Daily Archives: July 1, 2003

US-based missiles to have global reach The Pentagon is planning a new generation of weapons, including huge hypersonic drones and bombs dropped from space, that will allow the US to strike its enemies at lightning speed from its own territory. … Continue reading →

Argiope Aurantia, an orb-weaving spider, invariably dies spontaneously during copulation, according to a study published last week in the Royal Society’s Biology Letters. The researchers speculate that the male’s dead body acts as a temporary chastity belt, preventing the female … Continue reading →

The camera aboard NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft currently orbiting the red planet photographed Earth, the moon and Jupiter, as seen in the evening sky of Mars, at 9 a.m. EDT, May 8, 2003. From National Geographic