September 2009

Are biofuels a load of rubbish?

Turning our waste paper in to biofuel could replace over 5% of global petrol consumption.

Final Mercury Flyby: Earth's MESSENGER Closing In

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The MESSENGER spacecraft makes its closest pass in its third and final flyby of Mercury.

Change of address for LCROSS

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LCROSS decides to crash into Cabeus proper instead of Cabeus A.

Bacterial Hunting Strategies

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Some bacteria such as Myxococcus hunt in packs for food.

MESSENGER: Three days out from Mercury

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The spacecraft MESSENGER is just three days away from its third encounter with Mercury.

New Oldest Bird

A fossil more primitive and older than the Archaeopteryx in the evolution of the avian line has been found.

Confirmation of water on the Moon

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Water has been confirmed to exist all over the surface of the Moon.

Is the Sun Ready to Party? Two (yes, two) Sunspots Appear

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During a time when the Sun is being unusually quiet, two sunspots have appeared.

Gender Gap

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The proportion of female monarch butterflies in a North American population has been steadily declining for the last 30 years.

Vegetative and minimally conscious patients can learn

Some minimally conscious and vegetative patients appear to be capable of learning simple associations between two stimuli, and this ability seems to be strongly correlated with subsequent recovery.