| Brain training app improves users' concentration, study shows
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 A new 'brain training' game designed by researchers at the University of Cambridge improves users' concentration, according to new research published today. The scientists behind the venture say this could provide a welcome antidote to the daily distractions that we face in a busy world.
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| Vietnam Launches a MicroDragon Satellite for Various Earth Observation Tasks
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 MicroDragon, a made-in-Vietnam Earth observation satellite, was launched into space at 9:50 am in Japan on January 18 (local time). The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) carried out the launch of MicroDragon along with six Japanese satellites using an Epsilon-4 rocket from the Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture, some 1,000 km away from Tokyo. The Epsilon-4 rocket of the Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima prefecture, which carried MicroDragon into space, before the launch (Photo: VNA) The Vietnamese satellite was previously scheduled to enter space on January 17 but had to wait a day later due to unfavourable weather. ...
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| Roscosmos Plans Soyuz-2 Unmanned Test of Manned-Type Configuration Craft in September 2019
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 © Yuri Smityuk/TASS The first launch of a Soyuz-2 rocket carrying a manned configuration spacecraft is scheduled for September 2019, the director of the space rocket center Progress in Samara, Dmitry Baranov, told the media on Thursday. "We still have four Soyuz-FG rockets in stock. All will be spent in 2019. Also in 2019 we are to put in space a crewless manned configuration spacecraft with the Soyuz-2 rocket. It is a relatively fresh decision. It has not been formalized yet. The process is going on," Baranov said. The Soyuz-2 rocket would put in space a manned configuration of the spacecraft loaded with cargos like an ordinary transport ...
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| This Japanese Company's 400 Tiny Balls Can Create Simulated Meteor Showers
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 Tokyo (AFP) - A rocket carrying a satellite on a mission to deliver the world's first artificial meteor shower blasted into space on Friday, Japanese scientists said. Lena Okajima, CEO of a space technology venture ALE is hoping to deliver shooting stars on demand and choreograph the cosmos (AFP Photo/YOSHIKAZU TSUNO) A start-up based in Tokyo developed the micro-satellite for the celestial show over Hiroshima early next year as the initial experiment for what it calls a "shooting stars on demand" service. The satellite is to release tiny balls that glow brightly as they hurtle through the atmosphere, simulating a meteor shower. It ...
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| Ecological benefits of part-night lighting revealed
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| Study shows there is no difference in pollination success between part-night lighting and full darkness, highlighting the ecological benefit of switching off our street lights even for short periods in the night.
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