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Spinach Leaf Transformed Into Beating Human Heart Tissue 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 5, 2017
Using the plant like scaffolding, scientists built a mini version of a working heart, which may one day aid in tissue regeneration.

By David Aragorn
More Unusual Light Curves from Kepler 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 5, 2017
Twenty-three new objects have been added to the growing collection of stars observed to have unusual dips in their light curves. A recent study examines these stars and the potential causes of their strange behavior.

By David Aragorn
Ancient palace complex discovered in Mexican Valley of Oaxaca 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- April 4, 2017
A pair of archaeologists with the American Museum of Natural History has unearthed a palatial compound in El Palenque’s plaza in the Oaxaca Valley in Mexico.

By David Aragorn
Solar Probe Plus Will ‘Touch’ The Sun 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 4, 2017
NASA’s Solar Probe Plus will enter the sun’s corona to understand space weather using a Faraday cup developed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Draper.

By David Aragorn
Future of asteroid intercept mission depends on Congress 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 4, 2017
Plans to continue a NASA mission to intercept a small asteroid will depend on a decision due by the end of April on NASA’s 2017 budget, an agency official said March 20.

By David Aragorn
Scientists predict reading ability from DNA alone 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 4, 2017
Researchers from King’s College London have used a genetic scoring technique to predict reading performance throughout school years from DNA alone.

By David Aragorn
‘Super potato’ grown in Mars-like conditions may benefit Earth’s arid areas 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 4, 2017
Scientists in Peru conducted experiments reminiscent of the 2015 Matt Damon film the Martian, creating similar conditions on Earth

By David Aragorn
Most of Mars’ air was ‘lost to space’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 3, 2017
It is clear now that a big fraction of the atmosphere of Mars was stripped away to space early in its history.

By David Aragorn
Tully monster mystery continues to perplex scientists 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- April 1, 2017
“In April 2016, I wrote about the 308-million-year-old Tully monster. It was about a foot long, had a squid-like diamond-shape tail and a long snout ending in a claw.” ~~ Dale Gnidovec

By David Aragorn
A Russian Volcano Just Erupted for the First Time in Centuries 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 1, 2017
This weekend saw a new eruption from Kambalny in southern Kamchatka.

By David Aragorn

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