In the early 1960s, NASA was considering three different ideas for landing a man on the…
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Mapping the moon and worlds beyond
In 1972, it took an astronaut going on a spacewalk to do what Lynn Carter now…
T-minus one year and counting for Mars 2020 rover
The launch period for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover opens exactly one year from today, July 17,…
Breakthrough Listen launches new optical search with Arizona's VERITAS telescope array
Breakthrough Listen—the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe—announced today a new collaboration…
The Story of 8 Unforgettable Words About Apollo 11
John Noble Wilford recounts some of what went into writing the story of humanity’s giant leap…
Red List: Extinction threat to overlooked species
Fish, snails and fungi join a list of threatened species, as conservationists say small, slimy species…
Could the heat of the Earth's crust become the ultimate energy source?
In a world where energy consumption is on the rise, our only hope is the development…
A new material for the battery of the future
Renewable sources of energy such as wind or photovoltaic are intermittent; production peaks do not necessarily…
Ants that defend plants receive sugar and protein
Biologists Laura Carolina Leal and Felipe Passos have performed a series of experiments to determine how…
Green fertiliser made from cow dung and chicken feathers could transform big agriculture
A raft of strategies is being trialled in Europe to turn nutrient-rich farm waste such as…