Space Shuttle Endeavour set for March 11 launch

Just a few weeks after Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down again, NASA has cleared the way for Endeavour to return to the Space Station as soon as March 11, representing the quickest turnaround of Space Shuttle missions in years.
In fact, NASA plans to have a total of six Shuttle missions in 2008, so it [...]

Kilauea: The world’s most active volcano opens up a new lava path

As it’s been erupting continuously for the last 25 years and is the world’s most active volcano, it’s no real surprise that the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea has now started spewing out even more lava. Destroying three abandoned homes in the process, the lava has recently started following a new path along Hawaii’s Big Island, [...]

Electron filmed for the first time

You probably learned all about atoms when you were a kid, and how they are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons - I certainly did. We were all taught how electrons were really tiny - in fact modern science predicts that they are so small it is totally impossible to measure their size, [...]

Preserving seeds for 10,000 years: New doomsday vault opens

I don’t plan to be around 10,000 years in the future, but what would I do if I woke up in the year 12,008 and wanted something to eat? It would probably be a good idea to go to Norway.
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- Svalbard Archipelago
Why? A new facility has just opened on a remote Svalbard island which aims [...]

Making the Internet 20,000 times faster: New satellite launched

The internet’s come a long way over the past few years, increasing in speed many times since the days of 56k Dial-Up.
But imagine being able to surf the web at speeds over 20,000 times faster than dial-up - thanks to a new satellite launched by Japan, that may soon be possible. The idea is [...]