This mouse was grown from its mother's skin cells
K. Hayashi/Kyushu University For the first time, researchers have grown eggs entirely in a lab dish. Skin-producing cells called fibroblasts from the tip of an adult mouse’s tail have been reprogrammed to make eggs, Japanese researchers report online October 17 in Nature. Those eggs were fertilized and grew into six healthy mice. The accomplishment could make it possible to study the formation of gametes — eggs and sperm — a mysterious process that takes place inside fetus..>> view originalOrbital ATK's Antares Rocket Returns to Flight with Gorgeous Night Cargo Launch
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — We have liftoff! For the first time in two years, an Orbital ATK Antares rocket has successfully launched into space, departing NASA's Wallops Flight Facility here this evening (Oct. 17) on a mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). The upgraded Antares rocket soared into the night sky at 7:45 p.m. EDT (2345 GMT) today, topped with Orbital ATK's uncrewed Cygnus cargo capsule. Millions of observers along the U.S. East Coast had the oppo..>> view originalThe Red Planet welcomes ExoMars
Mars as seen by the webcam on ESA's Mars Express orbiter on 16 October 2016, as another mission, ExoMars, is about to reach the Red Planet. A joint endeavour between ESA and Russia's Roscosmos space agency, ExoMars 2016 comprises the Trace ...>> view originalTaikonaut duo blasts off for China's longest space mission
China's space agency launched two astronauts, or taikonauts, Monday morning into low Earth orbit aboard its Shenzhou 11 spacecraft. If all goes according to plan, in two days they will dock with China’s Tiangong 2 space station, where the taikonauts will stay for 30 days to test its habitability and to carry out medical and scientific experiments.Monday’s launch marked the sixth time China has sent taikonauts into space, and the beginning of the country’s longest crewed mission yet as it builds..>> view originalNASA's MAVEN mission gives unprecedented ultraviolet view of Mars
This image of the Mars night side shows ultraviolet emission from nitric oxide (abbreviated NO). The emission is shown in false color with black as low values, green as medium, and white as high. These emissions track the recombination of …more.>> view originalThe amazing sweating robot
At 5 1/2 feet tall, its face fixed between a grin and a grimace, the humanoid robot Kengoro is something of a synthetic Arnold Schwarzenegger. That is not to say the machine, created by the University of Tokyo’s JSK laboratory, is a recursive time-traveling assassin. Rather, Kengoro is a sweaty beefcake among metal bipeds. The average two-legged machine does not have Kengoro’s stamina. For a svelte robot, Kengoro is strong, powered by 108 motors. Thanks to this large number of motors plus a u..>> view originalThe Universe Has At Least Two Trillion Galaxies: Why Is The Finding Important?
First Posted: Oct 18, 2016 06:01 AM EDT There are at least two trillion galaxies up there. Image used for representation only. (Photo : Bill Ingalls / NASA / Getty Images) The size of the universe is incomprehensible, and now the sheer scale of it has become even more unfathomable after a recent study suggested there are 10 times the numbers of galaxies as previously believed. According to astrophysicist Christopher J. Conselice from England's University of Nottingham, the universe has a..>> view originalNASA Postpones Planned Juno Rocket Burn To December Flyby: Engine Trouble Blamed
NASA's Juno mission managers have postponed the burn of the main rocket, which was initially scheduled for Oct. 19. The burn, dubbed period reduction maneuver, is aimed at reducing Juno's orbital period from 53.4 days to only 14. The team designing the mission has decided to delay the period reduction maneuver in order to analyze the performance of a set of valves that are part of Juno's fuel pressurization system. They also limited the use of science instruments for Juno's burn. However, since..>> view originalThe left vs. a carbon tax
This is not an election year in which it is easy to get attention, unless your name rhymes with Gump. Nevertheless, it's worth taking note of a colorful, contentious, and counterintuitive political drama playing out in the top left corner of the country. It’s a fight happening within the left, and like a great many such fights in US politics these days, it reveals sharp differences over how to make progress in the face of Republican intransigence. In this case, the subject is climate change pol..>> view originalEarth on track for its warmest year on record after hottest September in 136 years
Last month was the warmest September the world has seen since modern records began 136 years ago, according to new figures from Nasa. However the US agency added that the difference between it and the previous record in September 2014 was just 0.004 degrees Celsius, making the result a statistical tie. It was 0.91 degrees warmer than the average temperature for the month between 1951 and 1980. The figures mean 11 of the past 12 months have set new records for highest average temperature. Howeve..>> view original
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