NASA Is Investing in Growable Habitats and Sleep Chambers and other top stories.

• NASA Is Investing in Growable Habitats and Sleep Chambers

  Image: NASASelf-assembling space habitats and a deep sleep chamber for long-duration space missions sound like ideas ripped right from the pages of a science fiction novel, but these are some of the visionary projects NASA is currently developing.Through NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC), the agency invests in many seemingly impossible technologies. Known for taking out-of-the-box concepts that seem like science fiction and turning them into science fact, the program is changin..

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• Invisible maelstrom: NASA flies spacecraft through magnetic explosions above Earth (VIDEO)

  

  NASA has made its first ever observations from the heart of a ‘magnetic reconnection’ event thanks to its Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (MMS). The mission, consisting of four identical spacecraft, was launched in March 2015 to observe these reactions in the magnetosphere – scientists had previously only witnessed reconnection in the laboratory.The research, which was published in the journal Science, reveals that magnetic reconnection is dominated by the physics of electrons, ..

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• Massive Earthquake Could Create Tsunami With Potential To Devastate Hawaii

  

  Massive Earthquake Could Create Tsunami With Potential To Devastate Hawaii Researchers have determined that there is a nine percent chance of a massive earthquake hitting Hawaii's Aleutian Islands, which could create a mega-tsunami that could threaten the state's inhabitants. By Tyler MacDonald | May 15, 2016 03:39 PM EDT Researchers have determined that there is a nine percent chance of a massive earthquake hitting Hawaii's Aleutian Islands, which could create a mega-tsunami that could threa..

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• White House Announces Initiative to Understand Benefits of Microbes

  

  The White House has revealed a new initiative to kick-start research into microbes that shape life on Earth. The program called National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) aims to bring together all microbe culture research. It will involve top universities, corporate giants, federal agencies and major philanthropies. White House Announces Initiative to Understand Benefits of Microbes Engadget explained that microorganism communities or microbiomes that live on and inside animals, people and plants h..

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• Researchers say 4.5 billion-year-old volcanic material sheds light on Earth's formation

  

  c/o Don Francis Volcanic material found in Baffin Island in Canada, and separately near the Solomon Islands, may serve as virtual “birthmarks” for our planet, as the debris was spewed out some 4.5 billion years ago, about 50 million years removed from the birth of our solar system. Researchers believe that the volcanic material could provide some valuable clues into the earliest days of Earth and how our planet was born, showing them the nuances of the different processes that took place when..

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• A celebration of migrating birds - The San Diego Union

  

  This one was for the birds.Saturday, dozens of people went to the Tijuana Estuary in Imperial Beach for International Migratory Bird Day, an annual gathering that featured nature walks, games, and arts and crafts, but was mostly a celebration of winged wonder.“Look at them coming right toward us on their red legs!” one woman exclaimed as a pair of black-necked stilts hunted for food in the estuary, the largest coastal wetland in Southern California and a place where 370 species of birds have bee..

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• The new, young face of science

  

  Never before has science been as interesting, exciting, and relatively easily accessible as it is today. The new generation of geeks and nerds are cool, witty, articulate and genuinely passionate about making a change with their research. From microbial fuel cells that convert organic waste into electricity to alternative battery components, the young scientists of today produce magic in their school science labs. "Science enables you to make a genuine change for the world... New inventions and..

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