The ABC is reporting that there have been new bird flu cases in Europe, with a new case in Britain where a parrot died in quarrantine. It’s known to be a case of H5, but no word whether it is H5N1 yet.
Croatia has also reported H5 in 6 dead swans which have been sent for testing for H5N1 and Romania has a new suspected case.
The BBC is reporting bird flu in Greece and possibly Croatia, test are being carried out to determine if it is H5N1 or not.
The BBC is reporting that the bird flu strain in Romania is confirmed as H5N1 by tests done in the UK.
The BBC now has their report on H5N1 in Turkey.
Also, here is the Google News H5N1 news search.
Just had an email from BBC News saying:
The bird flu virus found in Turkey is the H5N1 strain responsible for more than 60 deaths in Asia, the European Commission says.
It’s not made the BBC website yet, aside from being mentioned as “More Soon” in their ticker.
Here’s an interesting press release from Google – NASA Takes Google on Journey Into Space
NASA and Google have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that outlines plans for cooperation on a variety of areas, including large-scale data management, massively distributed computing, bio-info-nano convergence, and encouragement of the entrepreneurial space industry. The MOU also highlights plans for Google to develop up to one million square feet within the NASA Research Park at Moffett Field.
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The European Space Agency has released an amazing photo (below) of a large lake of water ice in a crater on Vastitas Borealis in the northern hemisphere.
There is more info/news at:
You can also browse the ESA’s Mars Express photos, at the time of writing the ice crater were the latest ones there.
This photo is linked from the Planetary Society.
The BBC is reporting that a feature on Titan could be a lake, though, of course, scientists are being careful to not rule out other possibilities. New Scientist also has an article.
NASA has a time lapse image of it and associated clouds.
Via: Alec – the Astronomy Picture of the Day for 2005/04/01 has stunning proof that there really is water on mars.. 🙂
NASA is reporting that:
It’s been nick-named “Heat Shield Rock” as it was found near the landers heat shield that was discarded during the descent to Mars.
Image credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell
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