Archive for July 1st, 2003

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Star Wars X

US-based missiles to have global reach

The Pentagon is planning a new generation of weapons, including huge
hypersonic drones and bombs dropped from space, that will allow the US
to strike [...]

Spider Sex Suicide Pact

Argiope Aurantia, an orb-weaving spider, invariably
dies spontaneously during copulation, according to a study published
last week in the Royal
Society’s Biology Letters. The researchers speculate that the male’s
[...]

Historic First Fotos of Earth from Another Planet

The camera aboard NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft currently
orbiting the red planet photographed Earth, the moon and Jupiter, as
seen in the evening sky of Mars, at 9 a.m. EDT, May 8, 2003.
From National Geographic


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