[Science] Iran Says It Sent a Monkey Into Space

Iran Says It Sent a Monkey Into Space
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34222_162-57566275-10391739/state-dept.-iranian-space-monkey-launch-unconfirmed/
Iranian state television said Monday that the nation had put a monkey into space “as a prelude to sending humans.” The successful flight involved a relatively small rocket that went straight up and down, according to the state-sponsored news report, and the ...

EU funnels $2.7 billion into two “ambitious and risky” science projects
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/eu-funnels-2-7-billion-into-two-ambitious-and-risky-science-projects/
In an effort to strengthen Europe's diminishing standing as a leader in scientific innovation and development, the European Commission recently announced awards of 1 billion euros ($1.35 billion) each to two promising projects.

Gowanus dolphin was already sick: Biologist
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gowanus-dolphin-sick-biologist-article-1.1249980?localLinksEnabled=false
The Gowanus Canal's toxic waters didn't kill the dolphin that perished in the Brooklyn waterway on Friday, a necropsy revealed Monday.

Key clue emerges in sinking of Confederate submarine
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mystery-sunk-civil-war-submarine-rest-device-helped-sink-warship-article-1.1249425?localLinksEnabled=false
New evidence sheds light on how the Hunley sank a Union ship. H.L. Hunley. The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sits in a conservation tank after a steel truss that had surrounded it was removed Jan. 12, 2012, in a conservation lab in North Charleston, ...

APNewsBreak: Virgin shuns binding spaceport lease
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jmSq4e4BIKRFMUf_CI1li8SCxGFQ?docId=8d65bcd709b5454492a967efaa318698
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Virgin Galactic has agreed to start paying New Mexico rent on the nearly quarter-billion dollar spaceport the state built for British businessman Richard Branson's space tourism business, but it says it is doing so under protest ...

NASA Satellites Last Much Longer than Expected
http://thesop.org/story/20130128/nasa-satellites-last-much-longer-than-expected.html
The sixth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-6) celebrated it`s anniversary on January 13th. After being launched into space 20 years ago, the TDRS-6 is still orbiting the Earth, 10 years longer than expected.