Why the Most Controversial 2020 Mars Rover Landing Site Could Also Be the Most Exciting
After much anticipation, NASA has finally released a shortlist of landing sites for its Mars rover mission
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After much anticipation, NASA has finally released a shortlist of landing sites for its Mars rover mission
Called the Ventura-Pitas Point Fault, it’s now thought to be capable of producing magnitude 8.0 earthquakes, and even tsunamis.
Basically, we're ruining everything.
The reemergence of Churchill’s essay comes at a time when it’s fashionable for politicians to dismiss the importance of scientific discourse.
But we really need to do something about the Arctic sea ice loss, and it’s nice to imagine we can engineer away our problems.
Humans do some pretty freaky shit in the bedroom, but it usually falls short of decapitating and eating each other.
A roadmap for life encoded in your very own DNA can be hard to resist. But scientists are sceptical that we’ve decrypted enough about the human genome to turn it into useful personalised lifestyle advice.
Who would have guessed a little slice of Westeros would make its way to the final frontier?
The star is pulsating in response to its unusually heavy planetary companion. It’s the first time that astronomers have seen this sort of interaction between a planet and its host star.
It’ll be an epic sight to behold—but what happens after the ice is gone?
Even if you’re feeling a bit lonely here on Earth, there is one heart that belongs to you, way, way out there in the cosmic void.
Privacy issues are moving under our skin—now the devices that keep us alive and healthy can also be used against us in the court of law.
Apparently the former-PM "reasoned like a scientist about the likelihood of life on other planets".
The implicit message is that whether we like it or not, a future of gene-edited humans is on its way.
Tomorrow, a four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle will blast off from India’s southern spaceport with 104 satellites on board.
Could landing on and drilling into this world actually contaminate it?
