2019-03-01
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Add Water and Sterilize: Mars Viking Probes May Have Killed the Microbes They Were Searching For
September 10, 2023In 1976, NASA's Viking landers conducted a series of biological experiments designed to determine whether or not there was life present in the soil on Mars' surface, the only such tests conducted on another planet. The results of the tests, at least... continued
An Interstellar Update: Data from Interstellar Meteor 1 Indicates That It Is From Beyond Our Solar System
September 8, 2023The former Chair of Harvard University’s Astronomy Department, Avi Loeb, has provided an update on the material collected from the first known interstellar meteorite to strike the Earth, Interstellar meteor (IM1); not only does this early analysis bolster the idea... continued
Fukushima Wastewater Discharge Into the Pacific Sparks Criticism, Despite Assurances of Safety
September 5, 2023The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) began releasing filtered wastewater from the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on August 24, 12 years after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami triggered meltdowns in three of the plant's reactors. Despite assurances from TEPCO and the International... continued
Commonly-Available Ancient Materials Can Be Used to Store Massive Amounts of Electricity
September 1, 2023Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a type of cement that, with the addition of a commonly-available substance that has been used for centuries, can act as a super-capacitor, capable of storing a large amount of electrical... continued
‘India took a walk on the Moon!’: India Beats Russia in a Race to the Moon’s South Pole
August 25, 2023 India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has successfully landed on the Moon, beating Russia's ill-fated Luna-25 in the race to the lunar south pole, where scientists suspect that water might be found locked away in the region's rocks, a discovery that may be... continued
2023’s ‘Above Average’ Hurricane Season Sees a Number of Tropical Storms Form in Record Time
August 24, 2023The 2023 hurricane season in the North Atlantic is ramping up with a record number of tropical storms underway, with no less than four systems having formed within the span of two days. This follows in the wake of the Pacific's... continued
A Dramatic Rise in Methane Levels Could Indicate an Imminent Climate ‘Termination Event’
August 20, 2023A dramatic increase in the amount of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, that has occurred over the past 16 years might be an indicator that a "termination event", where the planetary climate flips from its current cool interglacial state to... continued
The Smear Begins: Anonymous Officials Misappropriate Prior PTSD Diagnosis in Attempt To Discredit UAP Whistleblower
August 17, 2023Anonymous individuals within the Department of Defense appear to have made an attempt to smear the credibility of UAP whistleblower David Grusch by tipping a reporter working for The Intercept off to a prior PTSD-related mental health issue that Grusch had received... continued
UK Rocket Company Stars Construction on a Fusion-Based Propulsion System
August 14, 2023A UK-based rocket propulsion company has announced that it has started construction on a large nuclear fusion-propelled rocket that is intended to substantially shorten the travel time for a manned mission to our planetary neighbors. The construction of this type... continued
Surplus Energy Produced by Nuclear Fusion Reaction Increased at National Ignition Facility
August 12, 2023Researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore, California have reproduced a crucial fusion ignition experiment that saw more energy produced from a hydrogen fusion reaction than what was used to start the reaction in the first place. Although... continued