By Paul Rincon, BBC News
Few observers expected Nasa to make the previous 2024 date, because of a funding shortfall and a lawsuit over the landing vehicle. Continue reading Nasa’s Moon return pushed back to 2025
By Amanda Kooser, C|Net
Matt Damon in The Martian was one letter off. Instead of potatoes, he should have been growing tomatoes, with an eye toward making space-ketchup. Because what’s the point of French fries on Mars if you don’t have anything to dip them in? Continue reading Ketchup on Mars: Heinz preps for a future with condiments on the red planet
By Ashley Strickland, CNN
I’ve always been a bit dazzled by the fact that, as humans, we truly are made of star stuff. This week, an element found in our teeth was detected for the first time in a galaxy 12 billion light-years away. Continue reading The search for another Earth across the galaxy heats up
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Eric Ingram typically moves through the world on his wheelchair. The 31-year-old chief executive of SCOUT Inc., a smart satellite components company, was born with Freeman-Sheldon Syndrome, a rare condition that affects his joints and blocked him from his dream of becoming an astronaut. He applied and was rejected, twice. Continue reading A Future for People With Disabilities in Outer Space Takes Flight
BY ARYN BAKER/MAASTRICHT, Time
The cows in Farmer John’s pasture lead an idyllic life. They roam through tree-shaded meadows, tearing up mouthfuls of clover while nursing their calves in tranquility. Continue reading The Cow That Could Feed the Planet
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a concept that would make Martian rocket fuel, on Mars, that could be used to launch future astronauts back to Earth. Continue reading Using Microbes To Make Martian Rocket BioFuel on Mars
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Sometime in the distant past, well before humans walked the Earth, the ancestors of modern-day elephants evolved their iconic tusks. Elephants use their bleach-white incisors — they’re technically giant teeth, like ours but longer — to dig, collect food, and protect themselves. Continue reading Poaching is altering the genetics of wild animals
By Sam Shead, CNBC
Technology companies working on combating climate change have raised a record breaking $32 billion so far this year, according to a report published Tuesday. Continue reading Climate tech start-ups have raised a record $32 billion globally so far in 2021
By Katie Hunt, CNN
Scientists say they have found a trace of ancient life inside a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby. Continue reading Scientists discover trace of ancient life in a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby
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For the first time, surgeons successfully attached a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a human patient — a major scientific breakthrough, and one that could open up a new way to provide organs to sick people. Continue reading Scientists took the first steps toward pig-to-human kidney transplants
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