(Science) – Firm plans to grow first flowers on Moon
An American firm is planning to grow the first flowers on the Moon, in a proposed greenhouse on the lunar surface.
According to a report in New Scientist, the company in question is engineering firm Paragon Space Development, which has designed habitats for plants and animals living in microgravity.
The firm plans to build a [...]
World’s oldest person : World’s oldest person, 130, credits cottage cheese, sense of humour for longevity!
A Kazakhstan lady, who mothered ten children, will be celebrating her 130th birthday this week, making her the world’s oldest person by 16 years.
Sakhan Dosova’s age was discovered during a census in Karaganda in northern Kazakhstan, when the date of birth on her passport showed as 1879, which was the same year Edison invented the [...]
Oxygen was as abundant 3.46 billion years ago as it is today
Analysis of deep sea rocks in Australia has suggested that they date back to 3.46 billion years ago, suggesting that not only did the oceans contain abundant oxygen then, but that the atmosphere was as oxygen rich as it is today.
The researchers drilled diagonally into the base of a hill in the Pilbara Craton in [...]
World’s first successful VIKY robot assisted surgery to treat pancreatic tumours performed
A surgeon at Fox Chase Cancer Center has successfully performed the world’s first minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy using the ViKY system’s revolutionary robotic, compact laparoscope holder.
Developed in France, the technology made its debut in a cancer setting in the United States at Fox Chase.
“Fox Chase is among only a handful of institutions worldwide using robotics [...]
