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8th Aug 2011

How do Vampires Go for the Jugular?


Chris Smith		(c) Dave Ansell
Dave Ansell
Dominic Ford
Vampire Bat

We'll find out how vampire bats home in on hot blood in this week's NewsFlash!  Also, we explore the idea that Earth once had two moons, find out how researchers are making functioning brain cells from adult skin cells, and celebrate the first men to visit Jupiter, as NASA launches the Juno mission with its crew of three Lego men...
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Earth's Multiple Moons

A paper published in this week's issue of the Journal Nature presents evidence that the Earth might once have had a second moon, based on a puzzling problem with the geology of the Moon's surface...
(c) NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC

Lego men going to Jupiter

Nasa has launched 3 lego men on their way to Jupiter
(c) Prof. Howard Wheal and Dr. John Chad, University of Southampton

Making brains from skin

A new way to turn skin cells directly into functioning brain cells has been announced by scientists in New York.

Interviews

(c) Dr. Pascual Soriano

Homing In With Heat - How Vampire Bats find Blood

How do blood thirsty vampire bats home in on the best place to bite and therefore guarantee achieving a trouble-free feed? Well the answer is that they've evolved their own built-in infrared detectors to pinpoint where the best blood vessels are...
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