Cité des Sciences : Science newsScience news powered by la Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, ParisPaleoanthropology : Happy birthday Lucy!- November 23, 2004 Unearthed just thirty years ago in the Afar hills of Ethiopia, on 24 November 1974, the most famous hominid fossil has since lost her title of most distant ancestor of humankind. But Lucy still occupies a select place in our genealogical tree.http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.p... Smart-1 :a European probe on its way to the Moon- November 15, 2004 Europe's Smart-1 probe is currently on its way to the Moon. Using an experimental propulsion system, the mission's primary aim is technological. But the probe will also attempt to throw light on certain scientific mysteries left unanswered by previous lunar missions.http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.p... |