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  • Mice and lizard return after a month in space

    A Russian capsule, which had mice and lizards as its occupants, returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space. According to scientists, the experiment was conducted to test effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on the cell structure, Fox News reported. Russian state television showed the capsule and some of its inhabitants following its safe landing in a ...

  • Soaking up sun may help treat asthma

    Scientists have suggested that the amount of time that asthma patients spend in the sun may have an impact on their illness. A research team at King's College London said low levels of vitamin D - made by the body in sunlight - has been linked to a worsening of symptoms. Its latest research shows that the vitamin calms an over-active part of the immune system in asthma, the BBC ...

  • Britains first astronaut to go on space mission in 2015

    Britain's first "official" astronaut, 41-year-old Major Tim Peake, has been selected to go on a five-month mission to the International Space Station in 2015, a media report said Sunday. Peake, a former army helicopter pilot, graduated as a European Space Agency astronaut more than two years ago and has been waiting for a space mission since then, the Guardian daily said. However, Peake has ...

  • Rodents return to Earth after space flight

    The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite landed in Russia Sunday, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various micro-organisms and plants back to Earth after their month-long flight, the Mission Control said. The capsule landed in Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan. The descent vehicle separated from the equipment module of the Bion-M spacecraft at 6.32 ...

  • Moon meteor blast visible to naked eye on Earth says NASA

    NASA has revealed that a boulder-sized meteor slammed into the moon in March, causing an explosion so bright that it was visible to the naked eye on Earth. Though about 300 lunar impacts have been logged over the years, NASA scientists consider this latest impact, from March 17, much brighter than anything else observed, News.com.au reported. "We have seen a couple of others in the 'wow' ...


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The Cranes Are Flying (Letjat zhuravli) [DVD]

The Cranes Are Flying (Letjat zhuravli) tells an old, melodramatic war story in visual terms that are so striking and evocative that you are able to overlook the plot ellipses, contrivances, and clichés and revel in the romantic impact. Winner of the Palm d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, it marked the beginnings of the post-Stalinist cinema, when the first truly great So ... ...

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  • Half the mice on space ark survive a month in orbit – all the lizards do

    Vladimir Sychov, deputy director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems and the lead researcher for the Bion-M project, talks to reporters Sunday while others examine the "space ark" capsule in the ...

  • Discovery Science Place CEO to be on Broadcast this week

    Phil Lindsey, Discover Science Place CEO, will be interviewed this week on the Tyler Chamber Radio show.Discover Science Place is offering Summer Camps, where children can explore, design and create using cutting-edge technology and innovation. There is a different camp each week from June 24 through Aug. 16 and children in kindergarten through eighth grade can attend. Age of the Dinosaur, an ...

  • UK Astronaut To Blast Off To Space Station

    The British space industry is being given a boost with confirmation that Britain's first official astronaut is to take part in a mission on the International Space Station in 2015. Major Tim Peake has undergone 14 months of rigorous training, which has included survival courses and exercises under water and underground. Now almost three years after graduating as an astronaut, the ...

  • Space-y Photos from Maker Faire Bay Area 2013

    Amateur rocketeer Ken Biba speaks at Maker Faire Bay Area on May 18, 2013. At left is the rocket he and his team built, which flew to more 104,000 feet in September ...

  • Bae over the moon with first PGA title

    (28 mins ago) South Korea's Bae Sang Moon won his first US PGA title yesterday, firing a one-under par 69 to win the US$6.7 million Byron Nelson Championship by two strokes over American Keegan Bradley in Irving, Texas, in the US. In windy conditions at the TPC Four Seasons Resort course, the 26-year-old South Korean finished on 13-under 267 to hold off 2011 PGA Championship winner ...

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