NASA is slated to send the first and next women to the moon in 2024 and has revealed what the crew will call home: a mobile RV vehicle. The US space agency is abandoning concepts of inflatable tents and underground bases, and is now looking at a pressurized surface vehicle. …
Read More »Researchers fear bees face pandemic fueled by fungal infection transmitted through flower petals
The researchers fear that bees will face their own global pandemic caused by an infectious fungus that passes through flower petals during pollination. Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder studied bees infected with nosema Nosema is a single-celled parasite that emits spores that form in a fungus. Different …
Read More »Dinosaur species ‘Captain Hook’ with curved claw discovered
A new species of dinosaur called ‘Captain Hook’ with a curved claw at the end of its arms is discovered in Montana and roamed Earth 66 million years ago. Paleontologists discover remains of a new species of dinosaur in Montana Called the hooked dinosaur, the creature had a curved hook …
Read More »Human lungs that are too damaged for transplantation can be ‘repaired’ by connecting them to a live pig
The lungs damaged by a deceased donor are often too damaged to be transplanted into someone who needs the life-saving organ. But scientists have found a way to improve the condition of the lungs that are considered too battered to be of any use. A host of scientists from Columbia …
Read More »The ‘Planet Nine’ lurking in the outer solar system is believed to be a black hole
The ‘Planet Nine’, a celestial object up to 10 times larger than Earth, may actually be a grapefruit-sized black hole, and a new telescope could help detect it. Objects ‘clustered’ in a strange way beyond Neptune’s orbit have led astronomers to suggest that ‘something big’ is interfering with its orbit. …
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