ESA astronaut completes London Marathon on board ISS, sets world record
Tim ran the London Marathon in 1999, finishing in 3:18.50. Astronaut Tim Peake running the London Marathon in space By Dileep Thekkethil European Space Agency’s astronaut Tim Peake has set a new “space record” by running the London marathon inside the International Space Station (ISS) realtime with his countrymen who ran 400 miles below in the earth. Tim who ran the 42 Km marathon in a treadmill along with thousands of runners who took their positions back on earth, completed his run taking thr..>> view originalNew Reef System Found At Mouth Of Amazon River About To Be Trashed By Oil Companies
A new reef system has been found at the mouth of the Amazon river by a team of Brazilian and American scientists. The reef of sponge and coral more than 600 miles long covers over 3,600 square miles of ocean floor at the edge of the South American continental shelf, from the southern tip of French Guiana to Brazil’s Maranhão State where oil companies threaten like storm clouds. Science Daily announced on Thursday, April 21, 2016, that Carlos Rezende from the State University of North Fluminens..>> view originalConfusion over future of CSIRO Melbourne lab as climate science moves to Hobart
CSIRO boss Larry Marshall hopes the new centre will resolve ongoing concerns about climate science's home within the agency. Photo: Daniel Munoz The future of a major climate change laboratory in Melbourne is in doubt after the national science agency announced it would cut hundreds of jobs and open a smaller global warming research centre in Tasmania.Scientists believe CSIRO's Aspendale atmospheric research laboratory – home to about 120 staff who do the bul..>> view originalBeagle probe 'seen in sharper view'
Image caption A more definitive shape emerges in the newly processed images Supporting evidence that the Beagle-2 probe is sitting intact on the surface of Mars has come from a new imaging technique developed by UCL scientists.Their method stacks and matches multiple pictures taken from orbit to resolve more detail than can be retrieved through standard processing.When applied to satellite views of what is thought to be the UK-led lander, a more defin..>> view originalNASA Space Apps challenge takes Melbourne entrepreneurs to the final frontier
From holograms and jet packs to IKEA-inspired space goods, the Melbourne leg of the NASA Space Apps Challenge inspired a range of new intergalactic ideas. The event, held at Lab-14 at Melbourne University’s Carlton Connect Initiative, brought together more than 100 people, organiser Michelle Mannering says. “We had such a diverse skill set and such a diverse range of solutions that were actually created,” Mannering tells StartupSmart. “We even had a couple of astrophysicists and scientists.” Co..>> view originalUS university stages world-first mind-controlled drone race
The University of Florida has staged the first-ever brain-controlled drone race, bringing everyday use of the technology ever closer.The competition held last week involved 16 contestants using specially calibrated brain-computer interface (BCI) headsets to steer individual drones across a nine-metre indoor basketball court.Video of the experimental race shows contestants staring at computer screens wearing looks of concentration as they seemingly control the flight of a drone using just their ..>> view originalPhysicists have created a 'black hole' in the lab that could finally prove Hawking radiation exists
Some 42 years ago, renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking proposed that not everything that comes in contact with a black hole succumbs to its unfathomable nothingness. Tiny particles of light (photons) are sometimes ejected back out, robbing the black hole of an infinitesimal amount of energy, and this gradual loss of mass over time means every black hole eventually evaporates out of existence. Known as Hawking radiation, these escaping particles help us make sense of one of the greate..>> view originalEarth getting greener due to rising carbon dioxide levels, global snapshot shows
Earth getting greener due to rising carbon dioxide levels, global snapshot shows Updated April 26, 2016 09:08:49 Rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have increased plant growth across the planet over the past three decades, a new study has found. Key pointsA few areas on Earth have browned but the vast majority have greenedPlant coverage has grown by 18 million square kilometres in a few decadesThe main cause is increase in atmospheric CO2Nitrogen from agric..>> view originalRwanda: Rural Areas Expect 100 Solar PV Mini-Grids Under Climate Action Plan
By Michel NkurunzizaAn establishment of up to 100 solar PV mini-grids in rural communities has been pledged by government as part of efforts to mitigate climate change effects. The commitment is under INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) which is the climate action plan. The plan is an essential element in implementing the Paris climate agreement signed by the government of Rwanda and 160 other countries. Speaking at the signing ceremony of Paris Agreement at the United Nations i..>> view originalBuzz from Australian trial of Anavex's 2-73 sends stock up 23% premarket
Micro cap Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ:AVXL) is up 23% premarket on increased volume in apparent response to a news story in Sydney, Australia that an Alzheimer's patient regained the ability to play the piano after being treated with product candidate ...>> view original
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
ESA astronaut completes London Marathon on board ISS, sets world record and other top stories.
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