Cockroaches scuttle back to Earth
Published: 09 October, 2007, 07:03
Fifty-four cockroaches are back home in the central Russian city of Voronezh after orbiting the earth for 12 days. The insects were part of an experiment aimed at measuring the effects of space travel on living organisms.
Medical students chose cockroaches for the mission because of their small size and high stamina.
Scientists are now monitoring them to record the effects of near-zero gravity on living things. They hope the results may prove helpful when sending people into space.
09.10.2007, 00:18
Geneticists from US and UK share Nobel PrizeThe 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to two Americans and one Briton. American scientists Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, as well as Sir Martin J. Evans from the UK, shared $US 1,5 MLN prize for their contribution to genetic engineerin |
09.10.2007, 08:20
Damaged cable blamed for Russian rocket crash in KazakhstanA team of investigators say a damaged control cable caused last month's crash of the Proton-M rocket in Kazakhstan. |
