Giotto spacecraft made the closest approach to Halley’s Comet on March 13, 1986

On March 13, 1986, European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Giotto spacecraft made the closest approach to Halley’s Comet at a distance of 596 kilometers (370 miles).

Today’s (March 13) story of what happened this day in Science, Technology, Astronomy, and Space Exploration history.

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Tim Berners-Lee made the first proposal for a World Wide Web on March 12, 1989

On March 12, 1989, the English computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee sent a document to his colleagues at CERN titled “Information Management: A Proposal”. This proposal concerned the management of general information about the particle accelerators and experiments at The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). In the proposal, Berners-Lee discussed the problems of information loss about complex evolving systems and suggested a solution based on a distributed hypertext system, which eventually became the World Wide Web, an Internet-based hypermedia initiative for global information sharing.

Today’s (March 12) story of what happened this day in Science, Technology, Astronomy, and Space Exploration history.

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Covid-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020

Covid-19, the highly-contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020.

Today’s (March 11) story of what happened this day in Science, Technology, Astronomy, and Space Exploration history.

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Pioneer 5 was launched on March 11, 1960

Nicknamed “Paddle-Wheel Satellite”, NASA’s Pioneer 5 probe was launched on March 11, 1960, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Today’s (March 11) story of what happened this day in Science, Technology, Astronomy, and Space Exploration history.

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Taikonaut Wang Yaping celebrates International Women’s Day from the Chinese Space Station

On March 8, 2022, Taikonaut Wang Yaping celebrated International Women’s Day from China’s Space Station Tiangong by delivering a special message to the world.

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Here’s why Antarctica is colder than the Arctic

Antarctica is the coldest continent on Earth. On average, Antarctica is colder than the Arctic. The coldest temperature on Earth was also recorded in Antarctica. The Antarctic ice sheet is also much bigger and thicker than the ice in the Arctic. Here are the reasons why Antarctica is colder than the Arctic.

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Albert Einstein explains his famous formula E=mc² in his own voice (video)

E=mc2 is probably the world’s most famous equation. It means “Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared.” The formula basically implies that a small amount of rest mass corresponds to an enormous amount of energy, and that’s the physics behind nuclear fission or nuclear fusion. In this amazing video, Albert Einstein explains his famous formula in his own voice.

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Bioengineered Cotton Could Help Solve World Hunger

Humans have relied on cotton’s textile fiber for nearly seven millennia. However, utilizing cottonseed as food has been a long and unfulfilled goal of many plant breeders. Along with its abundant, high-quality protein, cottonseed also contains gossypol – a toxic chemical that renders the seed inedible. Cottonseed’s fate as a mostly unusable by-product seemed sealed until Dr. Keerti Rathore, a professor at Texas A&M University, announced that he had successfully created gossypol-free cottonseed. Dr. Rathore’s tireless devotion has given the world the potential to significantly improve food security worldwide. Here’s how bioengineered cotton could help solve world hunger.

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Researchers Created the Largest-Ever Human Family Tree and it has 231 Million Ancestral Lineages

Researchers from the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford in England used DNA analysis to create the largest human family tree ever, dating back 100,000 years. They published their study titled “A unified genealogy of modern and ancient genomes” in the journal Science.

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Climate change transforming circulation patterns in Earth’s oceans and atmosphere [the results can be catastrophic!]

Large-scale circulation patterns can be found throughout Earth’s oceans and atmosphere, and play a crucial role in maintaining the stability of regional climates. As the climate warms, researchers find that these patterns are experiencing a fundamental transformation, which can result in catastrophic consequences. According to scientists, these changes could lead to hotter, drier conditions in regions including the Mediterranean, California, and Australia – which are already recording an increase in the frequency and severity of droughts and wildfires.

Dr. Hu Yang at the Alfred Wegener Institute identifies and explains the mechanisms of these changes. His study offers crucial insights into how both human populations and natural ecosystems will be affected by these transformations – and how they will need to adapt to cope with them.

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