By DAVID NIELD, Science Alert.
Our planet and everything that lives on it is buckling under the weight of all the plastic waste we’re producing. The volume of these non-biodegradable materials discarded after use is only increasing, so we need new ways to tackle them, and fast. Continue reading These Engineers Have Invented an Entirely New Approach to Recycling Plastic
By SCOTT NEUMAN, NPR
All evidence points to the fact that Mars once had flowing water, but numerous flybys, orbiters, landers and rovers have confirmed one undeniable fact — any liquid water that was once on its surface is now long gone. Continue reading Mars Had Liquid Water On Its Surface. Here’s Why Scientists Think It Vanished
By Katie Hunt, CNN
Defined by their disappearance dinosaurs might appear to be evolutionary failures. Not so. Continue reading What we’ve been getting wrong about dinosaurs
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Dr. Sian Proctor has made history as the first Black woman to serve as a pilot of a spacecraft when SpaceX’s Inspiration4 Mission launched on Wednesday. Continue reading Sian Proctor becomes first Black woman to pilot spacecraft with SpaceX launch
By Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY
You may think your cat or dog shares a lot of your personality, but there may be another fluffy animal near your home that acts more like you — squirrels, according to new research. Continue reading Squirrels have personality traits similar to humans, new study shows
By Stephen Shankland, C Net
You’ve heard of startups building computer chips, delivery drones and social networks. One called Colossal has a very different goal: bringing the woolly mammoth back from extinction by 2027 using CRISPR, a revolutionary gene editing technology. Continue reading CRISPR startup wants to resurrect the woolly mammoth by 2027
By Dharna Noor, Gizmodo
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a $152.5 million federal contract to launch an important new weather satellite into space. Continue reading SpaceX Will Launch Major Next-Gen Weather Satellite With $153 Million From NASA
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The world’s largest known triceratops skeleton is going up for auction. Continue reading World’s largest triceratops skeleton going up for auction could fetch more than $1.4M
By NASA, Sci-Tech Daily
NASA’s Perseverance rover today completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil. Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California received data that confirmed the historic milestone. Continue reading NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample – “Truly a Historic Moment”
By Megan Marples, CNN
Laughter transcends all languages — and now scientists know this spontaneous response is universal across some primate species, too. Continue reading The laughing patterns of human infants match those of another species, a new study finds
