NASA’s Europa Clipper, shown in this illustration updated in December 2020, will fly around Jupiter on an elliptical path, diving close to its moon Europa on each flyby to collect data. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA‘S Europe The Clipper mission aims to solve problems with transistor radiation as it prepares to launch an expedition to Jupiter to … Read more
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Could you spend 378 days and nights in a darkened room, lit only by fluorescent lights and a window looking out onto a fake planet, with just three coworkers for company? A week? Okay, a night? … Read more
Adding a small amount of water brought the moss back to life within seconds and resumed photosynthesis, converting carbon dioxide into the oxygen and carbohydrates essential to human survival on any planet, the researchers wrote. “While there is still a long way to go to create self-sustaining habitats on other planets, we have the great … Read more
While Matt Damon relied on potatoes grown in his crew’s biowaste in the hit film The Martian, researchers say it’s a simple desert moss that could be crucial to the emergence of life on Mars. Scientists in China say they have found it Syntrichia dogfish – a moss found in areas such as Antarctica and … Read more
A new report from trade body Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI) shows that the excess inventory problems that have plagued the cycling industry in recent years could be resolved by 2025. The report, published by CONEBI – an umbrella organization representing national cycling industry associations across Europe – in time for the Eurobike … Read more
Green and gold bell frogs in artificial hotspot shelter. Credit: Anthony Waddle Researchers from Macquarie University have used heat to develop a simple and effective way to help endangered frogs survive the devastating effects of a multi-species pandemic. In collaboration with the University of Melbourne, researchers have delved into the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which has … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Green and gold bell frogs in artificial hotspot shelter. Credit: Anthony Waddle × close to Green and gold bell frogs in artificial hotspot shelter. Credit: Anthony Waddle Researchers from Macquarie University have used heat to develop a simple and effective … Read more
Some truths about the universe and our experience in it seem unchangeable. The sky is up. Gravity sucks. Nothing can travel faster than light. Multicellular life needs oxygen to live. However, perhaps we should reconsider the latter. In 2020, scientists discovered a jellyfish-like parasite that lacks a mitochondrial genome – the first multicellular organism ever … Read more
Listen here on your chosen podcast platform. As the likes of Elon Musk continue to promote their grand plans to one day send humans to Mars, new research suggests that the way human organs respond to being in space could throw a spanner in the works. A team of researchers led by University College London … Read more
Natasha Coates, 29, Britain’s number one disabled female gymnast, has a severe airborne allergy to tree nuts and peanuts. This has caused her to not fly for the past 13 years due to concerns about her safety on a plane when nuts are being sold. The Warrington-born athlete overcame this when she recently flew to … Read more