Die in Hitchin geborene Dr. Nicola Fox, 54, ist erst die zweite Frau, die dieses Amt seit der Gründung der Raumfahrtbehörde im Jahr 1958 innehat.
Sie erzählte den Desert Island Discs von Radio 4, dass ihr Vater Eric, ein Ingenieur bei Vauxhall, alle NASA-Astronautenprogramme verfolgt habe.
Sie fügte hinzu: „Für ihn war es wichtig, dass ich wusste, wo ich war, als Neil Armstrong auf dem Mond landete. Als ich acht Monate alt war, hatte ich natürlich keine Ahnung, aber ich
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Sweat keeps some animals cool in scorching heat. Salty secretions also serve one desert shrub a refreshing sip of water.
The Athel tamarisk uses a special selection of salts excreted from its leaves to pull water from the air, researchers report October 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This study provides new insights into the clever chemical strategies that plants have evolved to survive in harsh environments.
The Athel tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) thrives
Die emotionale Hommage wurde mit Gebeten für ein „friedliches Ende“ dieses Krieges verschickt
Während des laufenden U2-Aufenthalts in Las Vegas würdigte Frontmann Bono die 260 Menschen, die beim Hamas-Terroranschlag auf dem Re’im-Musikfestival in Israel ihr Leben verloren.
Während er mit der Band auf der Bühne stand, machte der irische Sänger mitten im Set eine Pause, um sich an das Publikum zu wenden und sein Beileid für die Ereignisse in Israel auszusprechen.
Die tragische Zahl beläuft sich auf 260 Todesopfer, während
Sitting on the back of a terrorist’s motorcycle, her outstretched arms pointing towards her helpless boyfriend, student Noa Argamani pleads for her life.
She screams ‘Don’t kill me! No, no, no’ – but the gunman speeds off. Noa hasn’t been seen since.
Her boyfriend, Avi Nathan, distraught and helpless, is left behind in the desert. He too is missing.
Widely shared on social media, the footage of Noa’s kidnapping is almost too distressing to bear. ‘Imagine what it is like
Border Patrol agents in Arizona, facing what officials say is an unusually large number of migrants crossing into a desolate part of the border, are being forced to keep some migrants outdoors in fenced-off areas in the latest sign of fluctuating migration patterns at the border.
A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the agency has been working to address “large numbers of migrants” crossing into the desert area near Ajo, where agents have reduced
The heaviest animal to have ever lived may have been an ancient colossal whale that was recently discovered in Peru, scientists said.
Scientists have been digging up massive fossils of the new species — named Perucetus colossus, or “the colossal whale from Peru” — in the Ica desert, a region in Peru that was once underwater over the past decade. The discovery was unveiled in a Nature journal published on Wednesday, Aug. 2.
According to the journal, titled “A heavyweight
Astronomers announced the discovery of the first-ever ‘boomerang meteorite’ – a rock that originated from Earth, was ejected into space and later returned.
The meteorite, NWA 13188, was uncovered in the Sahara Desert, and scientists at Aix-Marseille University in France conducted a new analysis, finding it
There are more than 35,000 Starbucks around the world, with the coffee chain setting up shop in every continent except Antarctica.
While many of the shops are run-of-the-mill buildings, some have been converted from differently purposed buildings including pubs, houses and even a shipping container.
Really reaching every corner of the populated globe, Starbucks has taken over a bank in Amsterdam,while its also serving coffee in the middle of the dessert in Giza.
At one point, Starbucks even had a
