How The Biggest Animal On Earth Got So Big

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How The Biggest Animal On Earth Got So Big

NPR
Whales are the largest animals on the planet, but they haven’t always been giants. Fossil records show that ancient whales were much smaller than the currently living behemoths.

Nasa reveals space rocks that will come close this year

Daily Mail
Will an asteroid collide with Earth this year? Nasa reveals the FIVE space rocks that will come ‘close’ to our planet. Ron Baalke tweeted about 5 asteroids expected to come within 5 lunar distances; The first will be come on July 23, and will fly 3.15

Ape that lived in Europe 7 million years ago could be human ancestor, controversial study suggests

Washington Post
In 1944, German soldiers constructing a bunker in Greece uncovered a fossilized jawbone. The specimen was in poor shape, just a curve of mandible with its teeth mostly chipped away.

Astronauts replace failed computer in short spacewalk Mission Reports

Spaceflight Now
Astronaut Jack Fischer waves to a camera during Tuesday’s spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now. After a bit of a struggle with a balky bolt, space station commander Peggy Whitson replaced a failed external computer during a short, hurriedly

3.3 Million-Year-Old Fossil Sheds Light On How The Spine Evolved

NPR
A remarkably complete fossil of a young child suggests that key elements of the human spinal structure were already in place in an ancient human relative 3.3 million years ago.

The “Alien Megastructure” Star Is Acting Up Again

Smithsonian
Over the weekend a call went out to astronomers to point their telescopes toward star KIC 8462852, which is also known as Tabby’s Star or the “Alien Megastructure” star.

Trump’s budget proposal ‘savages’ climate research, scientists say

USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – Scientists poring over President Trump’s proposed 2018 federal budget say it guts funding for climate science. Under the proposal, the three federal agencies that perform the bulk of that research face dramatic cuts.

Freeze-Dried Space Sperm Gives Rise to Healthy Baby Mice

Space.com
Mouse pups derived from sperm that was freeze-dried and stored on the International Space Station for nine months. Credit: Wakayama et al.

After high-stakes court battle, Neil Armstrong’s storied lunar bag could fetch $4 million at auction

Washington Post
Neil Armstrong’s lunar sample bag has had a long and complicated journey over the past half-century. It started in 1969, when the off-white, purse-sized pouch flew to the moon and back with the legendary astronaut, who used it to collect the first

Celestial Harmonies Pin Down Orbit of Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 h

Scientific American
This artist’s concept shows TRAPPIST-1h, one of seven Earth-size planets in the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system. NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, operating in its K2 mission, obtained data that allowed scientists to determine that the orbital period of TRAPPIST

Earth May Once Have Been a Donut-Shaped Mass of Vaporized Rock Called a Synestia

Seeker
Research posits that Earth emerged from a completely new structure after a planetary collision, with outer layers of vaporized rock rotating in orbit around the rest of the body.

‘Doomsday’ seed vault to get upgrade after climate change flooding incident

Mirror.co.uk
In the event of a catastrophe, the vault could resupply the seeds needed to get crops in far-flung countries going again. But the so-called “Doomsday” vault suffered a near-miss of its own, when it emerged that water from melted permafrost had breached

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