Roomier moon trips
Good news for claustrophobic would-be space tourists: Virginia-based firm Space Adventures says its planned week-long “circumlunar” trips, for two passengers and a pilot, will use an 8-cubic-metre habitation module in addition to Russia’s 10-cubic-metre Soyuz spacecraft. The $150 million trips could begin as early as 2015.
Clothes too sexy
Almost 30 per cent of clothes aimed at young girls in 15 popular online stores in the US are overtly sexualising and could influence the way girls evaluate themselves, say researchers at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. For instance, dresses are often cut in a way to create…
