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ISS Bids Farewell to Cygnus Space Freighter Canadarm2 releases the resupply freighter from the International Space Station, bringing Orbital Sciences' demonstration flight to a close. Government run cargo resupply missions to the ISS are becoming much less frequent. NASA famously...

Google Releases Quantum Mechanics Mod for Minecraft Google Quantum A.I. Lab hopes to get people thinking about quantum computing without needing a giant textbook. Quantum mechanics is one of the weirdest sciences in the universe. The physicist Richard Feynman was famously quoted as...

Another article lists the quarry as privately owned - does this help clear up discussions of who owns the dinosaur? I personally agree with many people here, it belongs in a museum!

Complete Dinosaur Skeleton for Sale in British Auction The giant skeleton of a Diplodocus longus is to be auctioned off next month and could go for as much as $1million. Dinosaur fossils are usually very difficult to obtain. The amount of specialist equipment required to excavate them...

Piranha Resistant Fish Scales Lead to New Armor Research Fish living in piranha infested waters have developed scales to protect them from deadly bites and are now being used to develop new body armors. As many evil villains will tell you, there is a lot of choice when deciding what to...

Large Meteorite Fragment Pulled From Russian Lake Divers working in Lake Chebarkul have recovered a half-ton chunk of the space rock which exploded over Chelyabinsk earlier this year. Space isn't as empty as the name might imply. The Earth is constantly being bombarded by tiny chunks of...

SpaceX's Reusable Grasshopper Reaches Record Height The final test of the experimental reusable launch vehicle sees the rocket soar over 2,000 feet, an altitude higher than any of its previous flights. Disposable multi-stage rockets continue to be the most frequently used vehicle to...

Diamonds Fall Like Rain on Jupiter and Saturn Some US scientists now claim that diamonds the size of hail may be raining down to the cores of Jupiter and Saturn. As anyone shopping around for that special someone will know, jewelry stores can often charge an arm, a leg and half a kidney...

Got my copy early! For anyone interested in what company is going to have legal action taken against them, it will be the supermarkets. Asda and Tesco broke release date, that's what a guy in my Game store said. If they were allowed to have a day ahead of everyone else, they would gain...

Researchers Bring the Touchscreen Off the Screen A new technological prototype developed by the University of Bristol adds physical feedback out of thin air. Tony Stark holds the award for having one of the coolest computer interfaces ever created in the form of an array of 3D...

This is one of the many panels I'm looking forward to. Please tell me its being recorded for future generations?

Well, with Halloween approaching I thought I'd throw in a hidden gag for the keen eyed! ;) Nope, total failure on my part, amended! :D

First 3D Printer in Space to Launch Next Year NASA Is planning to send a 3D printer to the ISS to help astronauts manufacture spare parts and tools on demand The need for emergency repairs in space has been highlighted in 1970 by the famous Apollo 13 mission to the moon where the...

Future Mars Rover Could Hop Across the Surface A new concept design for a Mars probe relies on compressed gas to move around the Red Planet The design of probes sent to Mars over the years hasn't deviated much from the standard rover we all know and love - most recently in the form of...

NASA Offering Volunteers $18k to Lie in Bed for 70 Days Lazy test subjects are needed in an effort to research the long term effects of space exploration on astronauts. When looking towards achieving manned missions to other planets, you are often looking at a long flight time that...