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Thursday, 15 November 2007 |
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Children who were breast-fed as babies and possess the fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2) gene were found by British, U.S., and New Zealand researchers to be more intelligent that other children.
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Thursday, 15 November 2007 |
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully taken the first high-definition video of the Earth, via its Selene spacecraft, as it rises above the Moon (Earth-rise) and the first HD video as Earth goes behind the Moon (Earth-set).
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
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A pressure-chamber test at the NASA Johnson Space Center on Friday, November 9, 2007, in which an astronaut smelled smoke inside his spacesuit, continues to prevent any further spacewalks until the problem is resolved.
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
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Universities of Pittsburgh and California (Santa Barbara) researchers found that women with “hourglass” figures are more intelligent than women with round or straight bodies, and tend to give birth to children who are more intelligent.
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007 |
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Astronomers at the University of Alabama (Huntsville, U.S.A.) and the Helsinki Observatory (Finland) found that X-rays coming from galaxy cluster Abell 3112 originate from electrons and photons. If this conclusion holds with other galaxy clusters, it will considerably reduce the mass of the universe.
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007 |
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On November 12, 2007, U.S. astronauts Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to remove the Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 (PMA-2) from the forward hatch of the Destiny laboratory and to place it on the forward hatch of the Harmony module.
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007 |
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Carol E. Greenwood and Matthew D. Parrott conducted a study whose November 2007 conclusion finds a substantial relationship between a healthy diet of fruit, vegetables, cereals, and fish, and a reduced risk from dementia.
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Monday, 12 November 2007 |
NASA's space shuttle Atlantis has arrived at its launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.
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Monday, 12 November 2007 |
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According to 2006 figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the percentage of adult smokers in the United States remains at 20.8%, pretty much the same as in 2004 and 2005.
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Monday, 12 November 2007 |
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Based on conclusions from over one-hundred-thousand GalaxyZoo volunteers as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey project, most galaxies seem to be rotating counterclockwise in relation to the Earth. Astronomers wonder why?
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Sunday, 11 November 2007 |
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The Taurid meteor shower, which is caused by the Comet Encke is expected to show its best display in the eastern sky just before dawn on Monday, November 12th.
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