Science
On Friday, April 12, 2013, Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites had their SpaceShipTwo rocket plane glide over Mojave, California, for the second unpowered glide test. It may be a precursor for the real thing: a powered flight.
The electricity industry has long been rather conservative. But it is being revolutionised by technology, with the introduction of the so-called ‘smart grid”.
GPS brand Navman has commissioned an independent survey of drivers, aiming to characterise driving confidence by gender.
The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak on Monday, April 22, 2013, with some meteors shooting across the night sky at a possible maximum rate of 100 per hour.
A wonderful graphical representation of the distance from Earth to Mars.
NASA announces that the Orbital Sciences Corporation's Antares rocket is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, as part of its first mission to demonstrate that it can deliver payloads to the International Space Station.
The U.S. space agency NASA announced on Friday, April 5, 2013, that it intends to organize a robotic mission to a small asteroid in order to tow it to Earth. The mission will lead to manned missions to other asteroids and the planet Mars.
The Russians have announced that they are returning to the exploration of the Moon after not developing a robotic lunar probe since the country was called the Soviet Union.
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield shows us how he brushes his teeth while living in the International Space Station.
Modelling of Linux package dependencies shows a striking similarity with the evolutionary characteristics of bacterial genomes.
