Saturday, March 09, 2013

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today



On this day in 1961 Sputnik 9 was launched by the USSR. The craft contained a human-shaped dummy and was the final test before an attempt at manned spaceflight.
And now the news:
  • Underwater Hunger Artist: Giant Isopod Fasts For 4...
  • Penguins Wear a Shield of Cold Air in Winter
  • Giant camel fossil found in Arctic
  • Australia's native frogs beat invasive toads
  • Bats Not Bothered by Forest Fires, Study Finds
  • Mystery solved – Where did Falkland Islands wolves...
  • How does a tiger cross a fence?
  • Young explorers make 'amazing discovery'

  • The earlier Sputnik 1 gets a name check in this catchy ditty:

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