Archive for September, 2006

Crocodile numbers still down

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Australia and in fact the entire world is still reeling after the accidental death of Steve Irwin, television’s “Crocodile Hunter”, pierced through the heart by a stingray’s poisonous barb while diving. Steve’s television shows and wildlife park inspired a lot of interest in the conservation of crocodiles.
A Queensland National Park director has estimated that […]

Moon collision this weekend!

Friday, September 1st, 2006

The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning to smash a lunar probe into the surface of the moon this weekend.
ESA’s SMART-1 has been orbiting the moon since September 2003. Now at the end of it’s mission, ESA scientists are planning to use the last remaining fuel to force the probe into the moon at a […]