China’s Rover Videotapes Itself Driving on Mars: a World’s First
Like NASA which landed its fifth Martian rover in February, China’s Zhurong rover touched down on the Red Planet…
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UK Expected to Open Floodgates on Genetic Editing for Agriculture and Livestock – Opinions Abound
GMOs or Genetically-Modified Organisms, generally come in two forms. There are those which are modified to resist disease, normally…
Tests Confirm 100-Year Old Female Found in Galapagos is Last Surviving Fernandina Giant Tortoise
PICTURED: Fern, the one and only Fernandina giant tortoise. Photo credit: Galapagos Conservancy. After a year and change of…
THC and Cannabis Found to Give Relief to Chronic Itch When Nothing Else Would
Pruritus, or chronic itching, is characterized exactly as it’s called, by an unrelenting and sometimes even debilitating sensation to…
First Quarter Investments in Space Companies Increased 356% Since 2020
Partially due to a new financial mechanism, investments in space companies surged in a way few things have since…
Brown U. Reports $2.26 Trillion and 240,000 Lives Spent in Afghanistan
The latest group of researchers attempting to quantify the costs of the Afghan War, launched in the autumn of…
Widespread Support Arrives for Biden’s Nomination for NASA Director
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. April 15th, 2010. PICTURED: then-U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) gives introductory remarks during an Obama-era space…
UK Announce Increase of Nuclear Stockpile While Pentagon Predicts the Same in China
December, 2016. PICTURED: Now-Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks at Chatham House when he was Sec. of State for Foreign…
China Russia Moon Research Base Welcomes International Collaboration
PICTURED: Artist’s concept of the ILRS. Photo credit: CAST. Published. The directors of Roscosmos, the Russian national aerospace agency,…
A Dip Under an Antarctic Ice Shelf Instantly Reveals 36 Creatures New to Science
British Antarctic Survey team members gathering ice cores despaired as their drill bit struck a boulder, half a mile…
Perseverance Mars Rover Will Touch Down on the Red Planet in a Week’s Time
At 3:55pm EST on February 18th, NASA will commence its 9th Mars landing operation in an attempt to drop…
Famous Italian Design Firm Builds ‘Tennis Tower’ a Stack of Eight Tennis Courts Covered in Televisions
Italian architecture and design firm Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) has unveiled plans for a totally different kind of skyscraper.…
Australia Blows Science’s Collective Mind by Mapping 3 Million Galaxies in 300 Hours
PICTURED: The 36-collective units of the ASKAP telescope system in Australia. WESTERN OUTBACK, Australia, December 1st, 2020. The world-leading…
After Several Failures Pentagon to Postpone Further Audits Until 2027
ARLINGTON, Virgina. November 17th, 2020. After 3 successive failures to produce a clean audit, with this year’s repeat attempt…
In the Biggest Find of 120 Years Scientists Discover 500-Meter High Reef Spire off Australian Coast
PICTURED: Marine life at around 50 meters on the newly discovered reef spire. Photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute. It’s…
Revealed: the Indestructible ‘Diabolical Ironclad Beetle’ Will Help Build us Better Machines
PICTURED: The diabolical ironclad beetle in focus. Photo credit: Kurt Komoda Photography. CC 2.0 Sporting perhaps the best name…
Moon’s Surface Safe for Up to 6 Months of Human Habitation — Study
PICTURED: The Chang’e-4 Lunar Lander, the first major step in Chinese space exploration, records its environment from the depths…
Dutch Parliamentarians Accuse U.S. Ambassador of Election Interference
AMSTERDAM, Holland. January 10th, 2018. PICTURED: U.S. Ambassador Peter Hoekstra presented his credentials to King Willem-Alexander Peter Hoekstra, the…
Obesity is One of COVID-19’s Highest Comorbidity Factors for Several Reasons
Obesity is one of the most significant risk factors for hospitalization and death from COVID-19, says a panoply of…
Reagan-Era Cables on Taiwan Show How the U.S. Continues to ‘Lose’ China
August 31st, 2020. A batch of declassified Ronald Reagan-era cables show how America’s policy towards selling arms to Taiwan…