Pregnant women who lived in close proximity to fields and farms where chemical pesticides were…
Month: June 2014
Organic conundrum in Large Magellanic Cloud
A group of organic chemicals that are considered carcinogens and pollutants today on Earth, but…
3-D map shows dusty structure of the Milky Way
Astronomers have created a detailed three-dimensional map of the dusty structure of the Milky Way…
Puffing sun gives birth to reluctant eruption
A suite of Sun-gazing spacecraft, SOHO, STEREO and Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), have spotted an unusual…
Archaeo-astronomy steps out from shadows of the past
From the ‘Crystal Pathway’ that links stone circles on Cornwall’s Bodmin Moor to star-aligned megaliths…
All the sky, all the time: UK astronomers debate involvement in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will be sited at Cerro Pachón in the Chilean Andes…
‘Solar moss’ shakes at 16,000 kilometers an hour
Using a state-of-the-art ultraviolet camera, astronomers have obtained exceptionally sharp images of ‘Solar Moss’, bright…
Big solar blowouts hold clue to space weather
Solar jets are ejections from the surface of the Sun, where 1-10 tons of hot…
Archaeologists search for new portal into bygone era
Iron Age combat sessions and an expert view on life in Leicestershire over 2000 years…
Colon has safety mechanism that restricts tumor formation
Colon cancer development starts with the formation of benign tumors called adenomas. It is estimated…