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See how a team of JPL engineers, fueled by a desire to help as #COVID19 hit, worked to make a ventilator prototype – VITAL – in just 37 days. 100+ manufacturers from around the world have applied for a free license to build VITAL. go.nasa.gov/2Z8EoaL #InThisTogether
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Happy Friday! Enjoy this owl who is ready for quarantine to be over.
After 20 years, the new Madagascan mammal from the Age of Dinosaurs is revealed in @Nature. Welcome Adalatherium! nature.com/articles/s41586-0… @EvansEvoMorph @Monash_Science @MonashBiol 1/5
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Once Demo-2 is complete, and the SpaceX and NASA teams have reviewed all the data for certification, SpaceX will launch Crew Dragon’s first six-month operational mission (Crew-1) later this year. The Crew-1 spacecraft is in production and astronaut training is well underway
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On April 10 and 13, the station orbited over the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia when these photos were captured of the aurora and Earth glow. flic.kr/s/aHskiySBdS
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NASA funds proposal to build a telescope on the far side of the moon dlvr.it/RTqfP9
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The largest living organism at sea - conveniently looks like a ocean crop circle crossed with a doodle. The creature is actually a colony of zooids who attach and clone to make one massive stringy tentacle. 😱
“It’s just magic being there and sharing those things for the first time,” Dr. Wilson said. #NingalooCanyons expedition in @nytimes: nytimes.com/2020/04/14/scien… With collaborators @WAMuseum @CurtinUni @GeoscienceAus @Scripps_Ocean @WAMSInews
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In celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd, enjoy this encore release of “Down to Earth – It’s Alive,” where NASA Astronaut @astro_reid explains how seeing Earth from space compared to his expectations during his time aboard the space station. #SpaceStation20th #EarthDay50th
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Scientists tracked 26 Olm salamanders 🦎 and were shocked to see they stay in the same place for more than a year. One overachieving Olm stayed in the same place for seven years! Now that's a serious stay at home order. Original study: zslpublications.onlinelibrar…
The Dryandra moth is a species of moth considered to be the sole member of the family Carthaeidae. - bit.ly/2kRPD4f #Science
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Dairy farmers should rethink a cow's curfew, says UBC researchers bit.ly/2nGn8Ha Via @EurekAlert
The Taurus scarab is considered the world´s strongest animal in terms of proportional strength. bit.ly/28SgFPQ
Breast-Fed Kids May Be Less Hyper, But Not Necessarily Smarter, Study Finds n.pr/2mHtneT Via @NPR
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Coconut water can be used as blood plasma bit.ly/2nZV6qG
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1,400 years ago China created the first paper money bit.ly/2bnQTnd
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There are about 2,000 different species of fireflies, but they all glow even in their larval stage bit.ly/28SgFPQ
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