SpaceX test rocket crashes in Texas
SpaceX's F9R test vehicle self-destructed yesterday during a test flight at their McGregor, Texas test facility. There were no injuries. According to a witness, "there is a big grass fire from falling
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UK announces £200 million polar research ship
UK Chancellor George Osborne today announced a new £200 million research ship to ply Arctic and Antarctic
Wikinews interviews Paúl M. Velazco about new yellow-shouldered bat species
Scientists at Chicago's Field Museum and New York's American Museum of Natural History have discovered three new species of yellow-shouldered bats, genus Sturnira, in the Neotropics. On Wednesday open-access journal…
Soyuz TMA-12M arrives at International Space Station after delay
Soyuz TMA-12M, a Russian spacecraft carrying a crew of three, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) at 2353 UTC yesterday, after a technical setback prevented a planned rendezvous and docking on
Wikinews interviews Dr. Robert Kelly and Dr. Jim Gill regarding joint scientific venture in North Korea
A group of volcanologists from the UK and USA have traveled to North Korea to assist them with conducting scientific investigations and installing equipment near the volcano Mount
Scientists create micro-battery using 3D printing
Scientists have successfully created a Lithium ion micro-battery the size of a grain of sand. A team of researchers from Harvard University and the University of Illinois were able to create the tiny battery using 3D…
Wikinews interviews biologist Chris Simon about periodical cicadas
In May, periodical cicadas with 17 years life cycle emerged on the East Coast of the USA after underground development as juveniles since 1996. Researchers and scientists worked to map and study the rare wave, and the…
Highly preserved mammoth presents scientists with blood sample
An extremely well preserved woolly mammoth has been found by Russian scientists in Siberia, announced
Could an unmarked grave in Winchester contain the remains of King Alfred?
The remains of an unmarked grave suspected to be that of King Alfred of England who died in 899 AD were exhumed in order to protect them for security reasons from St Bartholomew's Church in Winchester. Prayers were led…
Soyuz TMA-08M launches to International Space Station, arrives in record time
Soyuz TMA-08M, a Russian spacecraft with a crew of three aboard, launched from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday at 20:43 UTC (2:43 AM Friday, local time) and docked with the orbital outpost…
Wikinews interviews American zoologists about pirate perches' chemical camouflage
American zoologists, William Resetarits and Christopher Binckley, have discovered chemical camouflage in pirate perches. The researchers experimented with common predatory fish victims, such as tree frogs and aquatic…
Wikinews interviews co-discoverers of Ziegler's crocodile newt
In February, Japanese herpetologists Kanto Nishikawa, Masafumi Matsui (of the Kyoto University), and Tao Thien Nguyen (of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) discovered Ziegler's crocodile newt in Vietnam.…
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awards Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne with Abel prize of 2013
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne with Abel prize of 2013 for his contributions toward shaping algebraic geometry. The award includes a 6 million Norwegian kroner…
Main belt asteroid No. 274301 named 'Wikipedia'
A main belt asteroid, No. 274301, has been named after Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia. The information became available on the Minor Planet Center's website
Wikinews interviews Aurélien Miralles about Sirenoscincus mobydick species discovery
A group of researchers published a paper about their discovery of a new species of Madagascar mermaid skink lizards last December. The species is the fourth forelimbs-only terrestrial tetrapods species known to science,…
Wikinews interviews Spanish evolutionary biologist Francisco G. Gonzálvez
In a study published on October 29, Spanish researchers studied Singapore rhododendron interaction with ants. The researchers discovered that the flower produces substances to attract weaver ants to drive away the…
Australian scientists develop culture to destroy reef-killing starfish
Following a study linking poisonous crown-of-thorns starfish to 42 percent of Australia's Great Barrier Reef destruction in recent decades, James Cook University Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies in Queensland…
Expedition 31 crew members arrive at International Space Station
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft, which launched on Tuesday, arrived at the International Space Station yesterday with three members of the Expedition 31 long duration
Meteorites in Morocco found to be from Mars
Meteorites that fell to Earth during a meteor shower in July of 2011 have been confirmed to be from Mars. The rocks, discovered in Morocco, were likely ejected off the surface of the planet during an ancient asteroid…
Russian spacecraft Phobos-Grunt falls in Pacific Ocean
The Russian spacecraft Phobos-Grunt fell into the Pacific Ocean some 1,250 kilometers west of Wellington, Chile yesterday after circling in Earth orbit for two months. The spacecraft was designed to retrieve soil…
