November 2013

Frederick Sanger

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Yesterday Frederick Sanger died. He was a British biochemist described by many as one of a fathers of genetics and one of the greatest scientists in the world and not only of his generation. Born in 1918, he received two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry: one in 1958 and one in 1980.

Doctor Who - The Sontaran Games

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On November 23, 2013 there will be the 50th anniversary of “Doctor Who”. To celebrate this important moment let’s go over the Doctor’s history again. This article remembers the Tenth Doctor.

Played by David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor takes a while to recover from the regeneration. As the Fifth Doctor, he collapses, for a while is in a semi-comatose state and is helped by Rose, who is in shock after seeing the Ninth Doctor transform before her eyes.

The MAVEN space probe at the moment of its launch (Photo NASA TV)

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The MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) space probe has just been launched on an Atlas V 401 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The separation of the rocket stages happened smoothly and the spacecraft entered the orbit from which it will start its actual journey towards Mars.

The Secret of Sinharat and People of the Talisman by Leigh Brackett (Italian edition)

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The novel “The Secret of Sinharat” by Leigh Brackett was published for the first time in 1964 and is a revised and expanded version of a 1949 novella titled “Queen of the Martian Catacombs”

Eric John Stark fled to Mars, where he offers his services as a mercenary. He’s found by the Earth agent Simon Ashton, who forces him to act as an informer for him to avoid being arrested for crimes committed on Venus. Stark must infiltrate a group of barbarian leaders who are setting up a war.