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New study suggests that the asteroid was three times bigger than previously estimated and debris from the collision would have rained down on the Earth.

One of the Moon’s biggest craters was created by an asteroid more than 250km (150 miles) across about 3.8 billion years ago, forming Mare Imbrium known as the right eye of the “Man in the Moon”.

Some think the asteroid punched through the moon crust allowing the a lake of magma to pour out onto the surface changing the moon to a dead planet.

via Vast asteroid created ‘Man in Moon’s eye’ crater – BBC News.

The material is four times harder than pure titanium and has applications in making longer-lasting medical implants

via Super-hard metal ‘four times tougher than titanium’ – BBC News.

An international team of scientists has just sequenced a protein crystal located in the midgut of cockroaches.  It’s more than four times as nutritious as cow’s milk and, the researchers think it could be the key to feeding our growing population in the future.

via Scientists think cockroach milk could be the superfood of the future – ScienceAlert.

via We May Have Just A Year To Prepare For A Supervolcanic Eruption | IFLScience.

The greatest medical breakthroughs in recent years, Scientists have designed a microparticle that can be injected into a person’s bloodstream that can quickly oxygenate their blood. This will even work if the ability to breathe has been restricted, or even cut off entirely.

This finding has the potential to save millions of lives every year. The microparticles can keep an object alive for up to 30 min after respiratory failure.

via Scientists Invent Oxygen Particle That If Injected, Allows You To Live Without Breathing | TechWench.

Great bee documentary, turn robotics

http://www.scientificamerican.com/video/bumblebees-collide-midair-like-bumper-cars/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_BIO_VD

the exhaust being blasted out is actually light, or more specifically, photons that have become paired up with another out-of-phase photon in order to shoot out of the metal cavity and produce thrust.

via New paper claims that the EM Drive doesn’t defy Newton’s 3rd law after all – ScienceAlert.

Last week hundreds of thousands of people hit the streets of the Uttar Pradesh state in India to plant 50 million trees in 24 hours, in an attempt to beat the world record.

via India planted 50 million trees in just 24 hours last week – ScienceAlert.