NASA at Mars: 20 years of 24/7 exploration

No one under 20 has experienced a day without NASA at Mars. The Pathfinder mission, carrying the Sojourner rover, landed on Mars on July 4, 1997. In the 20 years since Pathfinder's touchdown, eight other NASA landers and orbiters have arrived successfully, and not a day has passed without the United States having at least one active robot on Mars or in orbit around Mars.

the guardian: Rosetta mission ends with touchdown on comet 67P - as it happened

And this seems like a good place to end the coverage today. The final, final images have just been shown. We know that science data was flowing back to Earth from Rosetta until the final moment of touch down. We know that it is going to take years to fully analyse all the data. [more...]

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nova: TOP Secret Things about Mathematics you didn't Know

the guardian: Crafty yoghurts: can your tastebuds be tricked? – video

yahoo: They’re not saying it’s aliens, but signal traced to sunlike star sparks SETI interest

SETI researchers are buzzing about a strong spike in radio signals that seemed to come from the direction of a sunlike star in the constellation Hercules, known as HD 164595. [more...]

Film: Angela Summereder "AUS DEM NICHTS"

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the guardian: Alien life, or noise? Russian telescope detects 'strong signal' from sun-like star

Signal detected a year ago from HD164595, only 95 light years  away and with at least one planet, but Seti scientists are scanning the area and have yet to find it [more...]

the guardian: Publisher wins rights to Voynich manuscript, a book no one can read

 Tiny Spanish publisher can clone centuries-old manuscript written in language or code that no one has cracked [more...]

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nieman lab: A group of researchers is trying to help science journalists parse academic articles on deadline

The tool is called Science Surveryor, and it’s being developed at Columbia and Stanford to help journalists find context and background information on tight deadlines. [more...]

eLife: Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

We describe the physical context of the Dinaledi Chamber within the Rising Star cave, South Africa, which contains the fossils of Homo naledi. Approximately 1550 specimens of hominin remains have been recovered from at least 15 individuals, representing a small portion of the total fossil content. Macro-vertebrate fossils are exclusively H. naledi, and occur within clay-rich sediments derived from in situ weathering, and exogenous clay and silt, which entered the chamber through fractures that prevented passage of coarser-grained material. [more...]


National Geographic: Zwei Millionen Jahre alte Menschenart entdeckt

We describe the physical context of the Dinaledi Chamber within the Rising Star cave, South Africa, which contains the fossils of Homo naledi. Approximately 1550 specimens of hominin remains have been recovered from at least 15 individuals, representing a small portion of the total fossil content. Macro-vertebrate fossils are exclusively H. naledi, and occur within clay-rich sediments derived from in situ weathering, and exogenous clay and silt, which entered the chamber through fractures that prevented passage of coarser-grained material. - See more at: http://elifesciences.org/content/4/e09561#sthash.WrD21ogo.dpuf

spiegel online: Geheimnis des Alterns: Was den Grönlandwal 200 Jahre leben lässt

Grönlandwale können über 200 Jahre alt werden und bekommen keinen Krebs. Genanalysen zeigen, was sie so widerstandsfähig macht. Nun hoffen Forscher, dass irgendwann auch der Mensch von den Erkenntnissen profitieren kann. [mehr...]

Max Planck Institute: Countdown to Icarus

 The first satellite-based program to investigate animal migration -- called " Icarus" - is supposed to kick off in 2015. With the help of tiny transmitters which send their data to International Space Station, researchers such as Martin Wikelski from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Radolfzell, Germany, want to understand the patterns of animal movements. [more...]

chicago tribune: DNA test shows 1964 kidnapping never solved

Paul Fronczak was abducted as a newborn, then supposedly found; nearly 5 decades later the man raised as Fronczak learns his real identity is mystery [more...]

8 news now: I-Team: Henderson Man's True Identity Remains Mystery

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NASA: Music from the Mars - Students Reach for the Stars with will.i.am

Musician will.i.am addresses students at JPL during an event celebrating the first time in history that a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet. [more...]

Spiegel Online: Meteor verursacht enorme Explosion über Westen der USA

Schwankende Häuser und ein riesiger Feuerball: Ein gewaltiger Knall hat am Sonntag viele Menschen in Teilen der US-Staaten Nevada und Kalifornien beunruhigt. Grund war vermutlich die Explosion eines Meteors. [mehr...]

Archives of International Medicine : Red Meat Consumption and Mortality

Background Red meat consumption has been associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. However, its relationship with mortality remains uncertain.
Methods We prospectively observed 37 698 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2008) and 83 644 women from the Nurses' Health Study (1980-2008) who were free of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer at baseline. Diet was assessed by validated food frequency questionnaires and updated every 4 years. [more...]

Spiegel Online: Herzinfarkt und Krebs: US-Mediziner warnen vor rotem Fleisch

spiegel online. Neuer Sonnensturm rast auf die Erde zu

Die Auswirkungen des letzten Sonnensturms am Donnerstag waren eher harmlos, doch der nächste ist schon unterwegs. Die US-Wetterbehörde warnt: Am Wochenende können Probleme bei Kommunikationssystemen auftreten. [mehr...]

zeit online: 256 Menschen weltweit sterben nach der Behandlung mit Pradaxa

Ein neuer Blutverdünner forderte fünfmal mehr Todesopfer als von Hersteller Boehringer zunächst angegeben. Das hat das Pharmaunternehmen jetzt bestätigt. [mehr...]