“Copy, the WHC is go for nominal ops.”

Astronaut Robert Thirsk confirms the ‘WHC’ [NASA-speak for ‘toilet’] has been fixed on the International Space Station (Fox News).

“We should be able to design a ‘tailor-made insect’ for ideal biological control using this method.”

Researchers from Nagoya University in Japan report on their work to produce a ‘wingless ladybird’ (Insect Molecular Biology, hat tip: Kyodo News).

“During the past week vacuum leaks have been found in two ‘cold’ sectors of the LHC. … It is now foreseen that the LHC will be closed and ready for beam injection by mid-November.”

Another problem hits the Large Hadron Collider (CERN Bulletin).