Quirks and Quarks

Quirks & Quarks for Nov. 8, 2014

This week, we revisit the Rosetta mission's long trip; we find out how pigs sleep with the fishes; learn how fish created copulation; look into the growth of chickens; and stargaze with the world's biggest telescope. ...
The image released by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 shows an artist rendering by the ATG medialab depicting lander Philae separating from Rosetta mother spaceship and descending to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. European Space Agency said Wednesday that the landing craft separated from Rosetta probe for descent to comet 67P. (AP Photo/ESA, ATG Medialab) (European Space Agency/ATG Medialab/AP)
 

This week, we revisit the Rosetta mission's long trip; we find out how pigs sleep with the fishes; learn how fish created copulation; look into the growth of chickens; and stargaze with the world's biggest telescope. 

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