Wednesday, October 31, 2012

[Science] Mars soil is just like Hawaii according to scientists

Mars soil is just like Hawaii according to scientists
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/20155402
Mars and the American holiday island of Hawaii might have more in common that you might think. Nasa's Curiosity rover has analysed some soil from the red planet and has found it had loads of minerals similar to those found on Hawaii, in the Pacific Ocean.

Animals Can Focus On Sense of Smell
http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1214219-animals-can-focus-sense-smell
Researchers from the Institute for Mind & Biology, University of Chicago, have been proposing that animals too are like humans in some ways, including fine-tuning the sense of smell to strengthen their survival ploys.

NASA's Huge New SLS Rocket Could Power Missions Far Beyond Mars
http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/5113/could-the-next-rover-come-from-canada
NASA is contemplating space journeys far beyond a near-Earth asteroid, the moon or Mars for its new heavy-lift rocket in development.

C. Ind. grade schoolers talk with space station
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/C-Ind-grade-schoolers-talk-with-space-station-3996006.php
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Several students at a central Indiana elementary school got to talk with a home-state astronaut as he orbited the Earth in the International Space Station.

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