Melissa Gaskill

3 days ago | texascooppower.com | Melissa Gaskill

I began to understand why this is such a popular place to celebrate special occasions, and the restaurant staff knows how to handle them. I was enchanted by a description of a wintry scene made to romanticize a marriage proposal. The staff created “snow” on the patio to complete the effect.

3 weeks ago | phys.org | Melissa Gaskill |Lisa Lock |Andrew Zinin

NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) are collaborating to launch scientific investigations aboard Axiom Mission 4, the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. These studies include examining muscle regeneration, growth of sprouts and edible microalgae, survival of tiny aquatic organisms, and human interaction with electronic displays in microgravity.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Melissa Gaskill

Peculiar scar seen on head of 16ft great white shark – scientists know exactly what caused it | Discover WildlifeThe perfectly circular wound was made by another predator, say experts from the California White Shark Project. As they swim through the ocean away …

1 month ago | scitechdaily.com | Melissa Gaskill |Mike O'Neill

This global view of the surface of Venus is centered at 180 degrees east longitude. Magellan synthetic aperture radar mosaics from the first cycle of Magellan mapping are mapped onto a computer-simulated globe to create this image. Data gaps are filled with Pioneer Venus Orbiter data, or a constant mid-range value. Simulated color is used to enhance small-scale structure. The simulated hues are based on color images recorded by the Soviet Venera 13 and 14 spacecraft.

1 month ago | therevelator.org | Melissa Gaskill

Hurricane Charley made landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast near Fort Myers on Aug. 13, 2004, driving a six-plus-foot storm surge that destroyed vegetation in 95% of mangrove forests on four-square-mile North Captiva Island. In 2022 Hurricane Ian’s storm surge topped 10 feet on 10.5-square-mile Sanibel Island, just south of Captiva, killing most of its mangrove trees.