11.24.2016

Thanksgiving: eat What American astronauts in space

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Shane Kimbrough NASA Astronaut showed the specialties that prepare them for Thanksgiving dinner for the crew on board the International Space Station this year.

11.18.2016

How to Make More Plants make use sunlight

Scientists have improved ", the most important biological process on the planet" - photosynthesis.

The advance, published in the journal Science published is genetic modification used to the amount of energy crops can increase from sunlight channeling food production.

This increased efficiency in the experimental cultivation of 15%.

The researchers say that this is a key to feed the agricultural production to increase a growing world population step.

Science reporter Victoria Gill BBC explains the results.

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Peggy Whitson: Takeoff to the ISS for older woman in space

Astronaut Peggy Whitson took into the room for his third mission from the International Space Station.

He took from Baikonur cosmodrome from Kazakhstan and is the oldest woman to be in the room when she turns 57 mission.

On board with him the Soyuz spacecraft is cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, the Russian and French newcomer Thomas Pesquet.

Videos and courtesy of NASA TV

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11.16.2016

What makes your perfect cup of coffee?

Mathematicians are closer to understanding a step, making a perfect cup of coffee.

The calculations can help coffee drinkers optimize your cup of tea a more precise approach.

Bryony BBC Hopkins asked a sample of London for his idea of ​​the perfect cup of coffee.

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11.13.2016

Scientists in the world of dance at the Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet and the School of Sport, Health and Applied Sciences (SAHS) at the University of Santa Maria, Twickenham combined forces to provide support for dancers sports science.

BBC went backstage at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, to find out what that means for the dancers.

Video Journalist Alex Stanger, Producer: Claudia Redmond

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11.11.2016

The dinosaur blown into oblivion

A newly discovered dinosaur species from an unusually complete fossil identified nearly destroyed by dynamite.

Beaked kept up with feathered wings used in the mud, which was the scene when he died there 72 million years ago, it was one of the last surviving dinosaurs in Asia.

He was limosis Tongtianlong, named "muddy dragon on the way to heaven."

The discovery was published in Nature Scientific Reports .

Photos courtesy of Dr. Stephen Brusatte and Zhao Chuang artist's impression

Video Victoria Gill

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Sniffing smallpox scab ...

Sniffing dried scabs of smallpox in the 11th century from China to the virtual eradication of the disease in the 1970s, condensed Jake Yapp the history of vaccination in four minutes.

Discover you everything that we think , used the theme of gravity. Look for the funniest videos with Jake Yapp.

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