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US fighter pilots have asked not to fly the military's 200 F-22 Raptors because of oxygen-deficit problems

a shared story    3 weeks 20 hours 57 minutes ago
One of the world's most advanced fighter planes, the fifth-generalization F-22 Raptor, has come under fire from pilots who say they are blacking out at the cockpit. 



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Call of the wild: How 30,000 years of being our best friend have genetically changed dogs to like us (while wolves treat us with suspicion)

a shared story    3 weeks 22 hours 57 minutes ago
Scientists at a Budapest university tested whether the differences among dogs and wolves was primarily genetic or experiential by breeding puppies of both species and then testing their reactions. 



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Giant Asteroid Vesta's Gravity Is Lumpy | Video

a shared story    3 weeks 1 day 2 hours 57 minutes ago
The gravity field of the giant asteroid closely matches the surface topography, as seen in this rotation animation of data from NASA's Dawn mission.  



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Dust to dust: Space station captures ultra-rare 75-mile white plume of powder blowing over dune fields of New Mexico

a shared story    3 weeks 1 day 3 hours 57 minutes ago
The photograph was taken from the International Space Station, 245 miles up - and shows one of the only places on Earth where white dust 'takes flight' on the wind. 




Green Blog: Q&A: Greening the City's Zoning Rules

a shared story    3 weeks 1 day 15 hours 57 minutes ago
New York City's sustainability director and a green developer discuss how changes in zoning rules could speed the adoption of green roofs, renewable energy and energy-efficient features.  



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'Supermoon': Biggest full moon due this weekend as tides rise around the planet

a shared story    3 weeks 1 day 18 hours 57 minutes ago
The moon will appear bigger and brighter - sky-watchers promise this 'supermoon' will be 16% brighter than most when it begins on Saturday at 3.35pm GMT, 11.35am EDT. 



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Antarctic lake mission key tests

a shared story    3 weeks 1 day 19 hours 57 minutes ago
Training begins for a pioneering UK project to search for life in a lake hidden beneath the Antarctic ice-sheet. 



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Unstoppable deadly invader: Relentless rise of the poisonous caterpillars

a shared story    3 weeks 1 day 22 hours 57 minutes ago
Oak processionary moths, which are highly toxic pests during their caterpillar stage, have spread into new areas of the country. 



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Watch the skies! Once-in-a-lifetime event as Venus passes in front of the sun - and the next 'transit' will be in 2117

a shared story    3 weeks 1 day 23 hours 57 minutes ago
On 5 and 6 June, Venus will appear as a small black dot on the Sun's surface in a rare transit, taking six hours to complete its journey, say Massachussetts scientists. 



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Scientists discover enzyme that ages spacemen - and could help us slow the ageing process on Earth

a shared story    3 weeks 2 days 2 hours 57 minutes ago
A study by the University of Teramo in Italy and published online found that the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase plays a key role in cell death in space. 



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Simons Foundation Chooses U.C. Berkeley for Computing Center

a shared story    3 weeks 2 days 3 hours 57 minutes ago
The Simons Foundation plans to announce on Tuesday that the University of California, Berkeley, will be the home of a new center that combines computing theory with fields like biology or economics.  




NASA's Next Mars Probe to Spy on Red Planet from Above

a shared story    3 weeks 2 days 4 hours 57 minutes ago
The MAVEN mission will investigate the rate of atmospheric loss on Mars.  



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