Daily Archives: June 17, 2012

White Pelican

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Deskarati

Namibia—Its bright pouch agape and two-tone wings spanning perhaps ten feet, a great white pelican in Walvis Bay sets its sights on a fish breakfast. These migratory birds are found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Photograph by Laurent Mercey via Visions … Continue reading →

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Compact blue dwarf can’t hide from Hubble

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Deskarati

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this view of the dwarf galaxy UGC 5497, which looks a bit like salt sprinkled on black velvet in this image. The object is a compact blue dwarf galaxy that is infused with … Continue reading →

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Which way up should you store eggs?

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Deskarati

Blunt end up, pointed end down. Because the blunt end of an egg has an air pocket between the inner and outer shell membranes, which gradually enlarges as the egg loses moisture during storage. Keeping the air pocket at the … Continue reading →

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The basic building blocks of life to be rethought

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Deskarati

A gene thought previously to be present in all life on earth has been found to be missing in life near volcanoes. The protein, thought to be one of the fundamental building-blocks of life, is not present in certain volcanic single … Continue reading →

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Unmanned Air Force space plane lands in California

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Deskarati

An unmanned Air Force space plane steered itself to a landing early Saturday at a California military base, capping a 15-month clandestine mission. The spacecraft, which was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in March 2011, conducted … Continue reading →

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