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Site List Narrows For NASA's Next Mars Landing

Site List Narrows For NASA's Next Mars Landing

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Four intriguing places on Mars have risen to the final round as NASA selects a landing site for its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory.


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Next NASA Mars Mission Rescheduled for 2011

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 04, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will launch two years later than previously planned, in the fall of 2011. The mission will send a next-generation rover with unprecedented research tools to study the early environmental ...


NASA Invites Students to Name New Mars Rover

NASA Invites Students to Name New Mars Rover

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is looking for the right stuff, or in this case, the right name for the next Mars rover. NASA, in cooperation with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' movie WALL-E from Pixar Animation ...


Type of vitamin B1 could treat common cause of blindness

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a form of vitamin B1 could become a new and effective treatment for one of the world's leading causes of blindness.


Cry me a river: The psychology of crying

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

We've all experienced a "good cry"—whether following a breakup or just after a really stressful day, shedding some tears can often make us feel better and help us put things in perspective. But why is crying beneficial? And ...