Jackdaws learn from each other about "dangerous" humans

[ad_1] Jackdaw. Credit: Guill McIvor New research shows that jackdaws can learn from each other to identify "dangerous" humans. Birds are known to recognize individuals and react differently to those they consider a threat. In the new study of the University of Exeter, an unknown person of the jackdaws approached their nest and the scientists … Read more

Japan and Russia are about to pull a pair of spacecraft to the International Space Station – BGR

[ad_1] The International Space Station is still a busy place. Astronauts aboard the orbiting laboratory perform experiments, make observations and perform all kinds of scientific work during space cruises around our planet. But this week will be more busy than usual, with not one, but two rocket launcher sending supplies and travelers to the ISS. … Read more

Lift-off! Japan launches unmanned cargo ship to space station

[ad_1] A Japanese cargo ship was successfully launched on Tuesday, September 24 on the International Space Station, taking off two weeks late due to a fire on the launch pad during its first attempt at takeoff. The non-looted Transport vehicle H-II-8 (HTV-8) flew into space at 12:05 EDT Tuesday (15:55 GMT or 01:05 on September … Read more

Lockheed wins contract to build six other Orion capsules

[ad_1] When NASA returns astronauts to the Moon and Mars, the Orion All-Wheel Crew Vehicle (MPCV) will be what brings them there. To build these next-generation spacecraft, NASA hired aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin. Combined with the massif Space launch system (SLS), the Orion A spacecraft will perform long-term missions beyond the low Earth orbit (LEO) … Read more

NASA announces the demolition of the 1969 moon landing laboratory

[ad_1] The building in which Apollo 11 crews were quarantined after their landmark landing five decades ago will be demolished in 2020 and replaced by an energy-efficient building, NASA said Tuesday. The lunar reception lab at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, was purpose built in 1967 to welcome Neil Armstrong and his team … Read more

Hawaii: a sea heat wave

[ad_1] At the edge of an ancient lava flow where jagged black rocks join the Pacific, causing a heat wave in Hawaii, oversized little houses overlook the calm, blue waters of Papa Bay on Big Island, Hawaii. There are no tourists or hotels to view. Yet even this remote shoreline, far from the impacts of … Read more

Hot oceans increase the risk of coral bleaching around the world

[ad_1] Whitening in a coral reef at Papa Bay, near Captain Cook, Hawaii, September 13, 2019.Photo: AP Apparently, every region of the world beats temperature records these days. The oceans absorb much of this heat, which threatens the world's corals. Climate change is largely responsible for this crisis – or for ourselves, because you know, … Read more

A huge dinosaur terrorized by a 30-foot crocodile 210 million years ago

[ad_1] Carnivorous dinosaurs are widely regarded as the greatest predators in history, but a new study suggests that herbivores lived in fear of a creature looking like a 30-foot crocodile there are 210 million of them. 39; years. Paleontologists have uncovered teeth, jaws and fossilized members of Rauisuchiens in southern Africa. After studying them, they … Read more