*On Google's search page today: Google Doodle celebrates "John Harrison's
325th birthday."
John Harrison.
Clockmaker.
Credit: en.wikipedia.org.
Credit: google.com.
"John Harrison was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker who
invented a marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the
problem of calculating longitude while at sea. Wikipedia.
Born: March 24, 1693, Foulby, United Kingdom.
Died: March 24, 1776, London, United Kingdom.
Nationality: British.
Residence: Red Lion Square, London, United Kingdom.
Awards: Copley Medal.
Children: William Harrison."
*"Why the 'Condom Snorting Challenge' Is Not Just Gross — It's Dangerous."
By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer. livescience. April 2, 2018, 01:56 pm ET.
*"Used SpaceX Dragon Launches NASA Cargo to Space Station on Pre-flown
Rocket."
By Hanneke Weitering, Space.com, Staff Writer. April 2, 2018, 04:49 pm ET.
*"This 4,000-Year-Old Mummy Just Solved a Century-Old Mystery."
By Rafi Letzter, Staff Writer. livescience. April 2, 2018, 11:08 am ET.
*"Farewell, Tiangong-1: Chinese Space Station Meets Fiery Doom Over South
Pacific"
By Mike Wall, Space.com, Senior Writer. April 1, 2018, 09:29 pm ET.
*"The Chinese Space Station Narrowly Missed Landing in the World's Largest
'Spacecraft Cemetery.'"
By Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer. livescience. April 2, 2018. 02:49 pm ET.
*"CBS/AP April 2, 2018, 11:09 AM. Tiangong 1: Chinese satellite falls to Earth,
mostly burns up on re-entry." https://www.cbsnews.com.
"In this TV grab taken from CCTV (China Central Television) on 2 April 2018,
Tiangong-1, China's experimental space lab, re-enters the Earth's atmosphere."
AP.
*"The biomechanics of tiny parrot hops | Science News." - YouTube.
*"A Cosmic Work of Art.
"A star-forming region in the Milky Way resembles a Van Gogh painting in this
stellar view from the European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory. The
image reveals a web of gas filaments, which astronomers believe are responsible
for creating new stars. This region is located 7,500 light-years away in the
neighborhood of the Carina Nebula."
Credit: ESA/PACS/SPIRE/Hi-GAL/UNIMAP/L. Piazzo/La Sapienza/E.
Schisano/G. Li Causi/IAPS/INAF.
*"Top Science News | April 2, 2018." - YouTube.
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325th birthday."
John Harrison.
Clockmaker.
Credit: en.wikipedia.org.
Credit: google.com.
"John Harrison was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker who
invented a marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the
problem of calculating longitude while at sea. Wikipedia.
Born: March 24, 1693, Foulby, United Kingdom.
Died: March 24, 1776, London, United Kingdom.
Nationality: British.
Residence: Red Lion Square, London, United Kingdom.
Awards: Copley Medal.
Children: William Harrison."
*"Why the 'Condom Snorting Challenge' Is Not Just Gross — It's Dangerous."
By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer. livescience. April 2, 2018, 01:56 pm ET.
*"Used SpaceX Dragon Launches NASA Cargo to Space Station on Pre-flown
Rocket."
By Hanneke Weitering, Space.com, Staff Writer. April 2, 2018, 04:49 pm ET.
*"This 4,000-Year-Old Mummy Just Solved a Century-Old Mystery."
By Rafi Letzter, Staff Writer. livescience. April 2, 2018, 11:08 am ET.
*"Farewell, Tiangong-1: Chinese Space Station Meets Fiery Doom Over South
Pacific"
By Mike Wall, Space.com, Senior Writer. April 1, 2018, 09:29 pm ET.
*"The Chinese Space Station Narrowly Missed Landing in the World's Largest
'Spacecraft Cemetery.'"
By Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer. livescience. April 2, 2018. 02:49 pm ET.
*"CBS/AP April 2, 2018, 11:09 AM. Tiangong 1: Chinese satellite falls to Earth,
mostly burns up on re-entry." https://www.cbsnews.com.
"In this TV grab taken from CCTV (China Central Television) on 2 April 2018,
Tiangong-1, China's experimental space lab, re-enters the Earth's atmosphere."
AP.
*"The biomechanics of tiny parrot hops | Science News." - YouTube.
*"A Cosmic Work of Art.
"A star-forming region in the Milky Way resembles a Van Gogh painting in this
stellar view from the European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory. The
image reveals a web of gas filaments, which astronomers believe are responsible
for creating new stars. This region is located 7,500 light-years away in the
neighborhood of the Carina Nebula."
Credit: ESA/PACS/SPIRE/Hi-GAL/UNIMAP/L. Piazzo/La Sapienza/E.
Schisano/G. Li Causi/IAPS/INAF.
*"Top Science News | April 2, 2018." - YouTube.
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