“For the Persians to kill 20 men in a space less than 2m high or wide, and about 11m long, required superhuman combat powers – or something more insidious”

News reaches us that in the 3rd century AD, Persians used chemical weapons against the Romans.

Today’s announcement apparently formalizes the project’s status, as we’re about to enter a new administration — and that may not be coincidental.

More big money for a user facility upgrade at the US Department of Energy: A $1 billion construction project for a neutron source, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Spallation source.

City boffins send worms into orbit

University of Nottingham, UK, scientists plan to use worms aboard the Space Station to study muscle wasting.