Chernobyl birds are small brained

Birds living around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear accident have 5% smaller brains, an effect directly linked to lingering background radiation.

The finding comes from a study of 550 birds belonging to 48 different species living in the region, published in the journal PLoS One.
Brain size was significantly smaller in yearlings compared with older birds.
Smaller brain sizes are thought to be linked to reduced cognitive ability.

NASA's Curiosity Rover

     ''Curiosity'' is a space vehicle sent by NASA to the planet Mars to search and explore many different things there. It's size is like the one of a Jeep car.
      It has got a camera to watch the objects it takes with it's claw, an analyser to examine them more closely, as well as a temperature counter to count the Marsian temperature. It successfully launched in November 2011 from Cape Canaveral and takes commands by a computer back on Earth. It is about to land on Mars on the 6th
of August 2012.
      I hope Curiosity lands as it launched.....Successfully!!!

The Secrets of Space

Open publication - Free publishing - More planets

Space Blogger

This is gonna be the best blog ever!
Determined I am (that's why I write backwards....for emphasis!)