Month: May 2017

This weekend, Earth passes through the thickest debris left by Halley’s Comet, and these glowing comet remnants are expected to light up the night sky at rates of up to 40 per hour.

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-halley-s-comet-meteor-shower-is-set-to-peak-this-weekend-here-s-how-to-watch

http://identify.plantnet-project.org/

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/sifter/bricks-made-martian-soil-may-be-stronger-steel-reinforced-concrete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UExPNPmI2TU

http://www.sciencealert.com/cassini-just-sent-back-images-from-its-first-ever-dive-through-saturn-s-rings-and-they-re-incredible

http://www.sciencealert.com/climate-scientists-release-unretouched-photos-of-glaciers-100-years-ago-vs-today

For the patients, it was a gamble: if they took part in a new study, they’d be off the waiting list, and would receive a new kidney from an organ donor – but the organ they’d be getting would be one infected with the hepatitis C virus.

via Hepatitis C has been eradicated in 20 patients who received infected kidney transplants – ScienceAlert.

https://xkcd.com/1732/