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Origins of land plants pushed back in time

Posted in Science on 20th Feb, 2018
by Alex Muller

A seminal event in the Earth's history - when plants appeared on land - may have happened 100 million years earlier than previously thought.

Bigelow and ULA plan expandable B330 orbital lunar space station in 2022

Posted in Science on 20th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller

The launch would place a B330 outfitted module in Low Lunar Orbit by the end of 2022 to serve as a lunar depot.

SpaceX will call global internet satellite network Starlink

Posted in Science on 21st Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller

Low-latency, gigabit network inches closer to commercialisation.

Electricity Harvested From Rushing Blood in Bizarre New Study

Posted in Science on 11th Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller

Researchers report that theyve created a tiny fiber, thinner than a hair, that can generate power from the movement of rushing blood.

Robotic bees could take the sting out of Colony Collapse Disorder

Posted in Science on 10th Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller

Native honeybees, one of the most prolific pollinators in the animal kingdom, are dying off at an unprecedented rate from Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)