.6 meters by the year 2100. This increase in water levels is well above the estimates that have [...]
NASA announced on Monday, May 02, that the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour will be no sooner than May 8. The initial planned launch had been April 29, but was cancelled due to a heater malfunction. The repair work will require another few days. The original launch date for Endeavour also revealed to NASA [...]
A report published in the Current Biology journal on April 28, showed that like their human cousins, rhesus monkeys are able to recall what they have seen in two very important ways. The first type of memory is the ability to recognize something that you have already seen. For example, looking at a photograph of [...]
Though Endeavour had been slated to launch for its last mission on Friday, April 29, the liftoff was halted at the last moment as a result of a heater failure. According to Mike Leinbach, the shuttle launch director, there was also a second heater that had been “exhibiting some funny behavior”. Leinbach stated that it [...]
The renowned Allen Telescope Array at the SETI Institute has been put into hibernation indefinitely as the organization no longer has the money to fund the use of the enormous group of radio dishes that are continually scanning the skies for signs of alien life. The telescope’s shuttering was first announced on Friday, April 22, [...]
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