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Developing a flight strategy to land heavier vehicles on Mars
The heaviest vehicle to successfully land on Mars is the Curiosity Rover at 1 metric ton, about 2,200 pounds. Sending more ambitious robotic missions...
NASA finds possible second impact crater under Greenland ice
A NASA glaciologist has discovered a possible second impact crater buried under more than a mile of ice in northwest Greenland.
his follows the finding,...
World seeing ‘catastrophic collapse’ of insects: study
Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according to a study warning of dire...
On the land, one-quarter of vertebrates die because of humans
Humans have a "disproportionately huge effect" on the other species of vertebrates that share Earth's surface with us, causing more than 25 percent of...
Macaque fossils discovered at the bottom of the North Sea
Together with two colleagues from the Netherlands, Senckenberg scientist Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke examined the teeth of several macaques from the bottom of the North Sea....
New theory illustrates the development of the universe may be different than we thought
The history of the universe is predicated on the idea that, compared to today, the universe was hotter and more symmetric in its early...
Do you like Earth’s solid surface and life-inclined climate? Thank your lucky (massive) star
Earth's solid surface and moderate climate may be due, in part, to a massive star in the birth environment of the Sun, according to...
Almost 2,000 unknown bacteria discovered in the human gut
Researchers at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Sanger Institute have identified almost 2000 bacterial species living in the human gut. These species...
Sand from glacial melt could be Greenland’s economic salvation
As climate change melts Greenland's glaciers and deposits more river sediment on its shores, an international group of researchers has identified one unforeseen economic...
Quantum strangeness gives rise to new electronics
Noting the startling advances in semiconductor technology, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore proposed that the number of transistors on a chip will double each year,...
First direct view of an electron’s short, speedy trip across a border
Electrons flowing across the boundary between two materials are the foundation of many key technologies, from flash memories to batteries and solar cells. Now...
