January 2010

What do you call a rover that is stuck? Answer: A LANDER!

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Efforts to extricate the Mars Spirit Rover from a sand trap have been abandoned.

Great Abyssal Diversity Among the Microscopic

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Microbial communities in the deep sea are dominated by rare species represented by single to few individuals.

Does time dilate during a threatening situation?

The brain structures responsible for a slower perception of time are imaged.

Mathematical support for insect colonies as superorganisms

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The power law equation that matches the metabolic rates of individual animals also appears to match those for insect colonies.

First steps in direct exoplanet spectroscopy

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Astronomers have been able to obtain the first direct spectrum of an exoplanet.

Chasing daylight - tiny trackers reveal the incredible flight plans of the Arctic tern

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Tiny geolocators help reveal how the Arctic tern makes a 70,000 km round-trip every year.

Most Detailed Photo of Star Ever

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Interferometry allows a team of astronomers to obtain for the first time a snapshot of the actual surface of a distant star outside of our solar system.

Could P/2010 A2 be the First Ever Observation of an Asteroid Collision?

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P/2010 A2 is an odd comet orbiting around the asteroid belt.

So… Did knuckle walking evolve twice?

With the discovery of Ardi, we now know that knuckle walking evolved separately in gorillas and chimpanzees.

Solar Sails: State of the Art 2010

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The state of solar missions in the year 2010, about upcoming conferences and missions.