News tagged with fly ball
How does an outfielder know where to run for a fly ball?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Faced with a fly ball soaring deep into center field during the 1954 World Series, New York Giants center fielder Willie Mays turned his back on the ball, ran straight to the center field ...
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The Sun's crowning glory
(Phys.org) -- Those who experience a total solar eclipse are overwhelmed as they look at the circle of light that surrounds our Sun. Laypeople may find it enchanting, but researchers have been racking their ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2012 |
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Learn to dock ATV the astronaut way
Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? ESA is making actual astronaut training available on your computer and tablet, so you can see for yourself.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Fire ant colonies seem to be down dramatically
The red imported fire ant, one of the most horrifying of the foreign species that have established themselves in the United States, appears to be in retreat.
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Recycling galaxies caught in the act
(PhysOrg.com) -- When astronomers add up all the gas and dust contained in ordinary galaxies like our own Milky Way, they stumble on a puzzle: There is not nearly enough matter for stars to be born at the ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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GPM microwave imager instrument for NASA and JAXA mission arrives at Goddard
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager (GMI) instrument has arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. for integration into NASA's upcoming Earth science ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Study shows earthworms to blame for decline of ovenbirds in northern Midwest forests
A recent decline in ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapilla), a ground-nesting migratory songbird, in forests in the northern Midwest United States is being linked by scientists to a seemingly unlikely culprit: earthw ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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From caves to Stonehenge, ancient peoples painted with sound
Stone Age cave paintings evoke reverent silence in most people. But David Lubman, Miriam Kolar, and Steve Waller prefer to shout and clap instead.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Godspeed John Glenn: 50 years since first US orbit
The name still resonates and generates goose bumps like few others in the world of spaceflight. John Glenn.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 16, 2012 |
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In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet.
Feb 15, 2012 |
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When worlds collide: Researchers harness supercomputers to understand solar storm, magnetosphere
If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity's most important life-sustaining functions. No ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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