NASA astronaut launches to space station, his home for an entire year
By Amanda Wills & Andrew Freedman From Mashable NASA astronaut Scott Kelly launched to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz rocket on Friday for a year-long mission that will reveal more about humans in space and get us…
Rat brains are basically wired up like miniature Internets
By Andrew Tarantola From Engadget Drawing on forty years of peer-reviewed research, a team of researchers from the University of Southern California have generated the world’s first “wiring diagram” of a rat’s central nervous system. And, as it turns out,…
Science struggles to save dying coral
By Amanda B. Womac | The Ledger From Memphis Daily News Some of the oldest and most diverse ecosystems on the planet are the coral reefs in the earth’s oceans. Home to more than one million species, they play an…
The best tech and science museums
The best tech and science museums in the world By Lyndsey Gilpin From Tech Republic Museum of Science and Industry The Museum of Science and Industry is located in Chicago and has exhibits that educate about materials science, the science…
Autism is largely down to genes, twins study suggests
By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Individuals with autism have less activity in the amygdala (shown in red), which plays a key role in processing emotions Genetic influences on autism are estimated to be between 74-98%, a Medical…
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Cayman Islands welcomes home 15 swimming medals but one lonely T&F medal The Cayman Islands 21 swimming team arrived back at Owen Roberts International Airport last Thursday evening to a warm welcome and many cheers from parents and supporters. Also…
Rockets launching in 4K is out-of-this-world amazing
By Laura Vitto From Mashable The next best thing to seeing a rocket launch in real life has to be watching it in 4K on YouTube, right? Elon Musk’s SpaceX released gorgeous Ultra HD 4K footage of rockets launching on…
What do experts say about hurricane season 2015?
Colorado State University is predicting that 2015 will be one of the least active in decades, with seven named storms, three hurricanes, and one major hurricane of Category 3 or higher. Tropical Storm Risk from the University College London is…
The building blocks of life found orbiting another star
By Andrew Tarantola From engadget Looks like NASA’s Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan may have over-estimated how long it would take to find extraterrestrial organisms. For the first time in the history of astronomy, scientists have discovered two complex organic molecules,…
The mystery of life solved?
By Ellie Zolfagharifard For Dailymail.Com Study reveals how primordial DNA may have spontaneously appeared 4 billion years ago Scientists say early DNA-like fragments guided their own growth They claim the process can drive the formation of chemical bonds These connect…
