People Are Already Opening Accounts to Save for Space
Very soon, the new retirement hotspot might be on Mars.
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Very soon, the new retirement hotspot might be on Mars.
At altitudes of 15,000 feet, Tibetans live in environments that would incapacitate most humans.
The images are of significant scientific value, but they’re also quite beautiful.
It’s so rare we get planetary drama as delicious as this one with Planet 9. But if this big guy is out there, it’s only a matter of time until someone finds him.
We’re not doing such a great job solving the whole climate change problem, which is why some experts think it’s time to study more radical tactics.
This breakthrough will help us better understand electric currents in devices based on graphene, for example.
It’s classic Cassini, making the previously impossible look easy.
As anyone who has ridden the underground knows, the air down there is unpleasant.
The Pluto-shaped void in our hearts has yet to be filled by Planet 9, copious amounts of Ben & Jerry’s, or anything.
If the brain is just a bunch of wires and circuits, it stands to reason that those components can simply be re-wired in order to create a better, smarter us.
The ocean is dark and full of terrors — including hungry orcas, and horny men looking to bang your mum, if you’re a baby humpback whale.
A new document made public this week via Edward Snowden’s leak of NSA documents reveals a fascinating aim of signals intelligence programme.
Up your pub darts game
It may sound like a radical departure from the current incubator model – and it is – but the team has the right idea.
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower occurs every spring between April 22nd and May 20th, and this year, it’s expected to peak around dawn on May 6th.
