Monthly Archives: November 2011

Yale’s medical library houses more than 400 brains

Yale’s medical library houses more than 400 brains recovered from a dormitory basement The adult brain is approximately 1.5kg in weight and the size of a small melon, although, when removed from the body, it is as soft as blancmange. … Continue reading

Posted in General Blogger | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

NASA Launches Super-Size Mars Rover to Red Planet

The world’s biggest extraterrestrial explorer, NASA’s Curiosity rover, rocketed toward Mars on Saturday on a search for evidence that the red planet might once have been home to itsy-bitsy life. It will take 8½ months for Curiosity to reach Mars … Continue reading

Posted in General Blogger | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off