5 results for "AMINA KHAN"
Ladybird can be a pest in disguise
Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 1:00 AMThe harlequin ladybird was once a stalwart ally of greenhouse growers around the world. Native to Japan, Korea and other parts of eastern Asia, the bright red ladybugs were prized for their aphid-eating abilities - until they caused serious decl...
Study: Cockroaches have adapted to sugar-based traps � and avoid them
Friday, May 24, 2013 at 1:00 AMIn the war against pests, the lowly cockroach makes for a fearsome adversary. It can go weeks without water, survive decapitation for a time - and, like any proper supervillain, can send humans screaming from a room.
Russian mice, gerbils dead in 30-day space ordeal; lizards live
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 1:00 AMA crew of Mongolian gerbils may have gone where no Mongolian gerbil has gone before, but they did not come back alive. A Russian spacecraft filled with mice, lizards and other animals has returned to Earth - but with the majority of its furred p...
Neptune and Uranus winds may shed light on exoplanet atmospheres
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 1:00 AMLOS ANGELES-Inscrutable ice giants Neptune and Uranus have only a thin rind of windy weather over their fluid contents, a team of planetary scientists say. The research published in the journal Nature relies on decades-old data from the Voyager ...
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is disabled
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 1:00 AMPlanet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow this week when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode.
