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NASA to fund world's first 3D food printer
NASA has announced it is to fund construction of the world's first ever 3D food printer. The American space company has given a $125,000 grant to mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor, who has ...
4 hours ago from FOXNews
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Medical tricorder Scanadu approaches launch
Company kicks off crowdfunding campaign for 'Star Trek' like device.
3 hours ago from USA today
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Curiosity Rover Resumes Science Operations With Second Drilling
Curiosity's adventures on Mars continue with another drilling operation: On May 20, the rover drilled into a rock named Cumberland, creating a hole measuring a bit more than half an inch across.
21 hours ago from Wired Science
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NASA's BARREL mission launches 20 balloons
(Phys.org) —In Antarctica in January, 2013 – the summer at the South Pole – scientists released 20 balloons, each eight stories tall, into the air to help answer an enduring space weather question: ...
17 hours ago from Phys.org
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Satellites see storm system that created Moore, Okla., tornado
On May 20, 2013, NASA and NOAA satellites observed the system that generated severe weather in the south central United States and spawned the Moore, Okla., tornado.
19 hours ago from Phys.org
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Russia retrieves mice, newts from space
A Russian capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals returned from a month's mission in orbit on Sunday with data scientists hope will pave the way for a manned ...
Sun 19 May 13 from Phys.org
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An actual hunk of Mars is on block in Heritage Auction sale
A little piece of Mars fell into the Sahara Desert last year, and now it can be yours for the low, low price of about $160,000, part of an auction of nature and science artifacts from Heritage ...
17 minutes ago from FOXNews
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Did an Abandoned 'Ghost Ship' Disappear?
After months of drifting across the North Atlantic, a luckless, abandoned cruise ship may have finally sunk beneath the waves.
46 minutes ago from Discovery.com
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Building a better team—on Mars
Sometime in the next quarter-century, NASA plans to send the first humans to Mars, a mission that will push the boundaries of teamwork for a handful of astronauts who will spend as long as three ...
24 hours ago from Phys.org
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One giant leap for Britain: UK's first official astronaut Tim Peake on tweeting like Chris Hadfield and missing his wife and sons
Britain's first astronaut in more than 20 years, a 41-year-old Apache helicopter pilot called Major Tim Peake, said today that his biggest anxiety about spending six months on the International ...
Mon 20 May 13 from The Independent
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