Who owns the moon? Competition heats up for Google's Lunar X Prize.
January 14, 2017 —A small step for a private company might turn out to be a giant leap in the new commercial space race to the moon.The US-based Lunar Express announced on Friday that it has all the funding it needs to land its first rover on the moon. It joins a handful of other teams competing for Google’s Lunar X Prize, which aims to open up private pathways to Earth’s only satellite. As commercial exploitation of the moon and other celestial objects becomes more realistic, international dis..>> view originalThe Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. reduces its investment in Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD)
Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. reduced its stake in Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) by 10.7% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 92,345 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock after selling 11,098 shares during the period. Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc.’s holdings in Gilead Sciences were worth $7,306,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of GILD. Loomis Sayles..>> view original70000 Birds Killed To Clear NYC Flight Paths
Nearly 70,000 birds have been killed in a bid to make flight paths safer for New York City area planes since 2009 — but it doesn’t appear to have reduced bird strikes. The slaughter was triggered by the accident eight years ago that forced hero pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger to land in the Hudson River after his plane engines sucked up several geese. According to statistics compiled by the Associated Press, after the killings, bird strikes by planes taking off or landing at New York’s LaGu..>> view originalRusty patched bumblebee now an endangered species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first told The Associated Press it was adding the bee to the endangered list before a news release was issued. That means there will be a recovery plan to encourage people to provide more habitat and reduce pesticide usage — many steps that could help other struggling bees and monarch butterflies, which pollinate a wide variety of plants, officials said. "Pollinators are small but mighty parts of the natural mechanism that sustains us and our world," said Tom ..>> view originalUniversity of Exeter Research Unravels How Whales Hold The Key To Menopause
Researchers from the University of Exeter have been conducting a study on killer whales and they have found out something that might hold the key why menopause occurs. There are only three species in the world that undergo menopause - human beings, killer whales, and short-finned pilot whales. Menopause happens when women stops producing eggs every month and that's also the time when mestruation stops. However, a recent study on killer whales revealed that menopause is necessity for survival bo..>> view originalFalcon 9 rocket ready for all-important return to service Saturday
The Falcon 9 rocket with 10 Iridium Next communications satellites inside SpaceX’s hangar at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. SpaceX rolled a fully-assembled Falcon 9 booster out of its hangar and lifted it on top of a launch pad Friday for the first time since an explosion grounded the commercial rocket last year, setting the stage for a one-second launch window Saturday to take off from California’s Central Coast and deploy the first 10 satellites in orbit for a $3 billion upgrade to Ir..>> view originalSpace News: The moon is older than scientists thought, UCLA-led research team reports
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. on the moon in 1971 with the Apollo 14 mission. Credit: NASA. A UCLA-led research team reports that the moon is at least 4.51 billion years old, or 40 million to 140 million years older than scientists previously thought.The findings – based on an analysis of minerals from the moon called zircons that were brought back to Earth by the Apollo 14 mission in 1971 – are published Jan. 11 in the journal Science Advances.The moon's age has been a hotly debated topic, ev..>> view originalThis star has a secret – even better than 'alien megastructures'
January 13, 2017 —When Yale researcher Tabetha Boyajian first focused on the star KIC 8462852 via the Kepler Space Telescope in September 2015, she didn't know what to make of it.The lighting of the star was mysterious – it was far too dim for a star of its age and type, intermittently dipping in brightness. Theories around Tabby’s star, as it was nicknamed, quickly piled up, with some scientists attributing the atypical lighting to surrounding cosmic dust or nearby comets. But more excitable s..>> view originalNew evidence suggests DB Cooper may have worked for Boeing
A team of scientists selected by federal officials in Seattle have come across new evidence in the mystery of D.B. Cooper. The Citizen Sleuths have been analyzing particles found on the clip-on-tie that Cooper left behind after he hijacked a Northwest Orient airplane in November 1971. Tom Kaye, the lead researcher of the group, told King 5 on Friday that a powerful microscope used in their investigation has found more than 100,000 particles on the JCPenny tie. He added that the group has been ..>> view original
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