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Space shuttle returning to Earth
Space shuttle Endeavour is returning to Earth after a 16-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Images reveal ‚lost’ Roman city
Aerial photographs reveal a lost Roman city called Altinum – which some scholars regard as a forerunner of Venice.
Maps reveal Venice ‚forerunner’
Aerial photographs reveal a lost Roman city called Altinum – which some scholars regard as a forerunner of Venice.
Honeybees warn each other to avoid flowers where predators lurk
Honeybees warn each other to steer clear of dangerous flowers where predators lurk, scientists discover.
Honeybees warn of risky flowers
Honeybees warn each other to steer clear of dangerous flowers where predators lurk, scientists discover.
Endeavour shuttle ready to land
The space shuttle Endeavour is set to return to Earth after a 16-day mission to the International Space Station.
Bloodhound diary
Pilot will attempt land speed record in ‚rocket car’
Fresh hope for world’s fisheries
There is fresh hope that the world’s depleted fisheries can be saved from collapse, say researchers.
Bald songbird discovered in Laos
Scientists discover a striking new species of bald songbird in a limestone region of South East Asia.
Nasa defends its spaceflight plan
Engineers designing Nasa’s next moon rocket denied that its manned spaceflight plans are too expensive and too risky.
Scientists find that chimps were born to appreciate music
A study of infant chimpanzees suggests that an appreciation of music is not a uniquely human trait.
Chimps born to appreciate music
Infant chimpanzees innately prefer consonant over dissonant music, suggesting an appreciation of music is not a uniquely human trait.
How jellyfish are helping stir things up in the oceans
With their umbrella-shaped bodies, jellyfish contribute to ocean mixing as they move around, researchers have found.
Jellyfish help to stir the ocean
With their umbrella-shaped bodies, jellyfish contribute to ocean mixing as they move around, researchers have found.
„Astronomia w dawnym Wrocławiu” – nowa książka Jarosława Włodarczyka
Nakładem Wydawnictwa UMCS ukazała się właśnie książka „Astronomia w dawnym Wrocławiu. Ludzie i instrumenty”, której autorami są Jarosław Włodarczyk i Reimund Torge. W publikacji prezentowane są związki Wrocławia z badaniami wszechświata od czasów Mikołaja Kopernika po XX wiek oraz dzieje Obserwatorium Astronomicznego Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego.
Pierwsi Polacy otrzymali Galileoskopy
Do Polski trafiły pierwsze zamawiane przez indywidualnych odbiorców Galileoskopy – proste i tanie, ale jednocześnie wysokiej jakości lunety, które zostały przygotowane na obchody Międzynarodowego Roku Astronomii 2009. Znane są już relacje z pierwszych obserwacji.
Rare snake returns to heaths
A rare species of snake is to be reintroduced in Devon by conservationists and the RSPB after an absence of 50 years.
Rare snake brought back to heaths
A rare species of snake is to be reintroduced in Devon by conservationists and the RSPB after an absence of 50 years.
New ‚crisis satellites’ launched
A Russian rocket is launched from Kazakhstan carrying two UK-built satellites which will help monitor natural disasters.
Przełomowa operacja przywracająca słuch
Przełomowe operacje wszczepienia zminiaturyzowanych implantów słuchowych przeprowadził dziś w Kajetanach profesor Henryk Skarżyński. Polska jest jednym z 3 krajów w Europie – obok Niemiec i Hiszpanii, w których wdrażane są implanty nowej generacji u niemowląt.
Swine flu ‚hits pregnant harder’
Pregnant women are four times more likely than the general population to be hospitalised by swine flu, US research shows.