[Science] Dung Beetles Navigate Via the Milky Way, First Known in Animal Kingdom

Dung Beetles Navigate Via the Milky Way, First Known in Animal Kingdom
http://www.independent.ie/and-finally/all-in-the-stars-for-scarab-beetle-3364160.html
Talk about star powerâ€"a new study shows that dung beetles navigate via the Milky Way, the first known species to do so in the animal kingdom.

NASA testing vintage engine from Apollo 11 rocket
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NASA-testing-vintage-engine-from-Apollo-11-rocket-4221385.php
In this image taken from video, NASA engineers test-fire a key part of a rocket engine left over from the 1960s-era Apollo moon missions on Thursday in Huntsville, Ala.

Pulsar Twitches Leave Astronomers Perplexed
http://spacefellowship.com/news/art31882/chameleon-star-baffles-astronomers.html
New X-ray and radio observations detected a strange switcheroo in the radiation from a pulsar. pulsar with beam. Artist's impression of a pulsar in "radio bright" mode, when the radio emission (blue beam) is high.

The bacteria can sustain life in the sky for thousands of miles
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/01/24/scientists-discover-microbial-life-in-storm-clouds
An analysis of hailstones recovered from a May 2009 storm has uncovered several different types of bacteria and organic materials that could potentially allow bacteria to survive in storm clouds.

World's unknown species 'can be named' before they go extinct
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21162197
Most of the world's plant and animal species could be named before they go extinct, claim researchers. Writing in the journal Science, the researchers said it could be achieved this century.

New dinosaur fossil challenges widely accepted theories on the origin of flight
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/new-dinosaur-fossil-challenges-widely-accepted-theories-on-the-origin-of-flight/
A new dinosaur fossil from the Jurassic period has challenged widely accepted theories on the origin of flight, according to paleontologists from the University of Southampton.

Shrinking proton: Particle is smaller than thought
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50577959/ns/technology_and_science-science/
This laser apparatus, used in 2010 to measure the size of the proton, found that the particle's radius is about 4 percent smaller than previously thought.

NASA joins ESA dark stuff hunt
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-033
NASA has signed on for a European Space Agency project to send a telescope to the L2 earth-sun Lagrange point in 2020, to investigate dark matter and dark energy.

NASA solves 30-year solar puzzle with 5 minutes and $5 million
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50566080/ns/technology_and_science/
Scientists have taken the highest resolution images of the sun's atmosphere ever, and it offers an explanation for the decades-old mystery of why its outer most layer is up to 800 times hotter than its surface.

Drilling triggers rethink on ice
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/drilling-triggers-rethink-on-ice-20130123-2d7mz.html
THE first complete ice cores drilled from the Greenland ice sheet that extend back more than 120,000 years to the Earth's last great warming period reveal the ice sheet experienced surface temperatures about 8 degrees hotter than today and was 400 metres ...

Amazing journey: Cat travels 200 miles to return home
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/amazing-journey-cat-travels-200-miles-to-return-home/
A couple who lost their pet cat in November was shocked when the feline made it home after more than a month on her own. Scientists have questioned for years how cats and other animals are able to find their way home with no map, no set of directions, and ...

Attack of the Giant Squid
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139687n
For centuries sailors have told tall tales about the largest and scariest beasts in the sea. But some sea monsters turn out to be real.

Space Station Program Takes On Astronaut Vision Problems
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_01_24_2013_p06-01-540277.xml
HOUSTON - NASA this spring plans to introduce its first systematic study of the vision problems that surfaced two years ago as an unanticipated ailment among some astronauts assigned to long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station.

Dead Space 3 for PC is a straight port with console-quality graphics
http://www.gamezone.com/products/dead-space-3/news/dead-space-3-for-pc-is-a-straight-port-with-console-quality-graphics
You might be expecting a graphically superior version of Dead Space 3 on PC, but Visceral Games isn't interested in delivering.