[Science] How the Columbia shuttle disaster changed spacecraft safety forever

How the Columbia shuttle disaster changed spacecraft safety forever
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/nasa-posts-photographic-history-of-food-in-space-20130128/
Ten years after the devastating Columbia space shuttle accident that took the lives of seven astronauts, NASA is building a new spacecraft that will take humans farther into space than ever before, and will incorporate the safety lessons learned from the ...

Space Station Crew Uses Laser Channel to Beam Data
http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2013/01/30/3679065.htm
MOSCOW, January 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) have transferred scientific data using a laser communication channel for the first time in international practice, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said ...

City heat leak can disrupt high-altitude winds
http://www.brecorder.com/world/north-america/103434-big-cities-heat-can-change-temperatures-a-continent-away-us-study.html
Urban heat islands are a contentious phenomenon in the study of global climate change, but a new University of California-led study suggests that city heat can reach far enough into the upper atmosphere to alter high-altitude winds, impacting climate ...